The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry by Kathleen Flinn
After being let go from a corporate job that she loathed, Kathleen Flinn decided to accomplish her life long dream of attending Le Cordon Bleu Cooking School in Paris. She cashed in her life savings and left for France while barely able to speak the language. While Kathleen learns techniques for preparing puff pastry and making stock, she makes friends with culinary students from Brazil, Japan and one from England who looks like Liz Hurley. She is tutored by the owner of her local wine shop as well as a homeless man who advises her that her sauce needs more salt. Loads of interesting characters, particularly the chefs, spice up this fun memoir of one woman’s adventure of a lifetime. You may find yourself learning a few things too. The title refers to the fact that if your knife is dull when you cut you will bruise the onion more than sharp knife, causing it to release more alkaloids that will make your eyes tear up. And there is a local tie in too. The Atlantic Culinary Academy at McIntosh College is a Le Cordon Bleu™ culinary program.