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This week's tablehopper: happy alfresco feelings.                     An incredible Sunday supper celebrating my dear friend Mr. Anthony’s birthday, with pollo verde tamales wrapped in kale leaves and extraordinary frijoles charros with chorizo and chicharrón! What a dream. ¡Gracias, chef Luis! It may be the end of summer this…

This week's tablehopper: hump day dispatch.                     A sampler of mezze at the new Lulu in Berkeley. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi gang, I hope you enjoyed the long weekend (which is why you’re receiving this on a Wednesday). Can we just do away with Mondays forever? Seriously, it…

This week's tablehopper: pages from my Croatia notebook.                     Another day in Croatia, another beautiful beach. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi there. Don’t check your calendar, it’s Wednesday—yup, I’m a day late with this thing. But you’ll soon see why—I have been burning up…

This week's tablehopper: neither here nor there.                     Island-hopping in Croatia and caftans go hand-in-hand. Photo: Thao Tran. Hello, friends! I’m back from three glorious weeks in Croatia and a month away from writing the newsletter. Ahhhhhh. It was deeply restorative to step away from the grind and…

This week's tablehopper: open sesame.                     The insanely good uni yi-fu noodles at Palette Tea House (weekends only!), with crab meat, kabocha squash, lobster broth, and crispy dry scallop. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, friends. I can’t believe I have to write this intro all over again, my damn…

This week's tablehopper: happy places.                     The Thai green curry and barbecued oysters at Nick’s Cove, with their barrel-aged Boulevardier. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, folks. How’s this short week treating you? My Memorial Day was spent working, but at least it was on a cannabis and food…

This week's tablehopper: deep in the archives.                     Taking a break from the moving boxes last weekend and enjoying the Electric Fields day party at District Six beer garden. Yay, DJs and music! Thanks to my pal Steven Lopez for the custom Shirt Shirt! Hiya. How nice was that…

This week's tablehopper: paint it lilac.                     The annual wisteria show in SF never ceases to delight. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, gang. Or perhaps I should say, “High!” Some of you may have noticed I didn’t hop into your inboxes last week—boss of me decided to take…

This week's tablehopper: viva la primavera!                     Fully feeling uplifting, “we’re back, baby!” vibes during a recent meal at the new Californios. “Smising” so damn hard. Hello hello! For those of you who celebrate Holi and Nowruz and Passover and Easter, I hope your recent celebrations have been…

This week's tablehopper: spring things.                     Yup, another pic of Fortuna. Ha-ha! But seriously, nothing was as cute as Miss Von Chonk giving me a look to hurry up and finish this column so we can get back to mouse fishing. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, friends. I hope you…