
Every week I’m interviewing fascinating people in our community, nation and around the world.
Carstens’ Bakery is an iconic part of eastern Idaho history. It’s been on Cliff Street since 1968 and was run by Willi Carsten until he passed away in 2022.
Willi’s grandson, Ben Borsik, took over the bakery and has been running it ever since.
Because it’s Thanksgiving, we thought we’d take a look back at my interview with Ben from a few years ago. He agreed to answer my questions and showed me how he makes his delicious sugar cookies.
Here’s what I asked him:
Watch my interview with Ben in the video player above and learn more about Carstens’ here.
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