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Robert St. John

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

Corner Market

My uncle and his wife were diehard Francophiles. He was originally from my hometown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. After his undergraduate work at Mississippi State, he received his MBA from Harvard…

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Oh, Jesse Where Art Thou? — A True Tight Spot

…at the Fallas are a cross between the shoulder-to-shoulder tightness of Times Square at New Year’s Eve and the frivolity of Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras in New Orleans. But the…

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What A Wonderful World

…altered. Our daughter was the perfect restaurant customer. At 6-months old she ate a meal at Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. She never made a peep. She was neat, well-mannered,…

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An Atypical Tuscan Farewell (Or How Annagloria Saved the Day)

…is trying to sleep in the backseat, obviously assuming that if we’re going to die on an Italian interstate, it’s better to not see the crash coming. I am praying….

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Fasting

…hope others will, too. Every five seconds someone, somewhere in the world, dies of a disease of poverty. Every 10 seconds someone dies of AIDS. In several sub-Saharan African countries,…

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RSJ’s Top 10 Christmas Movies

…the era when there were only three channels, this was prime holiday viewing. 5.) Die Hard— Say what you want, but this is a Christmas movie. Granted, it’s an action…

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Buying In Bulk

…cup solid vegetable shortening, cold 1 cup milk Preheat oven to 400 degrees In a large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, poultry seasoning and sugar. Add the cold…

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Column Notes

…have always had 100% creative control in everything I do, whether it is in my restaurant business, our television production company, book publishing, or this column. There is no editor…

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A Letter to My Son His Freshman Year of College

…education. When you wake up one morning and you don’t feel 100% and realize that mom isn’t there to push you out of bed and make you go to class,…

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