Kathleen Flinn
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Kathleen Flinn is an American
writer and journalist best known for the 2007 best-selling work, The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry
(Viking/Penguin). The book was the first to provide an in-depth look at her experience attending and graduating from the famed Paris culinary school Le Cordon Bleu
. This book was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award
in General Non-fiction in 2008. The film rights
to the work were purchased by a television
division of 20th Century Fox
in 2008.
Her second book, The Kitchen Counter Cooking School (Viking/Penguin, October 2011) chronicles a year-long project inspired by a supermarket encounter with a woman loading up on processed foods. Flinn used her culinary training to help nine novice cooks find their cooking confidence and in the process, reported on the state of home cooking in general.
Flinn is on the board of directors for the International Association of Culinary Professionals
(IACP). She resides in Seattle with her husband, Michael Klozar.
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writer and journalist best known for the 2007 best-selling work, The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School is a best-selling memoir with recipes by American writer Kathleen Flinn...
(Viking/Penguin). The book was the first to provide an in-depth look at her experience attending and graduating from the famed Paris culinary school Le Cordon Bleu
Le Cordon Bleu
Le Cordon Bleu is the world's largest hospitality education institution, with 35 schools on five continents serving 20,000 students annually. Its primary education focus is on hospitality management and the culinary arts...
. This book was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award
Washington State Book Award
The Washington State Book Awards are presented annually in recognition of notable books written by Washington authors in the previous year.This literary awards program was established in 1967 as the Governor's Writers Awards. The program was based at the Washington State Library in Olympia...
in General Non-fiction in 2008. The film rights
Film rights
Film rights are the rights under copyright law to make a derivative work—in this case, a film—derived from an item of intellectual property. Under U.S...
to the work were purchased by a television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
division of 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
in 2008.
Her second book, The Kitchen Counter Cooking School (Viking/Penguin, October 2011) chronicles a year-long project inspired by a supermarket encounter with a woman loading up on processed foods. Flinn used her culinary training to help nine novice cooks find their cooking confidence and in the process, reported on the state of home cooking in general.
Flinn is on the board of directors for the International Association of Culinary Professionals
International Association of Culinary Professionals
The International Association of Culinary Professionals is a United States based not-for-profit professional association whose members work in culinary education, communication, or the preparation of food and beverage....
(IACP). She resides in Seattle with her husband, Michael Klozar.