Julianne Vanderhoop at work at the Orange Peel Bakery in Aquinnah, Massachusetts. Photo from OPB

Julianne Vanderhoop, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts, runs a unique bakery on her ancestral homeland.

Vanderhoop opened the Orange Peel Bakery in August 2008. It was an immediate success -- she was easily selling out of breads, pastries, pies and other items she made every day in an outdoor oven, The Edible Vineyard reported a few months after her debut.

Vanderhoop continues to see success as one of the few year-round food businesses in Aquinnah, the headquarters of her tribe. She relies on a pay-as-you-go honor system for transactions and started a popular twice-weekly pizza night, The New York Times Magazine reported.

Some of the goodies at the Orange Peel Bakery in Aquinnah, Massachusetts. The business relies on a pay-as-you-go honor system for transactions. Photo from Facebook

“I love what I do,” Vanderhoop told the magazine, which published her recipe for raspberry bars with an almond crust.

The tribe is based on the island of Martha's Vineyard.

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