The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You
Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the
Worlds Most Famous Cooking School
by Kathleen Flinn
I've Thought About It, She Did It!
A delightful true story of food, Paris, and the fulfillment of a lifelong dream
In 2003, Kathleen Flinn, a thirty-six-year-old American living and working
in London, returned from vacation to find that her corporate job had been
eliminated. Ignoring her mother’s advice that she get another job
immediately or “never get hired anywhere ever again,” Flinn instead
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 program and
falls deeply in love along the way. Flinn interweaves more than two dozen
recipes with a 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 fulfillment book, her story is a true testament
to pursuing a dream. Fans of Julie & Julia, Almost French, and Eat, Pray,
Love will be amused, inspired, and richly rewarded by this seductive tale of
romance, Paris, and French food.
Personal Review: The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry:
Love, Laughter, and Tears at the Worlds Most Famous Cooking
School by Kathleen Flinn
I love to cook, but am mostly self-taught. Even though I worked in a variety
of professional kitchens and learned much on the job, I've never taken
formal cooking lessons. After reading the Julia Child bio My Life in France
(Movie Tie-In Edition) (Random House Movie Tie-In Books), I wondered
what it would be like to attend the modern-day Cordon Bleu. Kathleen Flinn
does a wonderful job of bringing the reader along for her experiences
going through the program. Beyond the excellent vicarious education it
provides, the book is a colorful travelogue filled with fascinating characters.
A very enjoyable read that I was sorry to finish.
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