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The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Co...

Kathleen Flinn

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Nov 20, 2013 Jessica rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, memoir, france, food-and-drink, audio

Flinn's descriptions of the instructional methods at Le Cordon Bleu are definitely the best part of this, and I will take away inspiration from one of her recipes to finally address the rabbit saddle I've had in my freezer for a while. Unfortunately, the personal parts of this are less successful - Flinn presents herself as someone learning to be carefree and dream-following, but the reality of how she approaches her training and her life indicate that she's every bit as driven as the hard-charg ...more

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Jul 24, 2009 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it really liked it

Shelves: schools, memoir, foodie, cooking

Flinn loses her high-pressure job and finds herself unexpectedly able for the first time in her life to pursue her dreams; Flinn decides to spurn her former life and head off to Le Cordon Bleu, the world’s most renowned cooking school. It doesn’t take long for reality to hit her. All her cooking efforts meet with a barrage of criticism and scorn. Did she make the right decision? Has she given up everything and spent all her savings for nothing? Flinn slowly comes to a new view of her life, her l ...more

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