A culinary memoir of Normandy by the author of "The Farmhouse Cookbook," who settled in a remodeled convent in Louviers in 1994. Loomis is a talented chef with a winning prose style and an impressive dedication to all things culinary, and her book is as pleasant as a picnic. With 50 Norman recipes throughout. The book is dedicated to the Louviers and its inhabitants "for making room for us."  (FRN308, $14.95)