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This week's tablehopper: power wash.                     This is how to begin a meal: chef Adam Sobel’s warm zeppole topped with caviar, uni, and lardo at the Mina Group’s new Cal Mare in Los Angeles. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Whooosh, the city just had quite the power wash, and…

This week's tablehopper: pop Champagne!                     This is how to do New Year’s Day dinner in LA: Dan Tana’s! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Happy New Year, sweeties! I know so many people are greeting 2018 with open arms. I am wishing you so much happiness and abundance and…

This week's tablehopper: run Rudolph run!                     Holiday cheers! The Collective at Serpentine (Cocchi Americano Rosa, mezcal, celery bitters, flash-chilled celery). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Well well well…did you survive the biggest holiday party weekend? That was a doozy, starting with the Arlequin Champagne tasting on Thursday evening, and…

This week's tablehopper: mmmm, smells like beef Wellington.                     Join me for a beef Wellington and Scotch tablehopper holiday dinner on December 27th at Maybeck’s! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy peeps. These sure are some crazy times. I’m so sorry to see Southern California suffering through such horrific…

This week's tablehopper: holidaze.                     There were platters of persimmon cheesecake at our Comfort Food fundraiser. Thank you for being such generous hosts, Le Marais Bakery Castro! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi gang. Enjoying the sunny weather? I feel like it’s the holidays in LA—it’s so weird…

This week's tablehopper: giving Tuesday.                     Sunday was one of my favorite annual traditions: white truffle Champagne brunch at Birdie’s! Roberta knows how to set such a beautiful, abundant table. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey gang! Did you shake off that turkey coma yet? I am almost done with…

This week's tablehopper: give it all you've got.                     Brandon Jew’s badass take on the Filet-o-Fish at last night’s Munchies party (celebrating the new Munchies cookbook featuring chefs and recipes from Vice’s Chef’s Night Out). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi gang. I hope you…

This week's tablehopper: comfort food.                     Event planning meetings are better with croque-madames (at Le Marais Bakery Castro). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, friends. Greetings from the land of the sleep-deprived. Someone has really been celebrating a bit too much this past birthday week: there were family dinners, dinners with…

This week's tablehopper: more treats than tricks.                     Anthony Strong chopping up nasturtiums that were added to butter and poured over Mt. Lassen spring trout (and roe). Yes, it was fantastic. Photo: Victor Wong. Boo! I hope you’re having a spooktacular Halloween. (I’m looking forward to binge-watching…

This week's tablehopper: high times.                     A very happy ladybug. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Good day, sunshine. I just came back from four days in the rain in Washington state, but it was great to be in fresh air, take in some magnificent fall color, hang with the fam, and…