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This week's tablehopper: putting the fry in Friday.                     Delicata squash tempura with rosemary honey, pepato, and hazelnut cocaine (well, that’s what I called it) at The Alembic. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from the hopper infirmary, where if you call the “receptionist,” she sounds a lot like Brenda…

This week's tablehopper: jook joint.                     Today’s lunch at home: jook by Trilogi and barrel-aged sriracha by Sosu. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey there, ho there, hi there. Yours truly is a bit under the weather today. I managed to pick up someone’s nasty bug over the weekend,…

This week's tablehopper: fan-foie-kingtastic.                     Pork kimchi nabeyaki udon at Udon Mugizo. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Excuse me while I put down this lobe of foie gras, my new Chapstick. Ha! But yeah, with the almost-miraculous invalidation of the foie gras ban in California that seemed to come out of…

This week's tablehopper: city of quartz.                     My favorite dish of the trip: veal tartare crostino slathered with tonnato sauce at Bestia. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Welcome to 2015! I hope you started the new year with a bang. I had a stellar week in Los Angeles, catching up on…

This week's tablehopper: LA woman.                     Uni pâté at Union Larder. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Brrrr, how you all doing in your chilly Victorian and Edwardian abodes? Well, at least that’s the current state of my apartment, which means flannel pajamas are the attire of choice right now. (So…

This week's tablehopper: Santa baby.                     The many wonders of hot cocoa never cease to amaze. (At the Sir Francis Drake for holiday tea with Miss Hannah and her dear mother, Ms. Lisa.) Photo: © tablehopper.com. How’s your last-minute holiday shopping going? Is your eggnog consumption where it…

This week's tablehopper: city lights.                     The bar at Devil’s Acre, ready for garnish action. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Okay everyone, let’s pause D’Angelo for a second, and take a peek at what’s going on in the city this week. The first thing I’d love…

This week's tablehopper: #hellastorm                     Amazing rainy weather vittles: beef short rib potpie at Huxley. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Man, NorCal got one hell of a bath yesterday. Stormageddon didn’t keep me from going out, though: last night I had some wine and cheese (and meats too) at the…

This week's tablehopper: progressive.                     Lineup at The Progress. A bounty. Photo: © tablehopper.com. While the Bay Area braces for one heck of an impending storm, the past couple of days, I have already had my own kind of whirlwind. On Sunday, what started as an impromptu invitation to…

This week's tablehopper: tutti a tavola!                     Time. For. Spaghetti! At The Family Meal. Photo: Wes Rowe Photography). Howdy. I’m sure I’m not the only one craving a hot toddy with this wet weather. Yay! I was already at Arlequin Wine Merchant last week stocking up on…