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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PublishedOctober 30, 2018
Salt restaurant on Vinalhaven Island is up for sale
An island restaurant off the coast of Maine that sources its food from local farmers and fishermen can be yours.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2018
In those can’t-miss neighborhoods for Halloween, the trick is more than the treats
The places that attract parents and kids by the hundreds seem to have a few things in common: a safe and convenient layout, scary decorations, good candy, something fun for the adults, and quirky traditions that create fond memories.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2018
The Wrap: Maine farm known for tasty taters offers possible new holiday favorite
And the family that owns Espo’s Trattoria, a Portland mainstay, puts it up for sale.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2018
Lots of poké popping into Portland
Another new poké restaurant has opened on Fore Street.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2018
Espo’s Trattoria in Portland is up for sale
The Italian-American restaurant is known for its huge meatballs and lobster specials.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2018
‘Food Paradise’ crew visits 2 Portland restaurants, but details are hush-hush
The Travel Channel produces the show.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2018
Portland coffee, beer and kombucha lovers have some new choices
A flurry of recent openings in Portland includes new bars for fans of coffee and craft beers.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2018
Maine chef serves up a cookbook for soup addicts
Chef Derek Bissonnette’s new book includes more than 300 – yes, we said 300 – recipes for soup.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2018
Maine Oyster Co. will hold grand opening Friday
The restaurant will serve what it whimsically describes as ‘farm to slurp certified’ oysters.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2018
For Uncle Billy’s Barbecue fans, bad news multiplies
Both the pop-up and the restaurant on Cumberland Avenue in Portland seem to be done.
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