The first in-person interview of 2023 is with Katie Nicholson, owner of Cookie and Crumb Bake Shop! She shares her experience growing up in her family-owned Hamlin Pharmacy, attending culinary school in NYC where she focused on all things bread, a brief encounter with teaching, her favorite season for baking, opening up a Bake Shop during a pandemic, and the unexpected hurdles of making everything by hand in episode 186.