Saturday, September 3, 2011

Weekend Cooking: Spotlight on The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn







THE KITCHEN COUNTER COOKING SCHOOL is essentially “What Not to Wear” meets Michael Pollan.  Inspired by a supermarket encounter with a woman loading up on processed foods, Le Cordon Blue graduate, and author of The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry, Kathleen Flinn decided to use her recent culinary training to help a group of nine culinary novitiates find their inner cook.  These students invited Kathleen into their kitchens where she took inventory of each person’s refrigerator, cabinets and eating habits.  After kitchen “makeovers” and a series of basic lessons where they learned to wield knives, trust their taste and improve their food choices, the women found a common missing ingredient—confidence.  In this new book, Flinn follows these women’s journeys and includes practical, healthy tips to boost readers’ culinary confidence, strategies to get the most from their grocery dollar and simple recipes to get readers cooking.   

From Viking; On-sale: October 3, 2011


*This looks like a fabulous book and I would have loved to be part of this cooking school to learn culinary skills from Kathleen Flinn. I'll be posting a review closer to the release date of the book in October and have a great giveaway scheduled. I'm also going to post Demo and shopping tip videos from Kathleen, recipes and information on the volunteers in my weekend cooking posts. 




Check out the official Book Trailer:










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10 comments:

  1. I cannot wait to read this book!!!

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  2. I have always wanted to go to a culinary school....sign me up!

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  3. I'm in love with this concept! The book trailer had me laughing out loud. I can't wait for your review and the book.

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  4. This sounds like a fun and useful book :)

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  5. would not mind her dropping in to visit me...lol

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  6. What a great idea! I am looking forward to your thoughts on this one.

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  7. I'd like to be given kitchen/cooking lessons more than fashion "do"s and "don't"s .... this sounds like a lot of fun (and useful!).

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  8. I got an advance copy of this book this week, and am looking forward to reading it! Thanks for the preview!

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  9. I cringe when I go to the grocery store and see people fill their cart to overflowing and they don't have a single fresh fruit or veggie. Everything is already prepared. eeks. that is not proper healthy eating.

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