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Kathleen Flinn is the author of The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry, a memoir with recipes about her experiences at the famed Le Cordon Bleu in Paris.

At 36, Flinn returned from vacation to find that her corporate job had been eliminated. Ignoring her mothers 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 her life dream of studying French cuisine in Paris. Beyond the kitchens, she discovers what she really wants from life -- and falls deeply in love along the way.

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love calls it 'a really lovely book; engaging, intelligent and surprisingly suspenseful.'

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My Friday reads may feel a bit light, but I’ve actually been reading more than usual because I’vegot not one, buttwo manuscriptsbyclosefriendsthat I’ve been reading this week. The voice and the plotlines couldn’t be more different. One is a lyrical taleabout a woman who goes to Mumbai to find her long-lost grandfather and learns to cook from him.The other is a study in wry wit as it tells the t...

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description: It’s the time of year when CSA baskets really start showing their stuff. At first, it’s exciting to see all they have to offer, but sometimes it can feel overwhelming. What to do with all those carrots? Kathleen Flinn will show you some basic cooking techniques that will help you make the most of your basket, your garden, or all that goodness you find at the Farmer’s Market. She’ll include basic knife skills and soup recipes too, so you can get yourself out of any culinary jam.
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“The sharper your knife, the less you cry...for me, it also means cutting those things that get in the way of your passion and living your life the way it is meant to be lived.”
Kathleen Flinn, The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School

“You can’t hurry love, and you can’t rush puff pastry, either. You can knead too much, and you can be too needy. Always, warmth is what brings pastry to rise. Chemistry creates something amazing; coupled with care and heat, it works some kind of magic to create this satisfying, welcoming, and nourishing thing that is the base of life.”
Kathleen Flinn, The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School

“An emperor walks with his court through many fields of roses until they come to a barren spot. There he sees one rose. "It's the most beautiful rose I've ever seen!" the emperor cries. Those walking with him point out that he'd just been through a field of similar roses. "Yes, but THIS one I can see.”
Kathleen Flinn, The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School

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