Posted on May 7, 2016 by Susan Hartman in The New York Times The New York Times, By Susan Hartman Mardi Gras morning was difficult at the Cupcake Cafe. The health inspector showed up, and Ruth Arcone, the cafe’s pie maker, was so startled she forgot to put the plastic babies into her king cake. “The inspector didn’t look in the fridge, didn’t even look in the bathroom,” Ms. Arcone said. When the inspector left, “We’re like, ‘Ahh!’” She added, “We got an A.”
