HeyJaredSusan Herrmann Loomis in Paris
Welcome to On Rue Tatin, where we explore how the French think, taste, and cook — from market stalls to intimate kitchen tables. Many of you savor the stories from afar, while others join me in for hands-on, immersive classes in Paris.
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Cooking Together (opens the original)
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The other day I had a note from a lovely man who took one of my classes. “Thank you for showing me I’d been holding my knife wrong for 30 years. I had a blast!” I laughed out loud. He was quiet in class, his humor wry like his note. In Paris for a few months with his wife, he came to class alone and applied himself assiduously to preparing a variety of seasonal vegetables which he seasoned with fresh herbs, topped with a glistening haddock fillet, then crimped parchment carefully around each ser
Patricia and Walter Wells are Moving (opens the original)
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My dear friend, mentor, and regular coffee and meal companion Patricia Wells, and her wonderful husband Walter, have sold their Provençal farmhouse, Chanteduc. As a regular visitor there over the past forty-plus years, I am accustomed to their generous hospitality and the very careful and beautifully curated collection of furnishings and accoutrements they have collected while living in their beautiful spot. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$
Hazelnuts and a Parisian Hardware Store (opens the original)
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Two years ago, there was a tectonic shift in the world that only I felt. I sold my magical, 400-year-old house, walked out the door, got on my bicycle and rode away.Anyone who has sold a beloved family home can imagine how that felt. The mixture of exhaustion and exhilaration is indescribable, and so very personal. First, the decision is made, then the actions must follow. For me, it was a ten year process before I could actually leave the timbered walls, charming garden, and the whole populatio
Wendell Berry and Sea Salt (opens the original)
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Le Quinze Août (opens the original)
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What with the hottest temperatures recorded since World War II, a major eclipse we won’t see the likes of for decades, the opening of the murky waters of the Canal Saint Martin in Paris for swimming, and desert-like mirages made real to us all throughout the Hexagon, this summer has been unlike any other. And when I went to drop off laundry at the local “pressing” this morning, I heard it may not yet be over.Subscribe nowLike an addict I’ve learned to live each day,
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