The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry

by Kathleen Flinn

Hello, and welcome to Dinner and a Book. Today we'll be talking about "The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry" by Kathleen Flinn and my guest is Linda Lucchese, professor of Italian Studies, noted chef and traveler.

In 2003 Kathleen Flinn was a 36 year-old American in London who felt trapped in corporate middle management until her boss eliminated her job while she was on vacation. Flinn cleared out her savings account and moved to Paris to pursue her life's dream: a diploma from the venerable Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. She is immediately humiliated by the French chef. What did she expect? She did not speak French and the chef did not speak English.

Original Air-Date: 1.10.2009