On Rue Tatin was a major success for Susan Loomis, in terms of both
the enthusiastic response from readers and the fact that it won the
2002 IACP Crystal Whisk Award for Literary Food Writing.
Unsurprisingly it has been followed up by another instalment, this
one focusing on how the American food enthusiast and her husband
and young children take to life in the small French town of
Louviers, northwest of Paris. There are few surprises awaiting the
reader here, but Loomis's love for her subject matter is nothing if
not contagious. Taking in travel, biography and the sumptuousness
for which French cuisine is renowned, her prose rattles along
joyfully, the narrative punctuated by a barrage of recipes laden
with richness and flavour. Her keenness is easily matched by her
knowledge - she graduated from La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in 1981
- and her talent is obvious in her depiction of the dishes. So
realistic is her conjuring up of the many delicacies that you can
almost feel the calories piling up as you come to the end of
another chapter. Having just about recovered from the pumpkin soup,
you're confronted with an awesome spread of roasted guinea hens,
legs of wild boar and a quite bewildering array of herbs and
spices, all washed down with a 'golden and buttery' white or an
equally palatable red. Tarte Tatin is as much about the little
ambushes that await the adventurous strangers who arrive in small
towns anywhere in the world as it is about the actual food, but
that's not to be taken as a criticism. Clearly, there still exists
an insatiable appetite for this type of book, and when the quality
is of such a high standard as Susan Loomis's latest offering, there
is life in the old genre yet. (Kirkus UK)
On Rue Tatin was a delightful discovery, and every reader asked for more. The life on Rue Tatin seemed like a dream fulfilled.
Now in Tarte Tatin, Susan Loomis shares with us how she, her husband and two children settled into life in a small French town, learnt about their neighbours and how to be accepted as inhabitants of the town. With her son going to a French school and her husband finding work in the town, Susan Loomis discovers the joys of the French lifestyle - the markets and the food in particular - but also some of the difficulties, particularly for those who are not born French.
The creation of the long dreamt-of cookery school is a story of great appeal - everyone who has ever thought of starting their own small business will enjoy the ups and downs of their enterprise, and long to go to Rue Tatin.
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