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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PublishedAugust 15, 2018
Kalamata’s Kitchen books help parents, kids bond over food
The children’s book series explores an imaginary place where a little girl travels with friends she calls her ‘Taste Buds.’
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PublishedAugust 15, 2018
The Wrap: Forage Market brings ‘one of America’s best’ bagels to Portland
Also, a local chef buys his restaurant, and a snack shack sells beach food in the waning days of summer.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2018
Drifters Wife named one of Bon Appetit’s ‘Hot 10’
Bon Appetit bestowed the honor on Drifters Wife on Tuesday, a week after naming Portland Restaurant City of the Year.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2018
Lewiston’s Forage market opens a Portland location
Saveur magazine said the bakery’s hand-rolled bagels baked in a wood-fire oven are among ‘America’s best.’
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PublishedAugust 10, 2018
Another poke restaurant opening in Greater Portland
Crunchy Poke is moving into the former East End Cupcakes spot in the Old Port
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PublishedAugust 8, 2018
Westbrook’s Legends Rest Taproom now has brew with a view
A new Maine law allows restaurants to serve alcohol in unattached outdoor dining areas.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2018
A pesto king in our midst: Solo Italiano chef shares the award-winning recipe
Paolo Laboa, executive chef at the Portland restaurant, sheds light on the sauce that swept the 2008 World Pesto Championship.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2018
The Wrap: Allagash introduces sour peach beer, making use of surplus
Also, a potato bar and a new pizzeria join the ranks of Portland restaurants.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2018
Portland food scene’s in the big time now with selection as Bon Appetit’s Restaurant City of the Year
Portland and its restaurants join three much bigger cities as winners of the magazine’s annual honor.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2018
Maple syrup and honey producers won’t be stuck with confusing label
An amendment passed by the Senate works around an FDA requirement to label the products as having added sugar when they don’t.
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