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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PublishedMay 22, 2019
The Wrap: Ice cream (for all eaters), and shopping local – from farm and sea to table
A little something to sweeten your Memorial Day weekend – a new scoop shop on Portland’s West End.
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PublishedMay 19, 2019
Summertime, and the eating is exciting
Here’s our annual look at the new restaurants due to open in southern Maine this summer.
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PublishedMay 15, 2019
The Wrap: A rum toast, food trucks for Fido, and pastries
Get ready to celebrate Portland’s liberation from Prohibition.
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PublishedMay 12, 2019
Do you know who’s actually running the kitchen at your favorite restaurant?
It’s often the chef de cuisine, technically the second in command. We learn what it’s like to do a lot of the work with little of the (public) credit.
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PublishedMay 8, 2019
Vignola Cinque Terre in Portland closing, and building is under contract
Vignola Cinque Terre will close permanently at the end of dinner service Sunday. Joshua Miranda, owner of Blyth & Burrows, plans to open a new restaurant there in the fall.
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Why is Steven Soderbergh coming to Portland? We’ll let him tell you
The award-winning director will be at Little Giant Tuesday with his favorite liquor in hand.
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PublishedMay 5, 2019
A hunger for God: Ramadan means a month of fasting for Maine Muslims
What is it like for devout Muslims who work in the food industry to give up all food and drink for hours a day? Ahmed Abbas tells us how he keeps the fast while running Ameera Bread.
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PublishedMay 5, 2019
Italian wine importers take over nine Portland restaurants for a night
On Wednesday, there will be simultaneous Italian wine dinners at the southern Maine establishments.
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PublishedApril 29, 2019
Vietnamese sandwich shop to open on Cumberland Avenue in Portland
Tuyet Thi Le, who has helped run her mother’s restaurant on St. John Street for the past five years, plans to serve bahn mi, as well as other Vietnamese food.
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PublishedApril 28, 2019
Southern Maine is binging on a buffet of street food
As its popularity grows, more restaurants are featuring it on their menus and diners are developing appetites for unfamiliar cuisines.
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