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This week's tablehopper: starry nights.                     The sun was just setting while the fires were burning at Long Meadow Ranch’s Live Fire guest chef series this weekend. Photo: © tablehopper.com. It was such a pleasure to watch the James Beard Awards while I was eating my fava bean…

This week's tablehopper: I'm seeing Stars.                     And this is just the first page of a vintage Blue Fox menu! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Today is a really exciting day for me—I have dreamed of being able to host a vintage dinner in homage to the Blue…

This week's tablehopper: (no longer) illin' like Bob Dylan.                     Cold killing and garlic-loaded spicy beef noodle soup from King of Noodles. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Okay, sun, we see you! Please stay! I think this is it for the rain, right? Right?! I appreciate the urban jungle going…

This week's tablehopper: eggsactly.                     Spring frittata and thick slices of peppered bacon served on the old world dining table at Cafe Klaus. Photo: © tablehopper.com. It’s an eggy week, with Passover already under way, and Easter coming up this Sunday (for some places to go and tasty…

This week's tablehopper: book it.                     Flying high with an Aviation at the new Sequoia (on the fourth floor of Wayfare Tavern—details in today’s lush). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey, happy/unhappy Equal Pay Day! Women make 20 percent less than men, and the wage gap is even…

This week's tablehopper: the hopper is ready to Thai one on.                     One of the best abalone dishes I have ever had at Atelier Crenn at a lunch last week with the Basque Culinary Center. The Monterey Bay abalone was thinly sliced and topped with toasted seaweed, aioli, and…

This week's tablehopper: thrilla from Manila.                     An amuse of an asparagus soup sphere topped with fried beltfish at the Pinoy Heritage pop-up, the subject of today’s review. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey, you enjoying this quick break in between the storms? I’m hoping to get a quick…

This week's tablehopper: March radness.                     The Laughing Gas cocktail at our China Live event, with Kavalan whisky, viognier, fresh lime and pineapple, smoked honey, and bitters. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Has this glorious weather over the past weekend been making you pinch yourself or what? (Suddenly having my pale…

This week's tablehopper: the fempire strikes back.                     And so it begins… The initial table setting at Single Thread. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Did you have a nice weekend? Mine started with a preview of the new vendors and offerings at Off the Grid, check out my recap in the…

This week's tablehopper: feeling Fesstive.                     The first step in feeling Fesstive is a vintage silver ice bucket full of Fess Parker Winery’s 2014 Fesstivity blanc de blancs! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Lawdy, this weekend almost did me in. And no, I wasn’t celebrating Mardi Gras early. I…