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 motherΓ’β¬β’s advice that she get another job immediately or Γ’β¬Εnever get hired anywhere ever again,Γ’β¬Β Flinn instead cleared out her savings and moved to Paris to pursue a dreamΓ’β¬βa 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 FlinnΓ’β¬β’s transformation as she moves through the schoolΓ’β¬β’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 Γ’β¬Εwretchedly inadequateΓ’β¬Β French. Flinn offers a vibrant portrait of Paris, one in which the sights and sounds of the cityΓ’β¬β’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.
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