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 3, 2018
Beer lovers visited Maine breweries in record numbers this summer
The beer industry is piggybacking on the state’s reputation as a leading food and restaurant destination.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2018
21 Taps Wood Fired Grill opens in Scarborough
The restaurant serves local craft beers along with its steaks, burgers, salmon and pizza.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2018
Portland’s Fork Food Lab saved by new partnership
A deal between the owners of the building and the Sustainability Lab has been finalized.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2018
Looks like the Portland Winter Farmers’ Market can come in from the cold
Negotiations are underway for the market to once more be at the former Maine Girls’ Academy.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2018
Friday night bites: Maine high school boosters score with their football fare
Think apple crisp, pulled pork and clam chowder.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2018
Maine distillery plans release party for whiskey that’s come of age
Sweetgrass Winery & Distillery in Union started aging its small-batch Sunk Haze whiskey 7 years ago, and now it’s ready.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2018
High winds knock out power to more than 2,400 in Maine
There were still 384 customers without electricity Saturday night in northern and eastern Maine, according to Emera Maine.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2018
Iraqi restaurant Babylon on Forest Avenue closes
The owners say they are looking for a new location.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2018
East meets Down East at Maine-themed restaurant in Japan
Cabot Cove restaurant, named after the fictional setting of ‘Murder, She Wrote,’ is introducing diners 6,000 miles away to classic Maine foods, from maple syrup to clam chowder.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2018
The Wrap: Portland sandwich shops to try to construct a record 144-foot-long Maine Italian
We’re hoping someone’s bringing napkins.
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