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Robert St. John

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

Milestones

…Yield: 24 squares Apple Icing   2 Tbl butter 1 cup apple, peeled, cut into small dice 1 /4 tsp cinnamon 1 /2 cup hard cider 1 1 /2 cup…

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The 11 Worst Foods of 2008

…received from the people at dailyspark.com. Each year the Daily Spark publishes a list of the worst food of the previous year (http://www.dailyspark.com/blog.asp?post=the_11_worst_foods_of_2008 ). I should mention that “worst” does…

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Spring Break 2008

…Cajun country experts, they all had several enthusiastic restaurant recommendations. The one restaurant they all had in common was Café Des Amis in Breaux Bridge. Café Des Ami’s website listed…

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5232 Miles

…border of the Chianti Classico Region of Tuscany is what spoke to us, most. Villa il Santo sits high on a ledge at the end of a gravel road facing…

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go On A Diet….

It’s cookbook testing time, again. Last week I started a new diet. This week I started the recipe-testing phase for a new cookbook. Testing recipes and watching calories go together…

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The Elementary Vegan

The other day my eight-year old daughter told me she had become a vegetarian. A vegetarian? Oh, the betrayal. What hath my sins wrought? She comes from a long line…

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Nobody’s Poet

…Normal rules don’t apply. The comforts of home are gone. Combine that with wide-eyed wanderlust and a new and historic adventure around every corner and nothing is forced. The words…

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The Best Job Ever

…he wanted to go into the restaurant business. I wrote it off as a childhood whim— the restaurant industry is too brutal and unforgiving for someone who is not 100%

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A Place of Solitude

…already covered Venice, Bologna, Milan, and the entire Tuscan region (extensively) over the past several years. Puglia was the answer. It would be the perfect place to wander and meander

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