For most people, the pandemic was a struggle and a setback. But for others, the lockdowns gave them an entirely different perspective and set them on the path they might not have otherwise taken.
That’s the case for Shannon Wilson, owner of the new Artigiana bakery on the border of Larkinville and Little Hollywood. Shannon has epilepsy, and the condition caused her to struggle in culinary school. She left school and started working in the Carryout Café at Wegmans. With few people there knowing how to bake bread, she decided to learn it as a way to set herself apart.
She started gaining a reputation for amazing bread when the pandemic hit…