

Christine Hoffer, proprietor of the now-closed Rice Mansion Inn, always served the donuts to hotel guests for Sunday breakfast and continues that tradition whenever her sons come home from college.
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She works from early on Saturday until early Sunday-every Saturday night is an all-nighter for her too-and her 6-year-old daughter Ella, who’s already announced her desire to become a professional baker, helps out too.ĭonut cart fans are as noted for their passion as for their patience (the wait can be 45 minutes or more) and grace (no grumbling when something is sold out). Their daughter Holly is the baking master. Skip’s wife Jana handles the logistics of the complicated household and business, supervising orders and customer service. He also tends the beehives, runs the sugaring operation, and oversees all the gardening. Her son Skip, a pilot for UPS, bought and restored the cart and, after the last flight for the week, pulls a 15-hour shift from Saturday evening to Sunday lunch. Sally, the multi-talented mother of the current owners, ran a brick and mortar bakery in Cambridge until it closed in 1997, and still works in the kitchen.
