Robert | Robert St. John

To the Mississippi Graduates of 2021

It’s graduation season. Granted, this year’s high school seniors have experienced an extremely weird junior and senior year. But the conclusion of this once-in-100-years craziness […]

RSJ’s New Orleans Restaurant Recommendations 2021

NEW ORLEANS— This city is, unquestionably, one of the top five restaurant cities in America. I would imagine that if one were to poll national […]

Daddy-Daughter Breakfast

As I head into my 60th year, I am amazed as I look back on life and reflect on the different stages along my journey. […]

The King of All Breakfast Foods (In honor of the Queen of Pancakes)

I am a bonafide breakfast person. I was born a breakfast person, all through my early school years I was a breakfast person, and I […]

Feeding Methodists

This past Sunday was the first Easter Sunday in which I have missed attending a church service in a long time. My family and I […]

Help Is on the Way

One year ago today, my life seemed to be at a complete standstill. The global pandemic was shifting into second gear, my city and state […]

Culinary Carpe Diem and Bread, the King and Queen of All Carbs

Last week I received the sad news that Barbara Thomas, of Barbara’s Home Cookin’ in Franklin, Tennessee, passed away. Thomas opened the popular meat-and-three café […]

Visionaries and Pies

Bar owner Neal Bodenheimer is an intrepid trailblazer. It takes courage and nerve to go into an uncharted New Orleans neighborhood devoid of restaurants, taverns, […]