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 28, 2014
Incredible Breakfast Cook-Off puts reigning queen to the test
Lisa Kostopoulos, chef/owner of The Good Table in Cape Elizabeth, is back once again, but she faces some stiff competition.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2014
Foodies name favorite dishes to try during Maine Restaurant Week
Chefs, food writers and bloggers name a favorite restaurant dish they discovered in the state during the past 12 months.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2014
Maine Restaurant Week dishes up old standbys, new kinds of fun
Events during the March 1-10 celebration range from the Breakfast Cook-Off to a pancake-flipping relay race.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2014
Four Maine chefs make 2014 list of semifinalists for Beard awards
Other contenders are Rob Tod of Allagash Brewing Co., Portland’s Fore Street restaurant and Rockland’s Primo.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2014
Soup to Nuts: ‘Crauxnuts’ crash the Maine pastry scene
An adaptation of the croissant-doughnut hybrid is drawing crowds at a South Portland bakery.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2014
Habitat home spells security for immigrant
A teacher’s assistant who grew up in Sudan and her family are moving into a new complex in Freeport.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2014
Maine refrain: 6 more inches of snow expected
Snowfall rates could reach an intensity of 1 to 3 inches per hour Tuesday night in Portland, the National Weather Service says.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2014
Eat and Run: Daily Greens in Portland
The new salad bar in the Public Market House offers lots of variety and fresh ingredients
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2014
Soup to Nuts: How local chefs show their love
Generally crazy busy on Valentine’s Day, the members of this exclusive couples club still always figure out a way to say, ‘I heart you.’
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2014
Soup to Nuts: New attitudes put butter lovers – and makers – in fat city
Casco Bay Butter Co. in Portland sees its sales soar as the real thing is less margarine-alized.
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