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 24, 2014
Raising goats a growing trend in Maine
Their size, manageability and personality make them good starter animals for beginning farmers.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2014
Soup to Nuts: A Mexican hot spot in blueberry country
After 13 years of serving migrant workers in Washington County’s blueberry barrens, the Vazquez family finds a permanent restaurant home.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2014
Meet: Annie Wadleigh of the Portland Pollinator Partnership
Get the buzz on helping bees.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2014
Soup to Nuts: Going with the local grain
As Maine farmers grow more grains, and millers process them, bakeries are using the local flours to make pastries and breads more nutritious and flavorful.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2014
Chefs Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier to make their mark on Portland’s Press Hotel
James Beard Award-winning chefs will run the planned Congress Street hotel’s restaurant, room service and more.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2014
Meet Stephanie O’Neil, founder of garden clubs for children
The carrots at your favorite restaurant? Club kids may have dug them.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2014
At Foley’s bakery in Portland, new owner, same recipes
The Foleys have sold their Monument Square bakery to a long-time friend who knows the business.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2014
Soup to Nuts: A little-known Maine flatbread gets an unlikely hero
Father Paul Dumais tries to revive ployes, made without a mix or commercial leavening agent.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2014
Food trucks to compete using Stonewall ingredients
Stonewall Kitchen is hosting a Battle of the Food Trucks from 4 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 2 in the back parking lot of the company’s headquarters at 2 Stonewall Lane. Each truck will produce small bites featuring Stonewall Kitchen products, and people attending the event will be able to vote for their favorite. The […]
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PublishedJuly 23, 2014
Guest chefs take over kitchen on cruises to Nova Scotia
Nova Star Cruises will launch a guest chef program this month on the ferry service between Portland and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The program will begin with two chefs from Nova Scotia. Jason Lynch was the featured guest chef on the day and evening passages July 18-19; he’ll make a repeat performance on Aug. 8-9. Lynch […]
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