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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PublishedApril 1, 2014
Brunswick restaurateur named one of America’s ‘10 Best New Chefs’
Cara Stadler of Tao Yuan also was a semifinalist for a James Beard Award earlier this year.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2014
Grain partnership between Maine brewers, farmers in peril
A new FDA rule would require breweries to process spent grains before they can be fed to livestock, a change which U.S. Rep. Pingree blasts as ‘absurd.’
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PublishedMarch 20, 2014
Eat and Run: Burrito bliss at Bruce’s
Yarmouth is fortunate to have this dependably good eatery.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2014
Food Dispatches
Cellardoor Winery dinner, Restaurant Week in Saco and Biddeford, PSO wine dinner and auction and a showcase of local foods in Portland schools.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2014
Soup to Nuts: Maine’s tip-top maple tappers open their houses
Sugarhouses will welcome spring – and thousands of happy visitors – on Sunday.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2014
Beard Award nominations bypass Maine chefs, restaurants
One Mainer does get a nomination, however, in the Broadcast and New Media category.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2014
Soup to Nuts: Break soda bread with the Irish
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we offer three families’ versions of the Emerald Isle treat.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2014
The Signature Event Cocktail and Dessert Competition honors best drink and sweet
The sold-out event marks the end of Maine Restaurant Week, which draws to a close Monday.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2014
Soup to Nuts: Looking forward to spring’s bounty
Perusing CSA options, visiting the Portland Flower Show and splurging at an ice cream shop are just a few of the timely suggestions.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2014
Breakfast Cook-Off winner is … Eve’s at the Garden
Chef Tim Labonte topples four-time winner Lisa Kostopoulos with his pork belly waffles.
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