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    Summer Reading for the Food Obsessed

    Books for the plane, the beach, or just curling up in bed.

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    Author of Le Cordon Bleu book in New York on Dec. 11

    FYI: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/events/books/35005/kathleen-flinn Listing says: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Borders on Columbus Circle. In The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry, Kathleen Flinn recalls how she dramatically changed her...

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    'culinary trivia' event with Cordon Bleu book author

    . It was on the Chowhound ‘top 20 summer reads’ list. Kathleen Flinn The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry 7 p.m., Tuesday October 21st Borders store at Oak Park 1144 Lake Street, (708) 386.6927...

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    Fun read for the flight over

    If you love France and food, you’ll enjoy this book. Titled “ The Sharper your Knife, The Less you Cry” by Kathleen Flinn. True story tells of a London-based middle management exec who gets laid off and decides...

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    Upcoming Beard on Books events

    offered for a light lunch. Theorecticaly it’s free, but they suggest a $20 donation. January 23rd - Kathleen Flinn, “The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry” (food memoir about Le Cordon Bleu in Paris; light...

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    Katherine Darling's Under the Table: memoir of her time at the French Culinary Institute, NYC

    by Kathleen Flinn.

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    'The Sharper Your Knife' book on Cordon Bleu on NPR

    I love Kathleen Flinn! when you’re as talented a writer and storyteller as she, then you have a best-selling book from your experience. (that’s a prediction! I heard her read quite a few excerpts from the book last...

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    2007 Cookbook / Chef Bio / food writing releases?

    The Sharper the Knife, the Less You Cry by Kathleen Flinn is very worthwhile – vivid description of the experience of attending Le Cordon Bleu in Paris – the author’s personality comes through in a good way...

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    Food books for Christmas

    was growing up), but by the end, she wins you over. My book club just read “The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry” by Kathleen Flinn. The author lost her job, cashed in her savings and went to Le Cordon Bleu in...

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    What's good to get 2nd-hand? Or ... not?

    I just read a book by Kathleen Flinn, The Sharper the Knife the Less You Cry. It was about attending Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. At the end of the book she quotes her grandmother "a woman needs two things in life, a good husband and...

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    What's your favorite food blog?

    Not really a typical food blog, but I like Kathleen Flinn's blog. http://kathleenflinn.blogspot.com She writesa about food news, food books, etc. but rarely posts recipes. I thinks he is doing more food newsy stuff because I read...

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    You Are What You Read

    Food books that I’ve enjoyed this past year: ‘The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry’ by Kathleen Flinn about leaving the corporate world to go to culinary school – great recipes ‘The Fortune Cookie...

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    Who are the great food writers, past & present?

    Also, the New York Times food writer Kim Severson rocks. I always seek out her byline. I also like Kathleen Flinn, author of The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry (about Le Cordon Bleu) and Madhur Jaffrey, who among other...

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    Wanted: A Cookbook To Curl Up With [Moved from Home Cooking board]

    Knife, the Less You Cry" by Kathleen Flinn about attending Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Nicely paced, well written, lots of insght into the school and French training – plus recipes. Along with this, “Le Cordon Bleu at...

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    Foodie Book Discussion (Not Cookbooks)

    ‘The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry’ by Kathleen Flinn about going to Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. (I recently made the tuna ceviche recipe from the book for a party and it was excellent.) I learned a lot from...

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