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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PublishedJuly 29, 2015
For summer guests, try some quick, very Maine foods
You don’t have to exhaust yourself cooking – a little of the local goes a long way.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2015
Maine-made farm goods soon will wind their way to Boston by schooner
It’s art. It’s protest. It’s celebration. And, who knows? It may even be a practical way to get cargo to market.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2015
Where do restaurant patrons see the tipping point?
Fears among waitstaff in Portland over the effects of a minimum wage hike may be misplaced. Consider the psychology of why people tip and it’s likely their generosity won’t change at all.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2015
Homegrown: Blueberry Champagne
Toast the season with this new seasonally appropriate drink.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2015
Portland family packages grandfather’s recipe to make Italian version of ramen noodles
The Politos hope that Papa’s Juicy Noodles will go national.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2015
Maine malt for local craft beer has arrived
A few Mainers have begun to malt barley and say the potential is huge.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2015
Homegrown: Mini cider press
Every year, on the first Sunday in October, the Boilard family hops into a caravan of cars and drives to Giles Family Farm in Alfred to pick a bushel of apples. When they get back to their home in Biddeford, they use their family’s traditional cider press to make homemade cider. It isn’t easy, but […]
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PublishedJuly 8, 2015
Observing Ramadan: Maine family expresses faith by sharing traditional Pakistani dish
At the same time, breaking from tradition, they devise ways to make the holiday food healthier.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2015
Homegrown: Biodegradable straws
‘Straw straws,’ made of winter rye, can help reduce the plastic polluting the ocean and harming sea life.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2015
Now quietly working in Rangeley, chef recalls outsized role in history
The Thai man once helped five Americans survive and escape Iran amid the 1979 hostage crisis.
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