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This week's tablehopper: a toast to kindness.                     A bountiful brunch table at my dear friend Roberta’s house. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Some days, this intro letter of mine is really fun to write. Today, not so much. I have been a bit heartbroken the past couple of days:…

This week's tablehopper: 20th century fox.                     Hollandaise and ham and cheese soldiers at The Cavalier. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy. Friday is here, and our city got a nice bath this week, and an air dry too (what was up with that wind last night?). I’m pretty dang…

This week's tablehopper: chugga chugga.                     HomeFarm peach and Champagne vinegar shrub at SHED. Photo: © tablehopper.com. I have a feeling I am not alone in my excitement over the cloudy, rainy skies today. I have been loving this sunny November (kind of crazy, this month), but it’s…

This week's tablehopper: love handles.                     A closer look at the newly opened Merigan’s Italian combo. Yeah, it’s amazing. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Friday Friday Friday! And there’s nary a cloud in sight. Reason number 6,843 why I live in California. This week was chock-full of…

This week's tablehopper: backlash.                     A dish from a Californios dinner at Naked Kitchen: Yerba Buena Fruit Cup Under the C. Photo: © tablehopper.com. So anyone who follows food media has been watching the ripples, nay, waves of rage that followed the release of Time magazine’s “Gods of…

This week's tablehopper: tantanmen meow meow.                     Spicy tantanmen ramen at Ramen Shop in Oakland. You want this. Photo: © tablehopper.com. I haven’t been this excited to see the end of a week in awhile—Friday, so glad you showed up! Damn, you look great! I felt like…

This week's tablehopper: coming in hot.                     Birthday dream menu: Deep-fried uni with Tabasco rémoulade at Butterfly. Photo: © tablehopper.com. The food world is reeling with the shocking news that chef Charlie Trotter was found dead this morning at the age of 54. The Chicago chef was a culinary…

This week's tablehopper: bewitched.                     The fried egg sandwich at 20th Century Café. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Good afternoon, dear readers. Could you believe that wind on Sunday? I was driving down Geary on Sunday night and it was pretty dramatic, full of dry leaves blowing around like a scene…

This week's tablehopper: fantasy island.                     What I wouldn’t give to be sitting on the terrace at Mudbrick (on Waiheke Island) for happy hour right about now. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, amigos. Nothing like a sunny afternoon to get you into a weekend state of mind, right? Another…

This week's tablehopper: hopper hot list.                     So good: tender beans and fall vegetables at this weekend’s Wild Soul event (with chef Charlie Hallowell). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Today is a big day for many of the top restaurants in SF, as they breathlessly await their phone calls from…