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Robert St. John

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

The Bon Ton Café

…their kids and then joined him 15 years ago. I first learned of the Bon Ton Café a decade or so ago from the lawyer husband of a foodie friend…

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Bad Food

…that was microwaved to order in the school kitchen. This was the mid to late 1970s and microwaves weren’t a common appliance in homes yet. But even though they are…

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Vegan IV

Last September I lived for 30 days as a vegetarian. During that time, Ingrid Newkirk, the president of PETA, challenged me to take it one step further and go vegan….

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How Tuna Came to the Panhandle

…fishing it all his life. He owns three commercial fishing boats and— through his wholesale and retail seafood company— does business with over 125 commercial fishing vessels. Also, all the…

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The Meat Parade

…restaurants that parades protein around the dining room on large metal sticks. “They’re great,” my friends say. “They come to your table with huge skewers of meat, carve it, and…

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Williamsburg 2018

…and devotion until death do us part. I hope that we both live well into our 90s, and I hope to die one minute before she does, so I will…

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Porcine Paradise

…$1,500.00 back in the States. The black Iberico pigs from which Jamon Iberico comes live on a special diet of grains early in their lives and spend the next two…

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RSJ’s Top 10 of 2015

…burgers all over the country. In May I made a return trip to Chicago and ate, what I consider to be, the best burger on the planet (Bon Appetit magazine…

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The Closing of K-Paul’s

Yesterday we lost a legend. No one died, but one of this nation’s most important restaurants closed permanently. The legendary New Orleans restaurant K-Paul’s will be one of COVID-19’s latest…

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