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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PublishedJanuary 6, 2014
Portland Food Co-op takes step toward full-service store
The location on Congress Street is expected to open to the public in September.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2013
Natalie’s chef wins crowd, and Lobster Chef honor
The judges were tied, so an audience vote makes Chris Long the Maine Lobster Chef of the Year.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2013
Chef’s touch transforms school lunches in Maine
Pursuing healthful foods that kids will eat, local districts are taking the obesity battle to the next level.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2013
Legal feast: Who owns fired Maine baker’s recipes?
A baker fired by Micucci’s says he owns the secrets to popular creations like luna bread, but the law is tricky.
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PublishedJune 25, 2013
Beer fest organizer: We won’t come back to Maine
The owner of Shelton Bros. says he lost money on the popular weekend event and says state liquor laws need updating.
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PublishedJune 14, 2013
Maine garden earning national praise
The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and its director have been named the best in the country, thanks to William Cullina’s vision and labor.
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PublishedApril 19, 2013
Some Maine businesses say lockdown means doubt
Seafood suppliers and others with patrons in Boston find it’s tough to operate when ‘who the heck knows what’s going to happen.’
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PublishedMarch 18, 2013
Best Chef finalist a ‘Primo’ example of farm to table
The chef/owner of Primo is the only James Beard Award nominee from Maine this year.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2013
Maine’s dairy farms in twilight
The state’s dwindling milk producers toil every day in operations that are particularly fraught with financial uncertainty. Is it any wonder some are closing the barn doors for good?
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2013
Former Mainer tackles ‘Survivor’
“Survivor” is a game that can be physically taxing and psychologically ruthless.
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