The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry - Love, laughter and tears at
the world's most famous cooking school
Book description
In 2003, Kathleen Flinn, a thirty-six-year-old American living in
London, returned from holiday to find that her corporate job had been
terminated. Ignoring her mother's concern that she get another job
immediately or never get hired anywhere ever again, Flinn cleared out
her savings and moved to Paris to pursue a dream - a diploma from the
famed Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. THE SHARPER YOUR KNIFE, THE LESS
YOU CRY is the touching and remarkably funny account of Flinn's
transformation as she moves through the school's intense programme and
falls deeply in love along the way. More than two dozen recipes are
interwoven within this unique look inside Le Cordon Bleu amid battles
with demanding chefs, competitive classmates, and her 'wretchedly
inadequate' French. Flinn offers a vibrant portrait of Paris, one in
which the sights and sounds of the city's street markets and purveyors
come alive in rich detail. The ultimate wish fulfilment book, her story
is a true testament to pursuing a dream. Kathleen Flinn has been a
writer and journalist for nearly 20 years. Her work has appeared in the
Chicago Sun-Times, USA Today, Men's Fitness and many other publications.
She divides her time between Seattle, Washington and Southwest Florida.
