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FEEDING METHODISTS; plus, lemon pie recipe

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 were in New Orleans moving our daughter into her new apartment. We could have hit up a couple of Catholic churches near our apartment, but we spent time together and worshipped in a different way.

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Help is on the way for thousands of eateries

By Robert St. John, 211 Reads

One year ago today, my life seemed to be at a complete standstill.

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Culinary Carpe Diem and Bread, the King and Queen of All Carbs

By Robert St. John, 693 Reads

Last week, I received the sad news that Barbara Thomas, of Barbara’s Home Cookin’ in Franklin, Tennessee, passed away.

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Visonaries and Pies; Plus, Chocolate Pie Recipe

By Robert St. John, 980 Reads

Bar owner Neal Bodenheimer is an intrepid trailblazer. It takes courage and nerve to go into an uncharted New Orleans neighborhood devoid of restaurants, taverns, retail and foot traffic and open a new business. The fact that he opened one of the premier cocktail bars in the country is even more impressive.

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The answer is always potatoes; plus, BRIGSTEN’S MASHED POTATOES

By Robert St. John, 727 Reads

If I could only choose one vegetable to eat for the rest of my life, the choice would be easy.

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Toast and other notes; plus, Bananas Foster French Toast Recipe

By Robert St. John, 773 Reads

If someone were to put a contract hit out on me, it might be the easiest termination in hitman history. I’m not that hard to track down. Every morning I am in town I can be found at our breakfast joint sitting in the same seat, at the same table, at the same time, eating almost the same thing.

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Not Just Another Dinner + Bloody Mary Oyster Shooters

By Robert St. John, 684 Reads

This column is written in the afterglow of a special weekend.

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Southern snow day & vegetable beef soup

By Robert St. John, 850 Reads

It’s Tuesday, Feb. 16, and Mississippi is closed today.

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A 'mad day out' in NOLA + king cake bread pudding recipe

By Robert St. John, 1,244 Reads

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a huge fan of the Beatles. Anyone who knows Beatles history knows that on July 28, 1968, the Fab Four took a break from recording “The White Album” and spent the entire day with two photographers traveling all over London on what is now referred to as the “Mad Day Out.”

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SOFT OPENINGS

By Robert St. John, 897 Reads

In my 40-year restaurant career I have been a part of 22 new restaurant openings.
Three of those were at the beginning of my career and were for other people’s restaurants. The other 19 have been restaurants I currently own or have owned.

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