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This week's tablehopper: to the hip hip hop, and you don't stop.                     Croque-madame heaven at Maman in NYC. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from the land of weird-ass weather, where it was snowing on Sunday and is now going to be 70 degrees tomorrow. I’m just…

This week's tablehopper: tap tap tap.                     Rooftop party pastels (with Armand de Brignac Champagne). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hiiiiiii! Looks like those of you in SF were going to wash away this last weekend! Whoa. It would have been perfect weather for me to be home and work on…

This week's tablehopper: all the ladies in the house, the ladies, the ladies!                     The justifiably famous cauliflower at Bar Bolonat, paired with the 2014 viognier and rosé from Israel’s Galil Mountain Winery. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Happy International Women’s Day, or Festa della Donna, as I affectionately…

This week's tablehopper: meatses partses.                     Killer app: Sichuan ‘nduja with shrimp chips at Fung Tu. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi there! It’s a sunny day in New York, and I am feeling a twinge of spring in my step—I even got to enjoy a fantastic Taim falafel…

This week's tablehopper: a perfect 10.                     My idea of a perfect celebratory lunch: Scottish salmon and sable on an everything bagel (and bubbles!) at Baz. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Buon giorno! Can you see my huge smile beaming from New York? Yes, I have been having an epic first…

This week's tablehopper: a New York minute.                     The New York brunch of your dreams at Barney Greengrass. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from rainy New York, which has already pummeled us with bitter cold this past weekend (it was the first time that the temperature in New York dipped…

This week's tablehopper: embracing fat Tuesday.                     The famed NoMad roast chicken for two (isn’t it great when dishes surpass their hype?). Photo: © tablehopper.com. How y’all doing? Did you survive SB50? I keep hearing how everyone is happy to have the city return to normal…although…

This week's tablehopper: groundhoggin'.                     It may not look pretty, but this was one of my favorite dishes of the week: kaima idly at Saravana Bhavan (deep-fried mini idly sautéed in regional spices served with raita). WOW, so much texture and flavor. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy! Things sure…

This week's tablehopper: New York state of mind.                     Looking out from my new apartment as the Jonas winter storm/blizzard was just starting to kick in. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Well, THAT was quite a welcome to New York this past weekend—Jonas delivered the city’s second largest…

This week's tablehopper: start spreading the news, I'm leaving today (well, actually, Saturday).                     Item #2,385 I will miss about San Francisco: David Best’s Temple at Patricia’s Green (photo from this summer). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Ticktock, man, things are getting hectic over here! I’…