March 2023 Issue: Paper Models (Digital Edition)

Chicago Hot Dog! How to build one yourself. The cover of the issue is a foldout that includes a two-page paper model of a Chicago-style hot dog that you can build at home to make your own red hot just like the one on the cover.  Madness, the Mother-in-Law and the Truth About Deep Dish Pizza Big questions about Chicago’s original foods "Since 1972, Fat Johnnie's Famous Red Hots (7242 South Western) has been housed in what is lovingly referred to as "the shack." This tumbledown wooden building, with hand-painted signage and menu, looks as though it was hit by a hurricane; there are few right angles left on the grubby, wobbly-looking white building with the sloping wooden awning. It is not the most promising place to grab lunch. It is, however, a landmark of Chicago food greatness, being what some believe to be the birthplace of the Mother-in-Law: a Chicago corn-roll tamale in a hot dog bun, covered in chili, dressed like a dragged-through-the-garden Chicago hot dog." (David Hammond