Susan Herrmann Loomis

Susan Herrmann Loomis has taught cooking classes for more than twenty years, and has written fourteen best-selling cookbooks.  Her dream has always been to share with you what she knows, making cooking, France, and her passion come alive for you.

It all started with cooking school in Paris, then a year co-researching and authoring THE FOOD LOVER’S GUIDE TO PARIS, by Patricia Wells.  They walked the streets of this famed city tasting, sipping, getting up at all hours to visit bakers and cheese makers, restaurateurs and markets.

Susan went on to do extensive travel throughout the United States, France, Italy, the Middle East and parts of Asia as she researched books, always keeping in mind the people behind the food. What captivates her, aside from flavor and excellence, are the people who grow and then fashion our food into gorgeous tastes.

She is passionate about tradition, and all of her work has led her to investigate, share, then write about food and agricultural traditions throughout the world, focusing mostly on France where she lives.   She believes that learning about cooking and food involves much more than recipes and techniques. So, she shares the people, the traditions, the culture around food production and creation, from farm to bakery to winery.

She is an award-winning author of fourteen books both food and literary, the most recent of which is PLAT DU JOUR(Countryman, 2018).