Monthly Archive: September 2016

All three hamdogs 1

Let’s Get Stupid: Hamdog

Hamdog is many things to many people. Hamdog is a mystery wrapped in a conundrum, buried inside a cured smoked emulsion of meat and fat, engulfed in yet more meat, drowned in chili and covered...

Har Cheong Gai burger 0

Har Cheong Gai Burger

In the 2 years we’ve been doing this, I’ve gotten pretty great at making sandwiches. Eating them, well, I’ve always been aces there but these days I am a true pro. Sadly, for someone...

Ham Horseshoe 3

Springfield’s Horseshoe

When my family moved from Central Illinois to Chicago many years ago, we moved into a neighborhood in which, within a few blocks, we had examples of the cuisine of Korea, Colombia, the Phillipines, Thailand,...