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 27, 2017
After decades of blight, Mainers could help save the American chestnut tree
American chestnuts were almost wiped out. Now, a UNE professor turns to science to make them stronger.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2017
Will a genetically modified tree harm the environment?
Maybe, maybe not, but it will almost certainly cause some controversy.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2017
Handwoven Passamaquoddy baskets from the ’60s sold to fund conservation efforts in Maine
These wooden baskets were long ago made obsolete by cheap plastic baskets and the disappearance of Maine canneries, but now they are collectors’ items.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2017
For Krispy Kreme fans in Maine, the long wait will end soon
The state’s first Krispy Kreme shop is scheduled to light up its hot sign on Sept.19.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2017
At long last, a peach of a harvest for growers in Maine
Orchard owners and backyard harvesters are reporting a bumper crop this year in a state where it’s not easy to produce the juicy fruit.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2017
Former mead maker aims to help food-and-beverage businesses with legal hurdles
Nick Higgins plans to use his experience with Maine Mead Works in Portland as a springboard for his law practice.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2017
New life for old guitar strings
Betina Clark recycles guitar strings into earrings, bracelets and pendants.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2017
Uncle Billy’s Bar-B-Que coming back – to Portland
Barbecue guru Jonathan St. Laurent plans to launch a new restaurant on Portland’s Munjoy Hill in late fall
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PublishedAugust 16, 2017
A new place to sample mead
Maine Mead Works has opened its first satellite tasting room
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PublishedAugust 16, 2017
New food truck will serve Cambodian and Vietnamese street food
Nom Bai will make its debut in the next three weeks
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