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Robert St. John

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

Easy Bake Memories

The year was 1968. It was my 7th Christmas. Also, the first Christmas after my father died. The only thing I asked for that year was an Easy Bake Oven….

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Best-Ever Lists

…using comeback sauce instead of mayonnaise—brilliant. They were also topped with house-pickled red onion, which was another stroke of genius. Comeback sauce was invented in Jackson, and is still served…

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My New Toaster

…am a creature of habit when it comes to mornings and breakfast routines. Every once in a while, I’ll order pancakes or French toast, but usually it’s eggs, bacon, hash…

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The Artful Evolution From Restaurateur to Author

…regulars, and characters that make up more than three decades of gumbo, blues, and rock and roll in the former Merchants Company building beside the railroad tracks on Commerce Street….

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My Day (so far)

…ship. As the ship was leaving the port, I began to wonder if the man was showing me where I could temporarily park just to unload. The port didn’t look…

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Frank

…a perfect five-bean rating from Gene Bourg in the Times Picayune— Commander’s Palace under Emeril Lagassee and his kitchen team, The Grill Room at Windsor Court under Kevin Graham and…

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The Sleepy Shank

…from the Outback Steakhouse menu or reruns of Crocodile Dundee (the first one, not the sequel). The reader will be glad to know that there will be no further cheesy…

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The Journey

…the shared experience that matters. Early on my wife and I made a commitment to each other and dedicated the coming two decades’ focus on child rearing. We knew then…

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Beefamato

…Cola, those combinations make sense. It’s clam juice. It’s as if Mott’s— makers of a fine applesauce, by the way— thought of the most disparate flavor combinations available. What’s next?…

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