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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PublishedJune 1, 2012
Maine Literary Awards name 19 recipients
Among the winners is Sarah Braunstein, whose debut novel “The Sweet Relief of Missing Children” tells the intertwining stories of three young people who go missing.
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PublishedApril 10, 2012
Seven Maine restaurants named New England’s Best
The list compiled by the blog “Opinionated About Dining” includes four restaurants in Portland.
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PublishedApril 8, 2012
After warm winter, look for a plethora of pests
The mild winter means there will likely be more mosquitoes, ticks and white grubs in Maine this year.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2012
James Beard prize eludes Maine chefs, restaurants
Maine had eight semi-finalists in four categories. Despite that full plate, not a single Maine chef or restaurant made it to the finals this year.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2012
Maine baker competes in Lucy ‘Cupcake Wars’
PORTLAND — Alysia Zoidis channeled Lucy Ricardo on the Food Network on Sunday night, competing on an episode of “Cupcake Wars” that celebrated the 60th anniversary of the “I Love Lucy” show.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2012
Maine baker almost nabs ‘Cupcake Wars’ title
PORTLAND — Alysia Zoidis channeled Lucy Ricardo on the Food Network on Sunday night, competing on an episode of “Cupcake Wars” that celebrated the 60th anniversary of the “I Love Lucy” show.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2011
Soup to Nuts: Business gets zestyfor Maine spice merchants
Mulling spices are hot this time of year. So are poultry and apple-pie seasonings. But the biggest seller at Gryffon Ridge Spice Merchants this holiday season is Saigon cinnamon.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2011
Maine’s ‘worst’ rating conflicts with other reports
Is Maine really the worst place in the country to do business?
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PublishedDecember 13, 2011
Maine worst state for business? Depends on who you ask
Is Maine really the worst place in the country to do business?
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PublishedNovember 22, 2011
Girl back in Maine for more surgery to repair damage done by bullet
More than a dozen well wishers greeted Noora Afif Abdulhameed at the Portland International Jetport Monday when she arrived back in Maine for more surgery to repair the damage done to her head by a sniper’s bullet in Iraq.
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