The Sharper your Knife, the Less You Cry
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Read Kathleen Flinn's posts on the Penguin Blog. This is the funny and inspiring account of Kathleen Flinn's struggle in a stew of hot-tempered chefs, competitive classmates, her own "wretchedly inadequate" French, and the basics of French cuisine. Flinn was a thirty-six-year-old middle manager trapped
… More »Read Kathleen Flinn's posts on the Penguin Blog. This is the funny and inspiring account of Kathleen Flinn's struggle in a stew of hot-tempered chefs, competitive classmates, her own "wretchedly inadequate" French, and the basics of French cuisine. Flinn was a thirty-six-year-old middle manager trapped on the corporate ladder--until her boss eliminated her job. So she cashed in her savings and moved to Paris to pursue her lifelong dream of attending the venerable Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. Fans of Julie & Julia and the late Julia Child will be richly rewarded by this vibrant tale of self-discovery, transformation, and ultimately love.
« Lesslove, laughter, and tears in Paris at the world's most famous cooking school
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Add a CommentKathleen Flinn's memoirs about her time at Le Cordon Bleu is an engrossing read. Her writing is engaging and her descriptions of the food she learned to cook and of the people who shared her Parisian adventures were equally tantalizing.
In this charming and pleasant book, Kathleen Flinn does a marvelous job of evoking Paris in all its glory and uniqueness. Furthermore, she captures the excitement, fear and wonderment of attending Le Cordon Bleu while comically describing the quirks and antics of her chef professors. When not attending classes, Flinn takes the reader through her search for living quarters, her outings with visiting friends and her quest to improve her modest French. The 28 small chapters do become repetitive, however, mostly because each contains at least one forced metaphor: "timing is important in cooking just like it is in relationships. If you try to take the cake out of the oven -- or commit to your sweetheart forever -- too soon, you end up with a sorry mess." If she lost the prosaism, Flinn would become a truly excellent and intriguing writer.
I love Kathleen Flinn's style of writing, it is simple, straight forward and engaging. This is the story of her time at the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, after losing a high powered executive position. I also recommend her second book, Kitchen Counter Cooking, which is funny and well written, reading like a novel, even though it is non-fiction.
The introduction made me think that I was going to hate this book because of the author. I didn't. It took me a bit to read. Didn't hold my attention. Not a stand out read.
A really satisfying read!
A reasonably enjoyable tale of woman's journey of self discovery and the gruelling world of the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris... with recipes.