Author name: Susan Herrmann Loomis

Last evening we sat in the Dutch countryside, amidst sculpted hedges and blooms of lavender.  Tables were set for dinner […]

While most go south for the holidays, we’ve decided to go north for a little end-of-summer fillip.  Staying with friends

Unbelievable. I just ate a fabulous baguette.  I know, this sounds like an oxymoron, but it isn’t.  Baguettes are generally

More tomatoes.  It is simply impossible to stop eating them, they’re so rich, sweet, delicious, juicy.  I even served some

The “canicule” is here.  Every summer we have one, a period of extreme heat that drives people to rivers, the

I’ve got the mother lode of tomatoes in my kitchen, issue from Baptiste Bourdon’s farm. I usually get his tomatoes

It’s almost the full moon, I can feel it in the air.  I can also feel in the air the

The living is easy, this gorgeous month of August. I say gorgeous because I’m a positive person, and I like

Hello from windy, stormy Normandy!  We’re not flooded, but the grass squishes just the slightest bit when you walk on