Skip to content

Robert St. John

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

Battlefields & Baguettes

The packing has commenced and the two-day scramble to get all “affairs in order” before an international trip has reached full-tilt boogie. I am about to travel back to the…

Read more

Ugly Food

…arranged on a plate and fanned out perfectly to enhance the visual appeal of the dish. Taste came in a distant second place and sometimes third to plate appeal. It’s…

Read more

The Bug Truck

…theory that the fog from the bug truck did, indeed, kill mosquitoes, but then the birds ate the mosquitoes and died, the cats ate the birds and died, the dogs…

Read more

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…

Read more

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…

Read more

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…

Read more

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…

Read more

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….

Read more

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…

Read more