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Robert St. John

Restaurateur, author, enthusiastic traveler, & world-class eater.

Extra Table 2021

for blueberry pie filling. I founded Extra Table on two key principles that we still adhere to today. 1.) 100% of the money we raise for food will always go…

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Trends in the Restaurant Biz

…I was skeptical about the upcoming impact of computers. I was wrong. In the 21st century restaurant business, we are so reliant on computers that the internal restaurant machine almost…

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Leadership In Crisis

…Senate Armed Services Committee and, like Eastland, as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Senator Trent Lott served as Senate Majority Leader and Minority Leader, as well as Majority Whip…

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Little Biscuits, Big Appetites

…great speech today, Robert.” (With mouth full) “Would you please pass the biscuits?” “Robert, how’s that diet you’ve been writing about coming along?” “Is there any butter left in that…

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I Am Not On Al Gore’s Christmas Card List

…statistical leader as the most obese state in the country, that means that I am writing this column from Armageddon headquarters. No wonder I’m not on Al Gore’s Christmas card…

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The Earl of Sandwich

I am dieting again. Well, actually, I’m not dieting; I’m just eating clean for a while— very clean. Low fat, high protein, good carbs, no sugar, no starch, five meals…

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Too Short, or Too Demented?

dieting ups and downs for eight years. The cumulative result (750 words per week for 416 consecutive weeks = 312,000 words) is that if one charted my dieting successes and…

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Desporte’s Longing

…We went through several types and brands but none could compare to Desporte’s. No one was delivering fresh French bread 100 miles north out of New Orleans up I-59 to…

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New Orleans Favorites

…Instead of compiling four new top-ten lists for New Orleans, I decided to just compile a random list of my current favorites around town, with no rhyme, reason, or theme….

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