Kathleen Flinn
Food writer, chef and cooking teacher
Kathleen Flinn is an American writer and chef. In The Kitchen Counter Cooking School she follows nine kitchen novices as they learn to cook with confidence.
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American Born 1967 in Davison, United States
About Kathleen Flinn
Kathleen Flinn is an American writer, journalist, chef and TV producer. She is known for The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry, a memoir about her time at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, which became a 2007 New York Times bestseller. The Kitchen Counter Cooking School, published in 2011, follows nine people with little cooking experience and the lessons that helped them become confident home cooks. The American Society of Journalists & Authors named it a 2012 Book of the Year. Her later memoir Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good explores food across several generations of her Midwest family. She teaches cooking and food writing, and serves on the board of trustees of The Culinary Trust.