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Kathleen King, author of “Cookie Queen: How One Girl Started Tate’s Bake Shop" will be at Tate's Bake Shop in Southampton to sign copies of her book on November 25. MADISON FENDER
The cover of “Cookie Queen: How One Girl Started Tate’s Bake Shop.” RANDOM HOUSE BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
With some flour and a dream, Long Island entrepreneur Kathleen King chronicles her path to becoming the founder of the world-renowned Tate’s Bake Shop in her debut picture book “Cookie Queen: How One Girl Started Tate’s Bake Shop.” On Saturday, November 25, at 10 a.m. meet Kathleen King in person at Tate’s Bake Shop, 43 North Sea Road, Southampton. Books will be available for purchase at the store.
Published last July by Random House Books for Young Readers, “Cookie Queen” is the true story of how a little girl’s dream turned into an enormous cookie empire. It was written by King with Lowey Bundy Sichol and illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki. It tells the story of 11-year-old Kathleen King, who was positively obsessed with baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie. She experimented over and over and over with different recipes — less flour, more butter, longer baking time — until she got it just right.
Customers flocked to her family’s farm stand on Noyac Road in North Sea where they bought King’s enormous, buttery chocolate chip cookies. And when she grew up, King started a cookie company called Tate’s Bake Shop, which grew into a multimillion-dollar empire, named after her beloved father. Today, King’s iconic cookies are sold all over the country. “Cookie Queen” includes an original molasses cookie recipe that families will be inspired to create after reading this empowering story.
Staff Writer on Nov 17, 2023