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This week's tablehopper: a wonderful, magical animal.                     Uni on squid ink brioche, topped with lardo di prosciutto (at a prosciutto di Parma dinner). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Am I messing up your sense of reality with this Wednesday tablehopper? Don’t worry, it really is Wednesday, not Tuesday. I…

This week's tablehopper: fancy schmancy.                     Suckling pig (or as I call it, Chinese pork and beans) at Koi Palace. Photo: © tablehopper.com. So you ready to set off the weekend? I am pumped, and so are my bike tires, ready to pedal off to Outside Lands with sis…

This week's tablehopper: happy fogust.                     Boxing Room’s table at SF Chefs, serving smothered okra and tomatoes with cracklins on top. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Well, THAT was quite the weekend of debauchery. After moderating a cooking demo on Friday with chefs Al Brown (visiting from New Zealand) and…

This week's tablehopper: food frenzy.                     Fancy feast: reserve caviar, corn pudding, grilled tomato gelée (in the lounge at Saison). Photo: © tablehopper.com. You ready to strap your feed bag on for the month of August? It’s shaping up to be a doozy, starting with the kick-off for…

This week's tablehopper: healing waters.                     The restored 1954 Gaggia lever machine at Iron & Steam Espresso Bar. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from Lake Tahoe, which is offering plenty to watch: from a crazy downpour and thunderstorms when I arrived yesterday to the always-charming chipmunk TV. Oh yes, and…

This week's tablehopper: boat hopping.                     Um, yeah, that is close! We even got a wave (from the crew, that is)! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Ahoy! How was your weekend? Did you escape the fog? I embraced it fully on Sunday morning, when I was invited by SKYY Vodka and…

This week's tablehopper: rockin' in Auckland.                     You want this: the savory Red Snapper at Waiheke Island Yacht Club. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Sun, is that you? Good to see you. And howdy, readers. This week I have been doing a lot of dining catch-up, from bakery duty (Heartbaker…

This week's tablehopper: feelin' foggy.                     Behold: the soft-shell crab salad special at Fable.  (You won’t want to share.) Photo: © tablehopper.com. Nothing like having your Rio tan sucked away in mere days of being home, I swear. Thanks Karl the Fog! However, the peaches I have…

This week's tablehopper: twerking hard.                     A vision of summer: the melon salad at A16 Rockridge with a gaglioppo rosé (Savù) by iGreco. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hubba-hubba, I am back! My brain has almost caught up with my body. Or is it vice versa? Anyway, was fun to be…

This week's tablehopper: blame it on Rio.                     The Bahian ladies (at a food stand in Rio) who made my favorite dish of the trip: acarajé! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Boa tarde! I know, this is a first: a tablehopper on a Wednesday. But yours truly had her Saturday flight…