The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry
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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
. It was first published by the Viking Press
on October 4, 2007, ISBN 0-670-01822-8.
In this non-fiction narrative, the author loses her corporate job, cashes in her savings and heads to Paris
to study at the Le Cordon Bleu
cooking school
. It is notable in being the first book-length account of the experience of attending the famous school.
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry was a Finalist for the Washington State Book Award
in General Nonfiction in 2008.
Memoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
with recipes by American writer Kathleen Flinn
Kathleen Flinn
Kathleen Flinn is an American writer and journalist best known for the 2007 best-selling work, The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry . 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...
. It was first published by the Viking Press
Viking Press
Viking Press is an American publishing company owned by the Penguin Group, which has owned the company since 1975. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim...
on October 4, 2007, ISBN 0-670-01822-8.
In this non-fiction narrative, the author loses her corporate job, cashes in her savings and heads to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to study at the 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...
cooking school
Cooking school
A cooking school or culinary school is an institution devoted to education in the art and science of food preparation. It also awards degrees which indicate that a student has undergone a particular curriculum and therefore displays a certain level of competency...
. It is notable in being the first book-length account of the experience of attending the famous school.
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry 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 Nonfiction in 2008.