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 Food & Dining section and the Sunday Source 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 10, 2019
Cold and woo season: Restaurants fight slow winters with special events, deals
Tourists and snowbirds have gone, and profits dwindle – time to beckon people inside.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2019
Rosemont Market to open Falmouth store Monday
The popular local market now has seven locations in southern Maine.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2019
CBD the cannabis compound or CBD the coffee? Just ask owners of the Portland company.
Coffee By Design says coffee shops advertising CBD the compound are violating its trademark.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2019
Wells man accused of arson in fire that burned political sign
Adam Masucci, 39, is indicted on charges related to a brush fire Dec. 9 in South Berwick.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2019
The Wrap: There’s a slew of new places opening
Plus a new brew and the return of a favored event.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2019
Vegan doughnut shop to open in Kittery
No, vegan doughnut is not an oxymoron.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2019
Maine lawmakers have a heaping serving of new food policy proposals on their plate
They’ll chew over bills seeking to boost local foods and improve labeling, and one that would establish a constitutional right to food.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2019
New lunch bar coming to Old Port
Get a pastrami sandwich and a beer at Royale Lunch Bar.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2019
Country music bar planned for Bayside
Proposed for an old public works building, The Whiskey Barrel plans to have a stage, dance floor and outdoor patio.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2019
New Peaks Island seafood restaurant is in the works
A local couple plans to turn The Peaks Island House into Island Lobster Co.
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