Ron and Jane Harris, bourbon candy makers

Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY
by Paula Burba, 4.28.09

Snapshots of People at Work

The back story, Scene I: Fairdale native Ron Harris moves to New York in 1974 to pursue acting career.

Scene II: Publicist and Boston gal Jane Harris hits New York in pursuit of acting.

Scene III: "We fell in love with each other on stage," Jane said. "We were doing a show called 'The Three Cuckolds,' " Ron said.

Scene IV: "We got married in 1982 in what was the backyard of our little house in Brooklyn," Jane said.

Scene V: Both were working on the television show "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "as the crow flies, we lived a mile and a half from the Trade Centers -- where they were," Ron said, on Sept. 11, 2001. "We stayed for quite a while," Jane said.

.....Scene III: "When I left the show, Vincent D'Onofrio (for whom he was a stand-in) … gave me two cases of Knob Creek bourbon. That's more than enough bourbon for a lifetime," Ron said. "We used it as the seed bourbon to start the business."
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See our interview with Ron Harris in 2008