2020 - Susan Herrmann Loomis

Caffeine Time

Post Author:Susan
Post published:October 25, 2020
Post Category:Blog / Blog|Book|Featured|Life in France|press|Recipes / Book / Featured / Life in France / press / Recipes
Post Comments:0 Comments

Time still feels different but gone is the molasses. Enter the caffeine, as days become achingly short. They’re naturally short of light because of the season, and we just turned…

Roast Chicken

Post Author:Susan
Post published:October 6, 2020
Post Category:Blog / Blog|Book|Featured|Life in France|press|Recipes / Book
Post Comments:10 Comments

Roast chicken is one of the most eternally beloved dishes on planet earth. It evokes warmth, comfort, full flavor, cozy dinners with family and friends. It is easy to think…

Pipérade

Post Author:Susan
Post published:September 1, 2020
Post Category:uncategorized
Post Comments:8 Comments

Summer’s end, when temperatures are cool in the evening and morning and still intensely warm during the afternoons produce is at its absolute best. This is why I always planned…

Molasses Time

Post Author:Susan
Post published:July 10, 2020
Post Category:Blog / Blog|Book|Featured|Life in France|press|Recipes / Blog|Book|Featured|Life in France|Recipes / Book / Book|Life in France|Recipes / Featured / Life in France / Musings / Recipes
Post Comments:10 Comments

Molasses time. That’s what I’m calling this moment post-confinment. Or as the French say, “déconfinement”. Someday someone will explain to the world in a precise and scientific way how Covid-19…

fhphoto

Summer Time and the Grilling is Easy

Post Author:Susan
Post published:July 1, 2020
Post Category:Blog / Book / Featured / Life in France / Recipes
Post Comments:2 Comments

It's high time, past time, good time to grill your summer meals, as many of you already have. Here, we are as tomatoes begin to hang juicy on the…

Pizza!

Post Author:Susan
Post published:May 16, 2020
Post Category:Book / Featured / press / Recipes
Post Comments:6 Comments

Pizza became the most common confinement food, I discovered in an unofficial poll. In my former one kilometer of freedom I counted 25 restaurants offering pizza for take-away. Makes sense. …

Marie's Quiche fhphoto

French Confinement Cuisine

Post Author:Susan
Post published:April 21, 2020
Post Category:Blog / Book / Featured / Life in France / Recipes
Post Comments:24 Comments

Oh my, where is the time going? This virus doesn’t just provoke horror, it eats time. Never in my life have I had so much time, never have I felt…

fhphoto

Easter Lamb

Post Author:Susan
Post published:April 6, 2020
Post Category:Blog / Book / Life in France / Recipes
Post Comments:10 Comments

What an Easter season. Yesterday as I walked during my allowable hour outside, I saw signs hung at windows with the word Hosanna and the drawing of a frond.…

Hope and A Strawberry Parfait

Post Author:Susan
Post published:March 29, 2020
Post Category:Blog / Book / Life in France / Recipes
Post Comments:4 Comments

Gael Giraud, renowned economist and director of research at the prestigious National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) flatly stated, “We’re seeing food rationing in London and potential rationing in New…

Caramelized Oranges – Guaranteed Cheer

Post Author:Susan
Post published:March 18, 2020
Post Category:Blog / Book / Life in France / Recipes / uncategorized
Post Comments:4 Comments

You will read many, many, many accounts of how this virus is affecting everyone, how to spend your time now that you are - or soon will be - sequestered…

Pin It on Pinterest