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Robert St. John

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

Wise Men Say.

…few days. Details to come. Much has changed in Las Vegas since 1993. One thing that hasn’t changed is The Graceland Wedding Chapel. In 1988, when I met my future…

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Las Vegas II

…with a novel idea: A 99-cent breakfast buffet. Some might wonder how any establishment could survive, much less thrive, serving a 99-cent breakfast. According to my friend, people would line…

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The Search for a Decent Breakfast in Park City, Utah

…that tasted like toasted Wonder bread. There is a universal rule for traveling Southerners: Once one leaves the South, his or her chances of eating a passable breakfast diminishes incrementally…

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Robert’s Top 10 of 2023

…and Master Baker Donald Bender to come down and join me in that bakery. I finally succeeded and the process of opening that bakery took well over a year. There…

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Road Trip Meals

…up eating in and around the Crescent City. My mother took my brother and me there, often. Her main haunts in those days were Galitoire’s, the Acme Oyster Bar, Commander’s…

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Destin

…town, but it wasn’t until the mid 1980s that I became a fan of the food. At that time, regional cooking was just coming into favor. Paul Prudhomme had put…

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Santa Fe

…action-comedy, it’s long and slow and boring. I watched two days of filming that will amount to 10 seconds on screen. In addition to that epiphany, I learned that John…

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It’s Good Work If You Can Get a Hobby

…has branched out from restaurant and bar ownership to newspaper columnist, book author, tour leader, television host, television producer, documentary film producer, and the founder of a couple of non-profits….

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Butterball Hotline

…and never baste and it comes out flawless every time. However, I do have a few questions I would like to ask the experts at the Butterball Hotline: Does anyone…

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