Sichuan-style spicy broths, AYCE shabu shabu, and build-your-own dry pots await.

My dad always says that at the hot pot table, you could sit next to a stranger, and by the end of the night they’d be your best friend,” Pickowicz writes. “Now, more than ever, we need these moments ...

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