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This week's tablehopper: torque.                     Raw and blanched asparagus salad with carrot soubise and lemon-goat cheese vinaigrette at Grand Café. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Well, happy gorgeous Friday to you! Spring fever in effect, just as we spring forward on Sunday. And I definitely have a spring in my step…

This week's tablehopper: a super Tuesday.                     A fellow diner scooping up shrimp étouffée by Fat Alley Foods at Behind the Cart. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Whoa, keep your hat on—it’s windy out there. So glad I’m not on my bike today, I’d be cursing like…

This week's tablehopper: my kind of wine train.                     Part of the lineup of vintage wines I got to taste at PRESS. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Oh, hi. Excuse me while I put down this chicken leg, which has more meat on it than Angelina Jolie’s biceps. One thing…

This week's tablehopper: shake, rattle, and let the good times roll.                     Adorable morel stencil on Valencia Street. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Welcome to your short week—although mine is the same as it ever was. Actually, I’m getting out of town for 24 hours and heading up to…

This week's tablehopper: damaged goods.                     Chilaquiles Veronica at SanJalisco. The culinary cure for a broken heart. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey there, happy Friday. Although I am actually a bit heartbroken today—yesterday I had to make the hard decision to total out my beloved Alfa Romeo. Ends up…

This week's tablehopper: XO sauce.                     Negroni at aperitivo hour at Hog & Rocks. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Happy Valentine’s Day, darlings. Was crushed when Tony Bennett failed to drown out the weekly emergency broadcast at noon today, on the 50th anniversary of when he first sang “I Left…

This week's tablehopper: more cowbell.                     Beef cheek ramen at Nombe. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Boy, am I glad to be out of the bunker. There is nothing quite like the feeling of finishing a honking deadline, or in my case, two. I had fun getting my swerve on Thursday…

This week's tablehopper: the final stretch.                     Baumé’s carrot terrine and turbot with “spirit of Vichy” foam. Photo: © tablehopper.com. After two months of grinding away on this computer for more time than is even remotely healthy, I can see the strobe light at the end of the…

This week's tablehopper: heat-seeking missile.                     Warming up with Sapporo-style miso ramen at Kirimachi. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Nothing like a torrential rainstorm to keep you inside to finish a monster writing project. (Yeah, like I was going to be able to go anywhere this past weekend with my Sunday…

This week's tablehopper: rain check.                     Foie gras xiao long bao at Benu. Photo: © tablehopper.com. I know I am not alone in loving the reappearance of this rainy weather—the city is already smelling better, my car got a free wash, and my curly hair says YES! It’…