Ruby Jewel in the Press!
Brainstorm NW- Sept. 2007
Look for Ruby Jewel in Brainstorm NW, Everyone is hungry for success these days, but some people are just plain hungry.
How else to explain the number of Oregon entrepreneurs who have come up with successful ideas for new food businesses? Maybe it’s the long, excellent growing season. Or the wide array of fresh, local crops. Maybe it’s the weather— we build up healthy appetites after all our outdoor activities. Whatever the reason Oregonians love food. Our restaurants are world renowned. And now so are an ever increasing number of Oregon-made food products.
Oregon is bursting with people with big ideas. Good ones. Tasty ones. Here is just a small appetizer, a sampling of some ideas that are good enough to eat, and a look at the people and the businesses behind them.
Ruby Jewel Treats, Portland It was a passion for the outdoors that brought Lisa Herlinger to Oregon. But now, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that she’s making the state a sweeter place.
Herlinger started Ruby Jewel Treats two years ago and already her all natural ice cream sandwiches are everywhere.
After culinary school, Herlinger worked at Milo’s City Café on Broadway in Portland where she became an ice cream enthusiast.