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Robert St. John

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

"Fred The Red Frog" Book Tour

…MS (Private Signing & Reading) hawkins.hattiesburgpsd.com NOVEMBER 13 Lemuria Books . Jackson, MS . 5PM (Public Signing) lemuriabooks.com NOVEMBER 15 – NOVEMBER 29 Follow Fred Because He’s Social F @fred_theredfrog…

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“Yes” + Touch = Memorable Meal

…up on the website www.rest-august.com . What you should know is that he was born in Mississippi, raised in Louisiana, trained at the Harvard of cooking schools— the Culinary Institute…

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Happy Halloween— Now Go Stick Your Head in That Bucket

…The grand prize— an apple. A vegan Halloween? I rather be tricked than end up with those kid of treats. Apple Cobbler Apple Filling 8 cups Granny Smith Apples, peeled…

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San Marzano Tomatoes

…There was one common denominator among all of the best Italian restaurants I visited— San Marzano tomatoes. I had always heard about San Marzano tomatoes, but was skeptical, and looked…

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Tuscany 2018 (part I) Home Away From Home

coming back to when compiling the Tuscany file was Villa il Santo just outside a charming medieval village called Barberino Val d’Elsa, in the Chianti region. I kept returning to…

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Viva Las Diet

Viva Las Diet LAS VEGAS— So much for the diet. I was on a two-week roll with eight pounds lost, good eating habits formed, and metabolism ginning like a gnat’s—…

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Appliances

…exotic at the time. For the record, their appliances were white. Today, appliances are mostly stainless steel, shag carpeting has gone the way of platform shoes, and avocados are passé….

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The St. John Maneuver

…The server has placed the order. The appetizer arrives and it was even better than you expected. It’s possibly one of the best appetizers you’ve ever eaten. It’s so good…

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The Personality of Food

…not even as fun as pie. There are all sorts of snack foods and candy bars that should be fun, but when compared to donuts, they come up short. Seriously,…

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