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This week's tablehopper: Italians do it best.                     The winners of the World’s Best Restaurant, Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore, of Modena’s Osteria Francescana. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello there! Greetings from the whirlwind. Did you miss me last week? I was busy hosting my last two tablehopper…

This week's tablehopper: fishy.                     Keepin’ it real at Barney Greengrass, since 1908. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from sticky New York! It was a pretty sweaty weekend for anyone here, which is why I was thankful for mint juleps and rooftop parties and rosé and the beach (even if…

This week's tablehopper: au poivre.                     The burger au poivre at Raoul’s. With duck fat fries on the side. And au poivre sauce. HOLD THE PHONE. Or just hold me. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi gang. I’m still recovering from the weekend, which started with this magical performance…

This week's tablehopper: it's party time!                     The steamy calm before the storm at Leo Herrara’s awesome crawfish and crab boil! Photo: © tablehopper.com. What’s going on, people? I must admit I was so glad to be completely on the other coast and miss the…

This week's tablehopper: mighty real.                     A tower of power at Sadelle’s. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy amigos. Spring decided to finally show its face for a couple of days here in New York. I say, “It’s about damn time, beeeeeeach! Where you been?!” Felt so good to…

This week's tablehopper: back in the big smoke.                     At Coi: the absolutely stunning turbot with “scales” made of root vegetables by chef Matthew Kirkley. Double rainbow! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey gang! I’m back in NYC, after 10 glorious springtime days in SF and a week in Washington…

This week's tablehopper: clicking my heels.                     Celebrating sakura season with Japanese sea bream, cherry blossom, and cherry leaf at Atelier Crenn. Photo: © tablehopper.com. It’s true, there’s no place like home. After my first three months in New York—which I have been LOVING—a girl…

This week's tablehopper: leaving on a jet plane.                     From the Nico James Beard dinner: English peas, chamomile, fromage blanc. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Yo yo yo! How you doin’? I’m pretty fired up—tomorrow morning I hop on a plane to fly to SF for 10 days, and…

This week's tablehopper: spring affair.                     Spring days are here in NYC. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from chilly-ass NYC (I know, you SF types are seeing 80 degrees tomorrow, so let Donna sing to you)! I thought I was retiring my knee-length puffy jacket this month, but not so…

This week's tablehopper: disco infiltrator.                     And this is how you do a comeback performance setlist. (Thanks to the fellow dancer who shared it with me!) Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from cloud 11 (because that’s how high this cloud goes). Anyone who has been reading this column for…