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This week's tablehopper: homeward bound.                     Lake Tahoe, always a study in blue. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey. How you doin’? Already daydreaming about the three-day weekend? In case you want to get some ice cream this weekend, my post on “7 ice cream spots you’ll want to hit…

This week's tablehopper: Tahoe tawk.                     The tomato and mozzarella flatbread sandwich from Tartine Manufactory. (I could use this in my Tahoe beach bag each day.) Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from Lake Tahoe, which I am ready to call Armageddon based on the unbelievable number of yellow jackets swarming…

This week's tablehopper: fleeing Fogust.                     One of my wood-fired pizzas from the weekend, with a mushroom medley (including chanterelles), black olives, spinach, and crema di peperoncino. Photo: © tablehopper.com. How you doin’? You have Olympic fever like this guy? Crazy frog! Can’t stop laughing. And then there’…

This week's tablehopper: gypsy queen.                     Raw gamberi rossi from one of my favorite meals in Sicily (at Da Vittorio in Porto Palo). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Ciao, tutti! Yes, your tablehopping zingara (gypsy) is back in San Francisco for the next month or so before I head back to…

This week's tablehopper: when in Rome.                     The massive serving of rigatoni in Frankie’s famous ragù at F & J Pine in the Bronx (you even get your own meatball). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Ciao ragazzi! I’m down to my last few days in New York, and am…

This week's tablehopper: a knife, a fork, a bottle, and a cork, that's the way we spell New York.                     The brilliant frozen Negroni at Alta Linea. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello there! Greetings from humid New York, where my hair is growing in volume by the hour.…

This week's tablehopper: late lunch club.                     Kingfish and osetra caviar tartare with smoked crème fraîche emulsion and roe at Le Bernardin. Photo: © tablehopper.com. I swear, I keep having to pinch myself, and it’s not because I added a new waistline roll from all the pizza, bagels,…

This week's tablehopper: Italians do it best.                     The winners of the World’s Best Restaurant, Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore, of Modena’s Osteria Francescana. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello there! Greetings from the whirlwind. Did you miss me last week? I was busy hosting my last two tablehopper…

This week's tablehopper: fishy.                     Keepin’ it real at Barney Greengrass, since 1908. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from sticky New York! It was a pretty sweaty weekend for anyone here, which is why I was thankful for mint juleps and rooftop parties and rosé and the beach (even if…

This week's tablehopper: au poivre.                     The burger au poivre at Raoul’s. With duck fat fries on the side. And au poivre sauce. HOLD THE PHONE. Or just hold me. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi gang. I’m still recovering from the weekend, which started with this magical performance…