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Loading... The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears in Paris at the World's Most Famous Cooking School (original 2007; edition 2008)by Kathleen Flinn
Work InformationThe Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears in Paris at the World's Most Famous Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn (Author) (2007)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Excellent book that explore cooking school in Paris and immersion into French culture. If intrested in cooking this is a great read, also eye opening for those considering cooking school. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was excellent, except the way she pronounced the word "saucepan" which she called "saucepin" a little thibg but it grew ro be annoying to me. no reviews | add a review
Biography & Autobiography.
Cooking & Food.
Essays.
Nonfiction.
HTML:In 2003, Kathleen Flinn was a thirty-six-year-old American in London who felt trapped in corporate middle management??until her boss eliminated her job while she was on vacation. Ignoring her mother??s advice that she find another job immediately, Flinn moved to Paris to pursue a dream??a diploma from the venerable Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. But instead of being ushered into ??a glamorous world of soufflés and foie gras,? Flinn found herself struggling in a stew of hot-tempered chefs, competitive classmates, and her own ??wretchedly inadequate? French. She trudged home traumatized by gutting fish, severing the heads off rabbits, and dropping an entire roast duck on the floor moments before having to present her plate to the presiding chef. As the story moves through the various classes, the basics of French cuisine are interwoven. Flinn also offers her experience of the vibrant sights and sounds of the markets, shops, and avenues of Paris. In time, Flinn triumphs in her battles and wins over the toughest chef. More important, though, she challenges a career-focused mentality and attempts a discovery of what really matters to her. She even comes to realize that the love of her life has been right in front No library descriptions found. |
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"In a few instances, time has been compressed and events rearranged for the purpose of story and narrative."
That's fine for a work of fiction, but a memoir? Basically Ms. Flinn is telling us that she makes stuff up as needed when her story gets boring.
We're done here.