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 5, 2019
Chef of one of world’s top-rated restaurants will serve it up in Down East Maine
Summers in Maine inspired Ryan McCaskey’s Acadia in Chicago. Now, Stonington is getting Acadia House Provisions.
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PublishedJune 2, 2019
Portland Wine Week returns in mid-June with tastings, dinners and seminars
This year, the emphasis will be on women in the wine industry, locally and farther afield.
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PublishedJune 2, 2019
Confessions of a Rhubarb Hater
Every spring, Mainers go on a rhubarb feeding frenzy. I just don’t get it.
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PublishedMay 31, 2019
Unusual flea market find: Puerto Rican food
A new food stand is scheduled to open Saturday at the popular Montsweag Flea Market in Woolwich.
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PublishedMay 31, 2019
Local grocer rolling out a new food cart in Portland
A&C Grocery Food Factory will launch Tuesday at Austin Street Brewery.
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PublishedMay 28, 2019
Portland’s Lincoln Park will host summer concert series
The shows are free, but the friends group hopes for donations tol help the restoration project that’s already well underway.
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PublishedMay 25, 2019
Late-night grill fire leaves Yarmouth house likely a total loss
The blaze is blamed on a charcoal briquettes igniting a wooden deck.
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PublishedMay 25, 2019
Portland woman’s car hits South Portland convenience store
The store and an adjacent Subway sandwich shop are open, but the gas pumps are down until damage to the store can be inspected.
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PublishedMay 25, 2019
Saco man arrested in Old Port assault
Matthew Calvert, 22, is charged with aggravated assault, police say.
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PublishedMay 23, 2019
When it comes to wine, this Freeport resident is now a master
Scott Tyree just became the 256th master sommelier in the world, and the first from Maine.
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