Portland Business Journal: Food designer's famous palate shapes great Oregon brands
Oregon State University’s Sarah Masoni knows she has a sophisticated palate. But one worth $1 million dollars?
Oregon State University’s Sarah Masoni knows she has a sophisticated palate. But one worth $1 million dollars?
For 18 years, Sarah Masoni has worked in product and process development at Oregon State University’s Food Innovation Center, specializing in helping local entrepreneurs produce and sell the visions they have for their food.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Most makers of fancy food like to supply a romantic story behind the birth of their triple-berry jam or new ice cream flavor. Maybe it was Grandma’s recipe, or a life-changing trip to Vietnam.
Here in Oregon, there is a fair chance that the inspiration was Sarah Masoni, a university laboratory manager with a title that is less than lyrical: director of the product development and process program at the Food Innovation Center of Oregon State University.