If you’re rising at the crack of dawn Saturday to watch Prince Harry marry Meghan Markle, here’s what to eat while they walk down the aisle.
Meredith Goad
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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The Wrap: Maybe read the tea leaves for Jacqueline’s future
The owner of the Freeport tearoom, Jacqueline Soley, is selling the house it’s in and, she hopes, the business.
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To tea or not to tea
A proper cuppa seems the appropriate beverage for the royal wedding, but Brits like coffee, too.
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Maine chefs’ moms tell all for Mother’s Day
Some got breakfast in bed and knew their child would one day rule the kitchen, while others watched their offspring’s interest in the culinary arts slowly rise like a souffle.
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The Wrap: Belly up to Kennebunkport’s lobster bar
David’s KPT has been reincarnated as The Boathouse Restaurant, featuring chilled lobster tail and lobster tacos.
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Maine chefs pull out all the stops for their moms on Mother’s Day
It’s one of their busiest days of the year, but many chefs still make spoiling mom a priority.
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Maine baker misses out on James Beard Award
Alison Pray of Standard Baking Co. in Portland was the only Mainer to be selected as a finalist this year.
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Uber Eats food delivery coming to Portland this month
The service teams up with local restaurants to bring food to diners’ doors.
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Westbrook gets 2 new burger joints
Legends Rest Taproom, from the owners of Tomaso’s Canteen, is opening next week, and Blazes Burgers held a grand opening Tuesday.
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A few Mainers are giving up the fight over fiddleheads, and growing their own
People like Russell Black have given up the springtime rite of picking wild fiddleheads, after tiring of competing with commercial foragers.