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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PublishedOctober 11, 2012
New batch of brewers filling Maine’s glasses
The latest makers of craft beer are riding a second wave of growth with new flavors and an economic impact.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2012
Soup to Nuts: Join the party, even you independents
If you find the rhetoric distasteful, add fun to the debates and election night by gathering friends and making the best of whatever the results may be.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2012
Warm welcome
Mainers embrace trendy fire pits and chimineas to extend their enjoyment of the outdoors.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2012
Soup to Nuts: More, bigger, better for Harvest on the Harbor
The annual celebration of Maine’s amazing food scene just keeps growing and growing.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2012
Author Q & A: Cook illustrated
In ‘Dearie,’ biographer Bob Spitz offers an in-depth portrait of the much-beloved American culinary icon Julia Child.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2012
Master chef battles lunch lady at Kennebunk school
Jonathan Cartwright, one of only three five-diamond chefs in Maine, was clearly on the away team at an “Iron Chef”-like competition Friday at the Sea Road School.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2012
Maine lobster cook-off an all-star affair
The contest is celebrating its 10th year by taking a page from reality TV and hosting an all-star edition.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2012
Soup to Nuts: Proper wine storage is all about aging gracefully
More and more wine lovers are getting serious about collecting, and where to put all those bottles.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2012
Out with it: Turin names the place of new Portland restaurant
David Turin remembers the exact moment when he knew without a doubt that he would open a third restaurant. Turin, the chef/owner of David’s in Portland’s Monument Square and David’s 388 in South Portland, was preparing a special multi-course dinner at the Kennebunkport Festival when one of the guests started raving about the meal. She […]
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2012
Feeling a bit in the dark about lightbulbs?
Here’s the latest – what you need to worry about, and what you don’t.
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