Weekly Column

Walter Anderson, A Free Man

There are three constants that have been ever-present in my life from day one— food, music, and art. For the purposes of this column— and […]

All About the Mouse

ORLANDO— I have had a long history with this city. In the summer of 1972, when I was 10 years old, my uncle took my […]

On the Road Again

ORLANDO— Sometime in the next few weeks I’ll be opening a new restaurant, bar, and tiki bar in the Fondren neighborhood of Jackson, Mississippi. Those […]

Legends and Icons

The chances of being in the presence of genuine, iconic, living, breathing, legends are few and far between, if ever at all. I don’t have […]

30 Minutes in the Grocery Store And A Lifetime of Poor Food Choices

Last week I was walking around a New Orleans grocery store with my daughter helping her re-stock her apartment, which had been virtually empty since […]

Thanksgiving Turkeys and Extra Table

Thanksgiving is my favorite non-religious holiday. It’s not even close. I guess it’s been that way as long as I can remember. In my early […]

World-Class Views

PETROGNANO-SEMIFONTE, ITALY— Customers judge restaurants by many criteria. I once read a survey in which a majority of the people ranked service above food and […]

It’s A Tough Job But Somebody’s Got To Chew It

PETROGNANO-SEMIFONTE, TUSCANY— The first tour I ever led was seven years ago. My friend, Andy Wiest, a history professor and war historian at the University […]

A Birthday to Remember

PETROGNANO-SEMIFONTE, TUSCANY— My mother used to speak disparagingly of grown men who kept changing careers later in life. Even as a kid, I never agreed […]

Honor Your Hometown

Grab a broom and a dustpan because I am about to drop some names. My friend Marty Stuart, country music legend, multi-instrumentalist, curator, fellow Mississippian, […]

Julia

It’s been a little over a year since Julia Reed was taken from us— much too soon— after a long, sometimes public, always brave battle […]

Steak Night

“RSJ’s Andouille-Stuffed Carpetbagger Steak” Photo Credit: Joey DeLeo From the book “New South Grilling” by Robert St. John, Hyperion 2007 I had a very long, storied, […]