Vous perdez votre temps! (You're wasting your time.) by Kathleen Flinn

Vous perdez votre temps! (You're wasting your time.)

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You can’t hurry love, and you can’t rush puff pastry, either. You can knead too much, and you can be too needy. Always, warmth is what brings pastry to rise. Chemistry creates something amazing; coupled with care and heat, it works some kind of magic to create this satisfying, welcoming, and nourishing thing that is the base of life.

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I didn't start cooking until I was thirty-two. Until then, I just... by Kathleen Flinn

I didn't start cooking until I was thirty-two. Until then, I just ate. - Julia Child

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You're only limited by your passion and your imagination. Be open to the possibilities, take chances.

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As in cooking, living requires that you taste, taste, taste as yo... by Kathleen Flinn

As in cooking, living requires that you taste, taste, taste as you go along.

I don't have to tell you I love you. I fed you pancakes. by Kathleen Flinn

I don't have to tell you I love you. I fed you pancakes.

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Most memoir writers will tell you that the hardest part of writing a memoir isn't what to include, but what to leave out.

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I didn't realize it at the time, but writing obituaries was one of best jobs that I've ever had. After all, it's the only time that someone will ever laminate my work and put it in their Bible. Plus, let's be honest, writing obits in Sarasota is a very busy job. The old saying was that old people lived in Miami, but their parents lived in Sarasota.

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Americans and French are notoriously monolingual, especially earlier generations. Language is a sense of pride in both cultures. I think that the French and Americans are like brothers or sisters who are so similar that they irritate one another.

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In many ways, journalism school and culinary school are quite similar. They both teach fundamental skills and habits, but ultimately you learn through on-the-job training.

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I think we are all programmed to please as we grow up. by Kathleen Flinn

I think we are all programmed to please as we grow up.

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I think that women like to use different parts of their brain and their hands. And I think that cooking allows you to do that.

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There is an old story that says that Julia Child dropped a chicken on the floor when she was filming 'The French Chef.' And then - that, in fact, is not true. She just, you know, dropped some potatoes she was trying to flip in a pan.

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There are so many things you can do with a culinary degree. by Kathleen Flinn

There are so many things you can do with a culinary degree.

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I wasn't a great cook, but I was a passionate one. by Kathleen Flinn

I wasn't a great cook, but I was a passionate one.

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Cut the things out of your life that keep you from reaching your dream. It doesn't matter if it's cooking or belly dancing.

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