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The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry

Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School

by Kathleen Flinn

Hardcover, 285 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $24.95 |

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The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry
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Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School
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Kathleen Flinn

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Recounts the author's decision to change careers and attend the famed Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, describing how she survived the program's intense teaching methods and competitive fellow students, in an account complemented by two dozen recipes.es.

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At age 36, Kathleen Flinn packed her bags and headed for Paris where she enrolled at the Le Cordon Bleu culinary school. She talks about her journey, her experience becoming a chef, and her new memoir, The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry.

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