Tiny crusts with a variety of fillings catch on as a fresh option for eating on the go.
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 Business section and the Sunday Food & Dining 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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For Portland’s Italians, a cookie bonanza
An army of dough-shapers, bakers and icers have their marching orders: Create thousands of treats for the annual St. Peter’s Italian Bazaar.
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Updated for 2014: Blueberry festivals this month in Maine
AUG. 15-17: 39th annual Machias Wild Blueberry Festival. Features blueberry farm tours, pie-eating contest, cooking contest, road race and more than 250 vendors of Maine-made products. No admission charge. machiasblueberry.com AUG. 21: Rangeley Blueberry Festival, Rangeley Inn, 2443 Main St. Features jams, muffins, pies, gifts and crafts. Special entertainment for children. 10 a.m. to 3 […]
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Blueberry recipes from Maine bakers and pastry chefs
CHILLED MAINE SUMMER BLUEBERRY “CRISP” From Brant Dadaleares, pastry chef, Fore Street in Portland Servings: Eight Have ready eight 6-ounce glass Ball jars. LIGHTLY SALTED VANILLA PANNA COTTA: 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped 3 cups heavy cream 1/2 cup whole milk 3 sheets leaf gelatin 3 tablespoons cold water 2/3 cup sugar 1 […]
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Soup to Nuts: Blues you can use
Blueberries are big in Maine right this moment. Festivals! Pick your own! Oh, and sweet treats!
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City polls food truck owners on ordinance
Portland officials are trying to find ways to improve the city’s food truck ordinance and procedural rules, and they’ve asked food truck owners for their input before any actual proposals are sent to the City Council. In a letter to all the interested parties, City Manager Mark Rees cited the concerns highlighted in the Portland […]
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Author Q & A: Seconds Chance
In ‘EATS,’ Mary Rolph Lamontagne offers ideas and recipes for using the leftover fruits and veggies that otherwise often go to waste.
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Soup to Nuts: All juiced up
We’re not just looking for a long, cool drink this summer. Our smoothies have to be green, and our sodas old-fashioned. Luckily, they’re here.
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Go ahead – try these at home: Recipes for 3 summer drinks
Here are some recipes for light, healthful summer drinks from Roost House of Juice, a vegan, gluten-free and organic cafe located at 11 Free St. in Portland. If you don’t feel like making the drinks yourself, the cafe will be serving these, as well as a new line of summer drinks, from 10 a.m. to […]
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Author Q & A: Food swings
It took 50 years and a move to Portland for author Kate Christensen to discover how to manage her appetit so it’s truly bon.