Skip to content

Robert St. John

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

Babalu

…arrives as it is prepared. I love that, because I am into communal eating and sharing plates. Babalu is all about the complete experience that is sharing a meal. There’s…

Read more

Eating Europe

…I’ll have my hands full, but the “true” work will be done by my wife who will be homeschooling a 5th grader and a 9th grader. Prayers needed. In Italy,…

Read more

The Breakfast Rut

Last year I made a commitment to start an annual four-part summer column series that featured my top-10 New Orleans dinner, lunch, brunch, and breakfast restaurants on four consecutive weeks….

Read more

Guilty Food Pleasures

…do apple pies in the old school manner). So dear reader, my confession is over. Absolve me from my culinary sins, and make me say 50 Hail Betty’s (Crocker), though…

Read more

Spanish Breakdown

…middle of the Spanish countryside. Something that had to do with the electronics had failed. Our bus driver, Oscar, seemed competent, and one of our guests is an electrician, though…

Read more

The Joy of Chocolate

…a candid photograph, and the best Christmas card in the history of Christmas cards was complete. If you ever get the chance to see the expression on a child’s face…

Read more

On the Road Again

…and Lake Como. I had spent the entire month of October in the cities and towns around Tuscany. This October was spent in America working, writing, attending football games, and…

Read more

RSJ Top Ten 2019

…in there), but everything else that comes out of that kitchen keeps the locals coming into that small dining space. Our friend Marina turned us on to Bettola, and it…

Read more

It Takes A Village (or at least a couple of Dutch People and several Italians)

…of knowledge these guides possess once training is completed is impressive. My friend, and coworker, Marina Mengelberg, is a registered tour guide for Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, and the Tuscan…

Read more