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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PublishedJune 27, 2017
New executive chef tapped for Earth at Hidden Pond
Joseph Schafer will take the reins from Justin Walker, who recently purchased the Cape Neddick Inn.
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PublishedJune 27, 2017
Purple House, popular Montreal bagel baker, taking the summer off
The owner says the North Yarmouth business will reopen in October.
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PublishedJune 25, 2017
Cremation jewelry – holding remains of people, pets – becoming more popular
Limington jewelry designer Amy Richardson fuses ashes into glass jewelry to help ease her customers’ grief.
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PublishedJune 18, 2017
Skeeter Skidaddler repellent, a Maine product, will keep you safe
Windham man creates organic repellent that fights off flying, biting insects.
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PublishedJune 14, 2017
Starving for Father’s Day food ideas? We’ve got some
Here’s our list of things you can do with your foodie dad.
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PublishedJune 11, 2017
Schooner Hesper resurrected as a public drinking fountain
Local artist Nick Dalton just completed a public sculpture honoring the four-masted schooner that once lay abandoned in the Sheepscot River.
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PublishedJune 11, 2017
Oatmeal crumb tarts from Oats Any Time are bursting with fruit and as satisfying as oatmeal
And they have a great backstory, too.
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PublishedJune 11, 2017
Feature obituary: Evan Gallant, 21, Portland man radiated a bright light for others
Every decision he made as his life was shortened by cancer ‘was about someone else.’
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PublishedJune 8, 2017
Specialty doughnut shop opens in Monument Square with 400 giveaways
HiFi Donuts sells three styles of dunkers, artisan coffee roasted by entrepreneur George Howell, and other drinks.
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PublishedJune 7, 2017
When can you start picking strawberries?
The rain has probably not harmed the crop, farmers say, but cooler spring weather means the berries may ripen a little later than usual.
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