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Robert St. John

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

Purple Parrot Cafe's Benefit for Extra Table at the Mississippi Museum of Art

…butter-poached Maine lobster, popcorn grits, veal bacon, sunchoke, baby swiss chard Thierry et Pascale Matrot, Meursault 2009 Roast Squab Granny Smith apple, grated fennel, baby Brussels sprouts, medjool date reduction…

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Mississippi You’re on My Mind

“Home is the nicest word there is.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder It’s true that there’s no place like home, and I deeply and dearly love my hometown of Hattiesburg and…

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Remember to Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables

…meat, ribs. Coming in a very close second to ribs is steak. Oh how I love steak, let me count the ways. Welcome to day 28 of my 30-day journey…

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The American Dream

…a 100% free-market system. My beef is not with the system. To the contrary, I celebrate a governmental structure that allows a person to invest their money, inspiration, creativity, and…

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Mississippi’s Top Joints (and that’s a good thing)

…warm. There is no cashier, just a basket where loyal devotees of Peggy’s chicken make their own change. It is 100% pure Mississippi, and that is a good thing. 4….

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Tuscany 2018 (part III) The Accidental Tour Guide

…song keeps coming up on a music playlist I made for this trip. I’m sitting in a small little apartment located under the terrace of a 1000-year old villa in…

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Honor Your Hometown

…by selling fruit from a pushcart he parked under a large shade tree near the railroad tracks on Main Street. After a few years, he leased the land under the…

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A True Magical Mystery Tour

…from now. I have hosted approximately 47 of these tours with somewhere over 1,100 guests— most over the past six years— with two years off during Covid. All have been…

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NASHVILLE

…it’s in my blood. My mother’s “people” all come from Nashville. As a child my grandfather, who grew up just outside of town on the banks of the Cumberland River,…

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