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This week's tablehopper: say cheeeeeeese.                     A wedge of Gorgonzola the size of a cake. (At the annual Casa de Case Cena al Magazzino.) Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, gang. You ready for me to make you hongry? I’m already thinking ahead to my dinner tonight at 1760, with…

This week's tablehopper: I smell a rat.                     The bubbly beginning to my weekend caviar and Champagne and bagel brunch of my dreams. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy gang. Thanks to all of you who wrote in with your comments and kudos and gripes and additions to my annual the…

This week's tablehopper: 2020 vision.                     M.Y. China’s off-the-menu ice cream and sugar egg puff/sugar cloud with a Rémy Martin XO Old Fashioned is how we ended the tablehopper Crab and Cognac Feast. Boom! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, gang! We made it. Barely. Tomorrow we begin…

This week's tablehopper: crab and Cognac.                     Get excited for SEVEN preparations of crab at the tablehopper crab and Cognac holiday supper at M.Y. China with Rémy Martin! Photo: © tablehopper.com. High, gang! How is it December 17th? I swear, this holiday is just flying by (but then…

This week's tablehopper: wavy gravy.                     If you’re going to call your party High Ho Silver, you better have a 1977, 24-foot, silver Lincoln Continental stretch limo to put in the middle of it. Photo: Cynthia Glassell Photography. Hey, everyone! Here I am! Sorry for the radio silence…

This week's tablehopper: grinding hard.                     The Hash ‘Em Up dish at Hilda and Jesse: a spunky spin on the Mickey D’s hash brown, with pork sausage, fermented green garlic, squash, okra, and pepper relish, with a hit of dill and horseradish. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, my friends.…

This week's tablehopper: it's definitely rocktober.                     The Kuch Kuch Hota Hai at Besharam, which comes with pani-puri water! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Whooosh! How you doin’? I feel like I have flames coming off me, the past few weeks have been non-freaking-stop. I had an outstanding visit…

This week's tablehopper: time for some 212 action.                     My dream summer dinner: salade niçoise! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy! How you doing out there? A little warm? Kinda sweaty? My apartment is such a hotbox today (and no, not the weed kind—I’m on deadline over here!). But…

This week's tablehopper: quicksilver.                     Happiness is a wagyu katsu sando at Hiroshi in Los Altos. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, friends! Here we are, almost into mid-September, how did that happen? I’m clutching these last moments of summer tightly. Fig toast and zucchini-and-dill pasta help. Actually, I’m…

This week's tablehopper: it's betta with feta.                     The kind of dish you travel for: tiropita (savory cheese pie) made with feta and anthotiro, at Forno Vasilios (a traditional family bakery in the village of Markopoulo). Photo: © tablehopper.com. If you’re reading this right now, then…