Robert St. John’s Top 25 cookbooks
The view from my desk is inspirational. I’ve been in the same office for 27 years. There are no windows, but I have surrounded myself...
Robert St. John’s advice to upcoming graduates 2024
My advice to upcoming graduates: You are a few years away from beginning your professional life, but you are only weeks away from planning for...
St. John: Even from Italy, Mississippi is still home
It’s true that there’s no place like home, and I deeply and dearly love my hometown of Hattiesburg and my home state of Mississippi. I...
St. John: The Best Job Ever
There are many emotions associated with parenthood. Joy and amusement come to mind immediately. The early responsibilities of parenting can bring worry and guilt. There...
Robert St. John: Nobody’s poet
In the late 1990s, I was asked by my local newspaper to write a weekly food column. I politely declined citing an overloaded schedule and...
Robert St. John: I love this business
In the 1985 Ron Howard movie, “Cocoon,” a group of senior citizens from a retirement home break into an abandoned indoor swimming pool filled with...
Robert St. John: Good morning, Hattiesburg
A few weeks ago, an interviewer asked, “Give me a typical day in the life of Robert St. John.” I had never thought about it...
Robert St. John: The Currency of Christmas
Everyone has a favorite holiday. Many of my friends are partial to Halloween. They have fond memories of trick-or-treating through the neighborhoods of their youth...
Column: Mississippians feeding Mississippians
It is said that Texans have unparalleled pride for their state. My wife grew up there and my father-in-law is from there. Though I find...
Robert St. John’s ‘Five Fs’ to live by
It could be said — and probably has often been said — that I am a slow learner. It took me almost 40 years to...