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Robert St. John

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

The Potato Gun

…to a boil. Turn off the heat and let potatoes sit in water five minutes. Drain thoroughly. Combine cream, Parmesan and parsley. Separately, combine the salt and pepper. Lightly grease…

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Travel

…I don’t have the travel budget to go “all out” on accommodations, though I do appreciate comfort. Usually, as long as the room and property are clean and well maintained,…

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Christmas Citrus

…Though she occasionally slipped a few oranges and apples into our stockings as a reminder of the all-I-ever-got-was-Christmas-fruit story. Today, I would be happy with a fresh box of fruit….

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Recipe Tasting

…it. One of the components of this business that can seem arduous is recipe testing. Those who have done it before realize that it is a crucially tedious process with…

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A Gratitude-Filled Amalfi Morning

…hangs out in the cool of the forest. But he always comes back to the seashore at sunset.” Those are words I wrote for the foreword to a friend’s book…

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The Parrot at Thirty

…in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The wall being torn down signaled the end of the worldwide spread of communism. It was one of the most impactful events of the 20th Century and…

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Robert’s Top Ten 2008

…every time the butter is applied. The shells get charred and the oysters, smoky. Simple. Flavorful. Excellent. 9.) Table Fifty-Two, Chicago. Art Smith opened his signature restaurant in Chicago earlier…

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Stressed, Swamped, and Happy

Most jobs are stress-filled. Some are more stressful than others. The person working the cotton candy concession at the state fair is living a virtual stress–free existence compared to the…

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Radio Days

…over the air at midnight. The closing duties for DJs were to play the national anthem, sign out on the logs for the Federal Communications Commission, and then shut the…

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