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Robert St. John

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

The Tuscany Top Six

…of the city. She still comes back into town once a week. She doesn’t order. They just bring her food. On the second visit to Mario, we sat with a…

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RSJ’s Top 10 Summer Foods

Now that we have almost reached August, it seems a perfect time to stop and appreciate the culinary bounty available to us as residents of the Deep South during summer….

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A Father’s Reflection on a Wedding Weekend

…taste didn’t come from nowhere — she gets it honestly. Jill made sure every detail felt like Holleman and Robert (R2 at our house) — thoughtful, elegant, and personal. And…

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Peaches

…That theory doesn’t hold true with all canned fruits and vegetables. Canned asparagus is bad. There is nothing about canned asparagus that even comes close to fresh asparagus. Actually, canned…

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Fries

…Talenti gelato, chips, and a few frozen pizzas. In those instances, they approach the basket with a wide-eyed look of wonder and quickly have their expectations expunged, and mumble something…

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The Extra Table Smithville Project

…was donated. It started to fill up even before I left town, as members of the Providence Baptist Church, in the tiny community of Eatonville, made private donations of food…

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Wise Men Say.

…few days. Details to come. Much has changed in Las Vegas since 1993. One thing that hasn’t changed is The Graceland Wedding Chapel. In 1988, when I met my future…

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Las Vegas II

…with a novel idea: A 99-cent breakfast buffet. Some might wonder how any establishment could survive, much less thrive, serving a 99-cent breakfast. According to my friend, people would line…

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The Search for a Decent Breakfast in Park City, Utah

…that tasted like toasted Wonder bread. There is a universal rule for traveling Southerners: Once one leaves the South, his or her chances of eating a passable breakfast diminishes incrementally…

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