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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.
Posted inBusiness, Food, News
Borealis to close Portland bistro, focus on wholesale bread
The bistro’s owner says the building is being sold, and he plans to focus on the wholesale side of his bakery business.
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Posted inSource
When winter arrives, some Maine farms turn into cross-country ski operations
But the farmers warn it’s hardly a get-rich-quick scheme.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Sap is running early in Maine, and some maple syrup producers are going with the flow
Many sugar houses are already collecting sap and boiling it down into syrup, while others say there are risks in starting the season too soon.
Posted inFood
Massachusetts couple surprised at Fore Street when stranger pays their dinner bill
They want their benefactor to know how ‘uplifting’ the experience was, and say they will pay it forward.
Posted inFood, Recipes, Signature Dish
Danish Puffs and a cup of coffee bring back memories of a 1960s-era neighborhood coffee klatch
Now in her 80s, Edith McCormick still makes the nut-and-cherry-topped pastry for church gatherings, funerals and hungry neighbors.
Posted inFood
Staff meals can be a perk of long, stressful days working in Portland restaurants
Sometimes, those meals rival what’s on the menu.
Posted inFood
Baking like it’s 1877: Testing out recipes from Maine’s first-known cookbook
We try a cake recipe from Maine’s first cookbook, and it turns out heavy as a doorstop – but delicious.
Posted inFood
‘Treats’ like brain cake and cow heel soup await readers of vintage cookbooks
The historic cookbooks to be displayed at Bowdoin College starting next week reveal intriguing flavors from Colonial times through the 1800s.
Posted inFood, News
Two Maine restaurants make Eater’s annual list of America’s Essential Restaurants
Eventide Oyster Co. is one of the ’38 most essential restaurants in the nation,’ and Palace Diner in Biddeford is cited for its breakfast sandwich