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Robert St. John

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

RSJ Top 10 Meals 2022

…have been eating at this restaurant since 2011. My all-time favorite pizza in Tuscany comes from a place called Vecchia Piazza. My all-time pizza anywhere comes from Piccolo Buco. Luca…

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Extra Table

…The Greater Pine Belt Community Foundation in Hattiesburg (www.pinebeltfoundation.org) and The Community Foundation of Greater Jackson (www.cfgreaterjackson.org), anyone, any business, any church, or any individual can help feed the state’s…

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Fried Chicken Once a Month, Please

…you are about to read is 100% accurate (I have friends who will verify it)— For four consecutive years of high school I ate a small frozen pepperoni pizza, two…

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Eating Ones Way Through the 100-Meter Freestyle

…powder in the hot oil and cook one minute. Add the sherry and reduce. Remove from heat and cool completely. Once the cooked mixture is cooled, combine it with the…

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Back That Salad Up

…best Japanese meals ever at Nobu in Budapest. We had just come from three weeks in Greece, Turkey, Albania, and Croatia and were looking for something light. Nobu— one of…

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Prom Season

…area where they have my era beat, hands down. I come form the 1970s which was the decade of baby blue and rust-colored tuxes, clown-sized bow ties and platform shoes—…

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Sometimes I Feel Like a Magpie

…road from that villa is a spring dedicated to Saint Catherine of Siena, who once stopped there. Mothers nursing their babies still come and drink from that spring for good…

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Beach Music Through Time

…boy and his older brother that I wouldn’t trade for the best beach story, today. But as a kid, Destin was where “it” was happening. I had several friends who…

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Drive-Through Food

…They had an actual telephone that one had to pick up to place an order. The food at Burger Town was OK, but the fried apple pies were good. I…

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