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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PublishedAugust 9, 2016
Maine’s food economy gets new blueprint for expansion
The Maine Food Strategy organization’s 29-page report outlines wide-ranging goals for getting there from here.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2016
Southern Maine’s drought is hurting some vegetable and fruit crops, helping others
Consumers will find plenty of produce at farmers markets in August, but some crops may be stunted or less available.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2016
As the drought continues, farmers face meager second cutting of hay
One wonders if this is ‘the new normal.’
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PublishedAugust 2, 2016
Hero sandwich shop in Monument Square closes after 5 months
The Otto restaurant group, which co-owned the shop, will focus on getting its new pizza shop open at 250 Read St.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2016
Raise a flask to this crazy election season
A Portland artist’s whiskey flasks are imprinted with her drawings of historical figures and images from nature.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2016
Buck’s Naked BBQ closing Old Port location Aug. 20
The restaurant’s owners plan to focus their efforts on their two other locations, in Freeport and Windham.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2016
Better food becomes par for Maine golf courses
The humble hot dog is still on golf club menus, but it’s joined by sophisticated fare.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2016
Belgrade Lakes club’s Lobster BLT makes the cover of Golf Digest
The sandwich is so popular, people call ahead to reserve them.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2016
Co-chefs will take the helm at Scales
When the executive chef of the popular seafood restaurant leaves later this summer, the sous chef and pastry chef will take over.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2016
Two of Portland’s top chefs will team up to open Italian restaurant off the peninsula
Chris Gould of Central Provisions has purchased the old Borealis Breads bakery on Ocean Avenue and will bring in Mike Smith, the executive chef at Scales, to run the kitchen.
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