Weekly Column

Southern Seasons

“There is a time for everything, and a season for everything under the heavens.”– Ecclesiastes 3:1 It’s true, everything has a season. Especially here in […]

The Classics

DESTIN, FL— Sometimes people get dazzled by the shiny things. Everyone wants to go to the new hot place. More times than not, I like […]

The Airstream

In 2020, America was running out of chicken tenders, masks, hamburger meat, hand sanitizer, and plastic gloves. But we were also running low on recreational […]

Memorial Day 2021

Author’s Note: This column is being written on Memorial Day. Due to the publishing schedules of the various newspapers in which this column appears, it […]

The Journal

Last week I was in New Orleans enjoying a bowl of gumbo by Lake Pontchartrain— at my go-to place for gumbo— Station 6. They also […]

Mom

The more time I spend as a parent the more I appreciate my mother and the job she did raising my brother and me. I’ve […]

The Next Generation

This year marks my 40th year in the restaurant business. I got into this business after flunking out of college in 1981. Though I have […]

To the Mississippi Graduates of 2021

It’s graduation season. Granted, this year’s high school seniors have experienced an extremely weird junior and senior year. But the conclusion of this once-in-100-years craziness […]

RSJ’s New Orleans Restaurant Recommendations 2021

NEW ORLEANS— This city is, unquestionably, one of the top five restaurant cities in America. I would imagine that if one were to poll national […]

Daddy-Daughter Breakfast

As I head into my 60th year, I am amazed as I look back on life and reflect on the different stages along my journey. […]

The King of All Breakfast Foods (In honor of the Queen of Pancakes)

I am a bonafide breakfast person. I was born a breakfast person, all through my early school years I was a breakfast person, and I […]

Feeding Methodists

This past Sunday was the first Easter Sunday in which I have missed attending a church service in a long time. My family and I […]