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 8, 2015
Homegrown: Hand-knit, locally made reusable Swiffer covers
If you’ve got a Swiffer Sweeper at home, you know how fast those little white cloths can become a nasty mess, coated in dirt, pet hair and whatever other filth is hiding in your floorboards. For me, there’s something deeply satisfying about seeing that pristine cloth spoiled, since it means my house is that much […]
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2015
As interest in food grows in Maine, so does appetite for good stories about food
More publications, more writers, more photographers focus on food.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2015
Stumped for a Valentine’s gift? Think outside the chocolate box
Here are three less usual – and local – Valentine’s Day surprises for your sweetie.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2015
Where to take your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day
Here’s a roundup of restaurants with holiday offerings.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2015
Homegrown: Lynn Holaday’s gnome hats, colorful and warm
The Yarmouth artist sells her wares online, at craft shows and in two Portland stores.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2015
Cellardoor Winery to open large tasting room, event space at Thompson’s Point
Developer Chris Thompson calls Cellardoor ‘a perfect fit’ for the site on the Fore River in Portland.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2015
Looking for a way to up your Super Bowl game-day party? Try a snackadium
Chefs Brian and Shanna O’Hea of the Kennebunk Inn show you how.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2015
Construct your own snackadium: Here’s how
• A snackadium in a clawfoot tub. That was one of the first ideas that popped into Brian O’Hea’s head when he was thinking about building one. His inn, after all, is filled with tubs. But his wife brought him back down to earth: How would you move it? she asked. And how would you […]
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2015
Harvard researchers dig into Maine’s growing food economy
Proposals for improving resources and systems from farming to exports are expected this spring.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2015
Homegrown: Redd energy bars
I ran across Redd chocolate brownie energy bars in, of all places, an ice cream shop. Redd’s nutrient-dense, grab-bag list of ingredients looks like something that would be on Michael Phelps’ training menu: 50 mg goji berry, 350 mg maca root, 500 mg yerba mate, 1,000 mg chia seed and 1,575 mg omega 3 + […]
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