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Robert St. John

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

Steak Night

…go to college and know what you want to study. 3.) Once you start something, finish it. I graduated high school in 1979 and walked across the Southern Miss commencement…

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The Monthly Meeting of the Little Sandwiches Is Now Called To Order

…think she moved to California.” “No Eunice, she’s dead.” In the pecking order of ladies clubs, The Daughters of the American Revolution and the Colonial Dames are the zenith. I’m…

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Strick's

…and back straps into Strick’s to be processed. Today, the small hand-cranked press has been replaced by a commercial sausage maker, coolers have been added, commercial smokers have been bought,…

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It’s A Tough Job but Somebody’s Got To Chew It

…it comes from a place of love. But when broken down to its raw meaning, it’s someone saying, “Dude, you’re fat.” I’ve heard that comment often over the years. Though,…

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The Mint Julep

…Outside of Louisville, Kentucky on Derby Day, no one in the South drinks mint juleps (even on Derby Day, Kentuckians don’t enjoy them). People who say they like to drink…

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Tuscany Top Ten

…to paraphrase John Denver, “Coming home to a place I’d never been before.” I have often stated that I do not believe in reincarnation, but if I did, I am…

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Good Work If You Can Get It

…judge at food competitions and cook-offs. Note to event organizers who, in the past, have asked me to judge their cooking competitions: I am not talking about your event. I…

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Not Just Another Dinner

…But unlike most research-and-development restaurant journeys with us, the food, service, and atmosphere were all secondary to the company. Family always comes first. But this time it was different. Our…

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Soup for the Soul

…reminisces that we file in the back of our minds and draw from throughout our later years. Approximately 15 years ago, when my daughter was in pre-school, we had one…

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