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This week's tablehopper: star-spangled.                     When catering rules: the wickedly good fried chicken (grandma’s recipe!) from Tango & Stache. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Salutations, my fellow Americans. You fired up for the holiday tomorrow? We have a quick recap in the socialite for you on a few Fourth of…

This week's tablehopper: stories for days.                     Acquerello’s pear and foie gras “raviolo” with dry-farmed, organic Comice pears filled with truffled torchon of foie gras. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Ah yes, such a delightful summer day, full of mist and clouds. Obnoxious. It’s funny how stories can fall…

This week's tablehopper: foiemageddon.                     The quiche of your dreams, seriously. At Cassava Bakery & Café. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Well, THAT was an epic weekend. I love it when the weather plays nice with Pride festivities. I can’t believe how many friends I got to catch up with,…

This week's tablehopper: play misty for me.                     Wood oven-roasted shellfish at the Stars Realigned dinner at EPIC Roasthouse. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, folks. Happy Friday. This morning, as I was running stairs in misty Alamo Square and attempting to burn off at least five bites of the decadent…

This week's tablehopper: road trippin'.                     Peach Pimm’s Punch at Harry Denton’s Starlight Room. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, friends. Did you have a stellar weekend? Mine was off the charts—like the heat! I headed up to Sonoma on Friday for my salumi class at Ramekins…

This week's tablehopper: right place, right time.                     Raising Cain! Photo: © tablehopper.com. I have such crazy, dumb luck sometimes. As you have probably figured out, I’m not a huge sports fan: I’ll watch the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia, the Olympics, World Cup games…

This week's tablehopper: ingredient-driven.                     The famed pomme d’amour from Knead Patisserie. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Yeah, that was a pretty gorgeous weekend, right? Shame I had to spend most of it indoors writing (sometimes I HATE the boss of me!), although I was lucky to be invited to…

This week's tablehopper: hot to trot.                     The famed focaccia di Recco at Farina. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Well, buon giorno to you. I hope you had a hearty or at least mildly fulfilling lunch, because today’s fresh meat review of Gioia Pizza might make you a little hangry.…

This week's tablehopper: tender vittles.                     The roast beef sandwich with fonduta and pickles on a pretzel roll by Firebrand at Salumeria. Photo: © tablehopper.com. How was your weekend? I was thrilled to finally not have a weekend full of writing, mamma mia. Instead, it was about reading, riding…

This week's tablehopper: hungry hunter.                     Summertime perfection: white bass crudo with squash and blossoms, pistachio, and Calabrian chile with iGreco gaglioppo rosato at A16. Helllllllo, weekend. I don’t even care that it’s been a short week, I feel like I’ve been stuck in fifth gear…