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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

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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
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Title:The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears in Paris at the World's Most Famous Cooking School
Authors:Kathleen Flinn
Info:Penguin (Non-Classics) (2008), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 304 pages
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The 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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"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.
  CrimsonWurm | Apr 11, 2021 |
Very enjoyable book about the author's time in Paris at the famous Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. I especially liked that she also described things that didn't go so well in class and in her personal life! ( )
  yukon92 | Jan 20, 2020 |
From the Author's Note:

"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.
  alanhaley | Apr 16, 2018 |
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. ( )
  untitled841 | Aug 20, 2015 |
Slightly entertaining, that's all I can say about it. It gives a complete wrong impression of the famous cooking school. ( )
  PeterNZ | May 11, 2015 |
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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

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In this non-fiction narrative, the author loses her corporate job, cashes in her savings and heads to Paris to study at the Le Cordon Bleu cooking school.
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