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Dec 2019
59m 43s

Tate's Bake Shop: Kathleen King

Guy Raz | Wondery
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Kathleen King was 11 years old when she started baking cookies to sell at her family's farm stand on Long Island. After college, she opened a small bake shop, and eventually started selling her cookies to gourmet grocery stores in Manhattan. But after twenty years of running a small business, she wanted more time for herself. She brought in two partners to g ... Show More
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