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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PublishedSeptember 21, 2014
Meet: Laura Newman of Portland’s School Ground Greening Coalition
The group works with students and adults to design landscapes that encourage being outdoors at school.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2014
Soup to Nuts: These Maine women are crushing it – the herbs for their pesto business
South Road Farm, run by Dyanna Lincoln and her aunt Sylvia Andrews, packages an array of unusual pestos made from local herbs.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2014
Soup to Nuts: Apple quest leads to the crisp, the strange and the ugly
Rowan Jacobsen talks about the ‘chewing and spitting and assessing’ that went into his new book, ‘Apples of Uncommon Character.’
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2014
After 25 years in Portland, Pepperclub restaurant appears ready to close
One of the owners has started a new job, and the business’ lease is running out.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2014
Homegrown: Thirty Acre Farm’s sauerkraut is a mind-changer
And it’s good for you, too.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2014
Maine farmers are going with the odds – odd produce, that is
They diversify the state’s crops by growing crops from away, like peanuts, okra and artichokes.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2014
Soup to Nuts: Tracing family history via great-great-grandmother’s skillets
Starting in 1871, the cast iron heirlooms traveled a circuitous route from hillbilly country to Maine.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2014
Meet: Sara Trunzo, director of Veggies for All
Since 2007, the Unity-based project has raised 75,000 pounds of vegetables for people in need.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2014
Soup to Nuts: What’s the buzz about how much caffeine to consume?
In his book ‘Caffeinated,’ Maine writer Murray Carpenter says humans’ long love affair with the drug could be turning into a dangerous obsession.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2014
Uncle Andy’s makeover debuts on ‘Restaurant Impossible’ Wednesday night
The Food Network show gave the South Portland diner an updated look and new menu items.
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