Dancing Tomatoes with French chef and NY Times food journalist Susan Loomis

James Navé here. It's my pleasure to welcome Paris-based French chef and NY Times author Susan Loomis to a Twice 5 Miles Radio conversation titled Dancing Tomatoes.   Suppose you have an interest in French cuisine. In that case, you may already know Susan's name. Susan is an award-winning author with fourteen books to her credit, a professionally trained chef, and a brick and mortar cooking school proprietor until the last year. 
 I first met Susan in 2006, and I was doing an Imaginative Storm workshop in Paris, which she attended. Susan and I became friends right away. She invited me to visit her brick-and-mortar studio/house in Louvier, France, west of Paris, about two hours by train.  It turns out her home was a former nunnery built hundreds of years ago. I suppose the nuns left an excellent vibe because Susan's kitchen was one most welcoming places I've ever been. When you listen to this conversation, you'll get a sense of why her house was so warm and happy. Susan is an accomplished author and journalist. Included among her titles are THE GREAT AMERICAN SEAFOOD COOKBOOK, FARMHOUSE COOKBOOK, CLAMBAKES, AND FISH FRIES, FRENCH FARMHOUSE COOKBOOK, ITALIAN FARMHOUSE COOKBOOK, (all Workman Publishing, Inc.) and ON RUE TATIN (Broadway Books. 2001) a narrative about her life in France, with recipes which won the IACP best literary food book for 2002, TARTE TATIN (Harper Collins UK, 2003), the sequel, COOKING AT HOME ON RUE TATIN, (William Morrow, May 2005) and NUTS IN THE KITCHEN (William Morrow 2010), IN A FRENCH KITCHEN (Penguin, 2015). FRENCH GRILL (Countryman, 2019); PLAT DU JOUR (Countryman, 2020). All are available through dancingtomatoes.com 
Susan has contributed to many newspapers and magazines, including the NEW YORK TIMES, LA TIMES, BOSTON GLOBE, COOKING LIGHT, CULTURE. Loomis has also participated in many television and radio shows, including Good Morning America (ABC), Home Matters, Epicurious/Discovery, The Splendid Table with Lynn Rosetto Kasper@(MPR); A Food Talk with Arthur Schwartz@ (WOR); A Good Food Hour with Evan Kleinman@ (KSRO).   
 Susan is a principal in www.dancingtomatoes.com. She offers the occasional private cooking class live or market tour with tastes in Paris, and she can be reached here for scheduling or questions, susan @ dancingtomatoes.com