Many people tell Meredith Goad that she has the best job in Maine, and most of the time she agrees. Maine has a crazy appetite for food stories, and it’s Meredith’s job to satisfy those cravings with juicy tales from chefs, food producers, local farms, and the state’s fast-growing restaurant scene. Her work appears in Wednesday’s Business section and the Sunday Food & Dining section, and occasionally, but not as often as she’d like, on the front page. A native of Memphis, Tenn., Meredith shamelessly flaunts her knowledge of good barbecue in front of her Yankee friends. She earned a bachelor of science degree in wildlife biology from Colorado State University, then studied science writing at the University of Missouri, where she received a master’s degree in journalism. She spent the first 20 years of her career covering science and environmental news, then switched to features in 2004, just as Portland’s food scene was taking off. Her own most memorable meal? Back in the 1980s, on assignment in Finland, she shared a dinner of reindeer and Russian vodka with Maryland’s governor and a bunch of hungry scientists. Meredith lives in Portland, but spends much of her time off back in Tennessee - either visiting family, or in online archives, researching her family’s history.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2016
These bait bags will lure fashionistas, not fish
Alaina Marie Harris has built a business turning the same marine-grade fabric that’s used in the lobster industry into clutches, wristlets and wallets
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PublishedMarch 2, 2016
Portland chefs make the leap to new cuisines
Here’s how, and why, some have left their comfort zones.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2016
Give your stressed-out kitty a bag of feline fun
‘Kitty Can’t Cope’ catnip is organic and the toys it comes in are locally made
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2016
Portland’s Harvest on the Harbor festival sold to new operators
The new owner, S&G LLC, is expected to expand the city’s premier food and spirits festival.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2016
Where will you find the best deals during Maine Restaurant Week?
Here are suggestions for finding bargains and rare dining experiences.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2016
Get ready to be sated during Maine Restaurant Week
These dining devotees can show the way to making the most of its bargains and events.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2016
Composting with compassion: Putting beloved big animals in to pasture
The death of your horse, your alpaca, your pig raises a pressing question: How does one gracefully dispose of a 1,000-pound body?
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2016
Five new charges filed against singer-songwriter Don McLean
The charges stem from the domestic violence investigation that started when he was arrested at his home in Camden on Jan. 18.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2016
Consumers love probiotics, but do they work?
A doctor says there isn’t enough data to support prescriptions but people flock to products containing probiotics.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2016
Doctor prescribes cheese with a little something extra
New Hampshire-based Dr. Mark Windt and partner Roxanne Barnes team up with a Vermont creamery to create a pasteurized cheese containing probiotics, now available at Whole Foods in Portland.
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