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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PublishedFebruary 12, 2017
Head to a port (wine) during a nor’easter
Nor’easter, an award-winning estate-grown port-like wine from Savage Oakes Winery, is made with grapes designed to withstand a Maine winter.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2017
FoodCorps is doing its part to get kids to eat their vegetables
Beet salad, quinoa and hummus are replacing pizza on the school lunch trays in Maine as the organization works to change students’ eating habits.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2017
A bowl of Greek Revival: Portland family’s egg-lemon soup recipe a culinary heirloom
Avgolemono and a chicken pilaf dish are favorites that have been handed down for generations.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2017
Café Crêpe is coming to Portland’s Public Market House
The café will serve savory and sweet crepes in the former K. Horton Specialty Foods space.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2017
Co-owner of Palace Diner to open Portland restaurant
Chad Conley, who reopened the Palace in Biddeford in 2014, plans to open his new restaurant on Forest Avenue where the BreaLu Cafe used to be.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2017
Timeline Growth Rules record a child’s growth history
Parents are meant to write on the Maine-made wooden rules.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2017
Washington Avenue’s first Japanese restaurant opens
Izakaya Minato will serve small plates of Japanese pub food.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2017
Portland bakery has some of the best croissants in America
But you already knew that, didn’t you?
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2017
Maine chefs travel the globe to taste, learn and bring ideas home
From the Caribbean to the Mideast to China, they go in winter and spring, when dining rooms are not as busy.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2017
Bow ties are not just for nerds anymore
Bowtie Co. makes them for women, children and even dogs
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