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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 grow sales but the partnership was a disaster – and after bitter lawsuits Kathleen was forced to start over from scratch. 18 years later T

Tate's Bake Shop: Kathleen King

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