false 880773 7 <B>A delightful true story of food, Paris, and the fulfillment of a lifelong dream</B> <BR><BR> 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 &#147;never get hired anywhere ever again,&#148; Flinn instead cleared out her savings and moved to Paris to pursue a dream&#151;a diploma from the famed Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. <I>The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry</I> 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 &#147;wretchedly inadequate&#148; 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 <I>Julie & Julia, Almost French</I>, and <I>Eat, Pray, Love</I> will be amused, inspired, and richly rewarded by this seductive tale of romance, Paris, and French food. 2654126 4 10 2007 The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School total:1371|5:178|4:520|3:496|2:149|1:28| 1371 4784 2225 474 1 4 false false Tue Feb 05 11:17:13 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 12:42:53 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 12:59:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Dec 22 21:20:36 -0800 2007 Fri Jul 11 19:29:17 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Feb 18 13:43:27 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 22:53:32 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 13:43:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 17:12:01 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 18:17:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 06:32:46 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 06:45:48 -0800 2009
Flinn's account of her Le Cordon Bleu adventure is in many ways what I had hoped that How to Cook a Dragon would be.

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I loved reading about Le Cordon Bleu, and I'm excited to try the recipes in the book. It was fun reading about life in Paris, too. I think it's awesome she ac...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 07:44:22 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 08:00:12 -0800 2009 -takes place at the cordon bleu/involves the best food in the world, setting the stage for amazing mfk fisher-style food descriptions
-involves a love story AND paris, so guaranteed to sell
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I second what one reader said before in that there's absolutely no conflict at the heart of the story. Kathleen begins this novel as a chef and ends it as a chef, albeit one who can now add puff pastry to her repertoire. Even when Mike is in...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 06:29:49 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 06:41:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 19:16:42 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 19:41:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 08:16:19 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 08:16:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 14:20:50 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 20:03:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 18:44:14 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 08:51:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 12 17:51:21 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 17:58:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 11:04:20 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 08:23:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2629425