Blog Archives - Susan Herrmann Loomis

Molasses Time

Post Author:Susan
Post published:July 10, 2020
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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…

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Summer Time and the Grilling is Easy

Post Author:Susan
Post published:July 1, 2020
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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…

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French Confinement Cuisine

Post Author:Susan
Post published:April 21, 2020
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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…

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Easter Lamb

Post Author:Susan
Post published:April 6, 2020
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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
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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
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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…

Local Artichokes, Or Are They?

Post Author:Susan
Post published:February 24, 2020
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Eating seasonally and locally is part of my religion. Almost to absurdity, or so my friends and family will point out. But I’m committed, for many reasons. I want small…

Just decant the wine, and serve

Wine in a Box

Post Author:Susan
Post published:February 1, 2020
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As I wiped a tiny drop from the plastic spigot sticking out of the box of wine I’d just opened, I had to laugh. I, the keeper of wine…

Speculoos – Cinnamon Cookies

Post Author:Susan
Post published:October 23, 2019
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Speculoos is the golden spice cookie that comes wrapped in plastic and sits on the saucer of your espresso cup in nearly every cafe throughout the Hexagon. In the past…