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This week's tablehopper: noggin'.                     We were not having any fun at all at the tablehopper boozy brunch with Westland Distillery at The Saratoga. Nope. Photo by Tali Eisenberg. © tablehopper.com. Hey gang! You gettin’ into the holiday spirit out there? I definitely got catapulted into holiday spirits…

This week's tablehopper: the best kind of crabby.                     Loló’s special quesadilla with Dungeness crab and chorizo (!), with a tortilla made from their new housemade masa! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, gang! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with friends and fam—we have so much to…

This week's tablehopper: smoke gets in your eyes.                     Sunday evening’s smoky moonrise in Healdsburg, just before TSO Sonoma’s Fall Foraged harvest dinner. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, my friends. How are you all doing out there? It has been such an awful, gut-wrenching week for California, full…

This week's tablehopper: the end of rocktober.                     A special evening at the Italian Consulate to kick off the upcoming Week of Italian Cuisine in the World (November 12th–17th). When Viola Buitoni and Consul General Lorenzo Ortona are in the kitchen, you couldn’t be in better hands.…

This week's tablehopper: is it happy hour yet?                     I wish I had this cocktail in front of me right now: Becky with the Good Hair, at the brand-new Prairie! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Oh, hi there. Yeah, today’s issue is late—it was trying to drown me! At…

This week's tablehopper: on a steak out.                     The Monday night prime rib special at Perle Wine Bar in Montclair. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, amigos. Happy fall, although I really can’t believe it’s October. I need to get a beach day in before I will fully commit…

This week's tablehopper: trompe l'oeil.                     You think you’re about to bite into a briquette, but really, it’s Gaggan’s taste story about a samosa you’d find in India’s chai parlors. (And it was one of my favorite courses of the meal.) Photo:…

This week's tablehopper: mountain high.                     My favorite time on the shore of Lake Tahoe, at the end of the day (I’m usually the last one to leave). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Welcome to September! Hopefully Fogust is in the rearview mirror. I know a bunch of you are…

This week's tablehopper: summer wine.                     A summer evening dinner at A16 with Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore (this summer squash and torchio pasta course with Grana Padano, preserved egg yolk, and lemon was a stunna with the Sommariva). Photo: © tablehopper.com. How’s it going out there? Did everyone…

This week's tablehopper: palaces and pelmeni.                     One of the four horses on Anichkov Bridge and Stroganov Palace in St. Petersburg. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi, peeps. Yeah, this week’s column is a day late, but sorting through 1,500 images of Russia can do that to a lady.…