Meredith Goad – Page 88 – Centralmaine.com

Portland Press Herald

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.

Food

Tenth Annual Kneading Conference in Skowhegan expected to attract more than 250 people

by Meredith Goad July 13, 2016

The event features speakers Amy Halloran, Nancy Harmon Jenkins and others

Meet, Source

Anne D. Burt relishing role as climate change activist

by Meredith Goad July 10, 2016

At 71, she has spent many years passionately advocating for social, economic and environmental justice.

Homegrown, Source

Moxie Jelly has become a bestseller

by Meredith Goad July 3, 2016

The popular jelly will be available at the 2016 Moxie Festival next weekend

Source

Maine farmers make a splash with water buffalo

by Meredith Goad June 19, 2016June 19, 2016

The Farrar family of Appleton raise their herd for meat and milk, which come with a side order of bovine personality.

Food

When it comes to running a restaurant, can one man do it all?

by Meredith Goad June 15, 2016August 15, 2016

At Bill’s Original Kitchen in Kittery, Bill Clifford is a one-man restaurant show, serving as proprietor, host, waiter, chef, cashier, busboy and dishwasher.

A Word With the Boss, Homegrown, Source

No more ups and downs with the Cowboy Yoyo

by Meredith Goad June 12, 2016

This toy, made by a Maine advertising professional in honor of his uncle, teaches dexterity and patience – to adults! – through cowboy-inspired rope tricks.