The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears in Paris at the World's Most Famous Cooking School
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🍽️ Slice into the ultimate foodie memoir and savor every page!
- HIGHLY RATED LOVED - Boasts a strong 4.4-star rating from 143 readers who praise its engaging, easy-to-read style and heartfelt narrative.
- INSPIRING RELATABLE - Perfect for food lovers and aspiring chefs craving motivation and a genuine behind-the-scenes look at culinary training.
- A CULINARY DREAM REALIZED - Follow Kathleen Flinn’s bold leap from London to Paris to master the world’s most prestigious cooking school.
- IMMERSIVE PARISIAN EXPERIENCE - Feel the vibrant atmosphere of Paris come alive through vivid storytelling that transports you to the heart of French cuisine.
- A MUST HAVE FOR FOODIE PROFESSIONALS - Join a community of millennial managers who blend passion with career ambition by diving into this inspiring memoir.
This paperback memoir by Kathleen Flinn chronicles her courageous move to Paris to earn a diploma from Le Cordon Bleu. Written in English and published by Little, Brown Book Group, it offers an immersive, heartfelt narrative that captures the highs and lows of culinary school life. With a 4.4-star rating and strong reader acclaim, it’s a compelling read for anyone passionate about cooking, culture, and personal growth.
Specifications
| Dimensions | 13.97 x 1.93 x 21.44 cm |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Isbn 10 | 0143114131 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0143114130 |
| Item Weight | 263 g |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 304 pages |
| Publication Date | 2 September 2008 |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Reading Age | 18 years and up |
Reviews
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Easy Read
I love this book! The author has other books and I am looking forward to reading them . I love the little bit of comment and the fact that she really lived the experiences in the book . Easy read, especially if you are a foody
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One of the best books I have ever read
This book is wonderful for anyone interested in cooking. it is so well written, the book really flows and it is so dissappointing when you finish it!! You really feel you are in Paris and the atmosphere leaps out of the pages at you-A wonderful, wonderful book
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Attend Le Cordon Bleu without making the trip - excellent
Kathleen Flinn has done a fine job balancing her story about attending Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris. She provides highlights of the lessons of cooking in an informative and memorable way, even including a Cordon Bleu recipe in each chapter. She offers plenty of humor about her failings and the foibles of her sometimes-eccentric chef-teachers and classmates. And she imparts unexpected yet welcome warmth and gentle pathos in writing about her relationship with her partner and living in Paris, just enough to be interesting. (She avoids the over-long syrupy prattle of Eat, Pray, Love.) Her book engages, teaches, and entertains from start to finish.
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Personal Tragedy and Comedy in the Kitchen
I had to repurchase this book as borrowers tended to forget to return it. Was it the Cordon Bleu recipes at the ends of the chapters or more the story of a vocation regained--and a man's heart? Having struggled with learning French for some time, like the narrator, adjusting my American cooking habits to classic French language and cooking techniques, and dealing with the heartbreak of having spent a full day only to get a flop at the end, I caught my own glance in Kathleen Flinn's reflections. Yes, it's a double love story, one of a passion for food preparation, the other equally harrowing and happy.And if you've been hesitating to enroll at the Cordon Bleu school, nowadays there are simultaneous translators to ease you over the hump and the lumps in your sauce.
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I liked this book because I love to cook too and there were some good recipes and methods that I gleaned from the book.
I loved the idea, that this girl reported on how it would be to go to The famous cordon Blue School. Her descriptions were entertaining, and sometimes I want a book that makes light of things, and makes me laugh. I never knew what was coming next, and the romance was delightful as well. I thought it was well written and left me wansting a bit more. that is a good sign for me!
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