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Meredith Goad Staff Writer

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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  • Published
    March 23, 2011

    Food & Dining Dispatches, March 23, 2011

    ROCKLAND Greg Marley is a finalist in IACP cookbook competition Greg Marley, author of “Chanterelle Dreams, Amania Nightmares” (Chelsea Green Publishing, $17.95), has been named a finalist in the prestigious International Association of Culinary Professionals awards. Marley’s book is nominated for an IACP Cookbook Award in the Culinary History category. The other two finalists in […]

  • Published
    March 23, 2011
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    Soup to Nuts: Maple mixology

    It’s the time of year people start craving pancakes drenched in maple syrup and find themselves watching the bounce between daytime and nighttime temperatures, praying for a good sap run.

    This Sunday, watch for steam coming out of the sugar houses because it is Maine Maple Sunday, the time when maple syrup producers open up their doors to the public for tastings and demonstrations.

    We usually run stories on how the season is going and share ideas for what you can do with all that springtime sweetness besides pour it over pancakes and ice cream. This year, inspired by a maple latte from Arabica, I decided to take a look at maple drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

  • Published
    March 23, 2011

    Cookbook Corner: ‘Maple Sugar’

    This is the time of year that you’ll want to try maple syrup with everything, from the last of the butternut squash to your afternoon tea. “Maple Sugar: From Sap to Syrup, The History, Lore, and How-To Behind this Sweet Treat” by Tim Herd, a Pennsylvania naturalist, is one of those “Everything you always wanted […]

  • Published
    March 22, 2011

    Maine chef gets a servingof national attention

    Krista Kern Desjarlais didn’t have much time to celebrate her nomination for a James Beard Award Monday afternoon because she was driving to Boothbay in a snowstorm to – what else? – cook for a roomful of people.

  • Published
    March 21, 2011

    Portland chef nominated for Best Chef: Northeast

    Krista Kern Desjarlais, is the chef/owner of Bresca, the tiny but popular restaurant on Middle Street in Portland.

  • Published
    March 20, 2011

    Author Q&A: Susan Conley’s Peking Luck

    Her new memoir traces on the one hand a grand adventure in Beijing with her family – and on the other, a surprise, game-changing bout with breast cancer.

  • Published
    March 17, 2011
    We Hate Our Tribe

    Latest ‘Survivor’ challenge: Pink underwear

    Maine’s Ashley Underwood advances despite a team-mate’s unwanted attention.

  • Published
    March 16, 2011
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    Soup to Nuts:Eat, write, say

    Ali Perkins, a senior from the Merriconeag Waldorf School in Freeport, had never given much thought to being a food writer – she wants to be a teacher.

    But there she was last Thursday night, standing on stage before a crowd at the Space Gallery in Portland, reading her essay about a hike that taught her about wild Maine foods.

    In the audience was her grandfather, a key character in her essay.

  • Published
    March 16, 2011

    Food & Dining Dispatches March 16, 2011

    The dispatch on Gary’s House was updated at 11:16 a.m. on Friday, March 18, 2011 to correct the date of the event. PORTLAND Monthly breakfast set for local food community Those interested in connecting with others in the local food community now have a new way to do so. The Local Foods Networking Breakfast takes […]

  • Published
    March 11, 2011

    Country music superstar Paisley coming to Maine

    Brad Paisley is the reigning Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year.

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