A new 80-seat restaurant opening in Yarmouth in mid-September will cater to families who want to eat seasonal local foods at affordable prices. Gather, in the old Masonic Hall on Main Street, will be a casual place where families can eat food raised by Maine farmers and prepared by a well-regarded chef. “I’ve been very […]
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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Food & Dining Dispatches, Aug. 8, 2012
PORTLAND Italian Street Festival set for Saturday and Sunday Feast on traditional Italian fare at the 87th annual Italian Street Festival this weekend. The festival, which celebrates the Feasts of the Assumption and St. Rocco, will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter’s Church, 72 […]
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Author Q&A: Light reading
When Whit Alexander wanted to sell a better battery in Africa, his skeptical brother Max decided to tag along and write about it.
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Funny thing, fate
Margaret Cho and Ian Harvie forged a stand-up connection at a hole-in-the-wall club in L.A. some years back. Their paths will cross again this weekend at the Maine Comedy Festival.
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Maine chefs get taste of pressure cooking
Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier whip up a huge wedding supper in the ‘Top Chef Masters’ competition on Bravo network.
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Soup to Nuts: Lobster bake 2.0
The classic Maine summer feast has evolved in myriad ways from its fire-pit-on-the-beach beginnings.
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Whole lamb used in feast at Grace
If you have to be a lamb in this life, Phil Webster says, you’ll want to live on North Star Sheep Farm, where there’s 600 acres of grass pasture to roam and never any growth hormones or antibiotics on the menu. “Our lambs, they’re super happy,” Webster said. This year-round organic lamb operation (it hasn’t […]
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Back in style
This year, parents and kids are willing to spend on back-to-school fashions and supplies – and retailers are ready for them.
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No appetite for price hikes
Drought affecting food prices has Maine chefs thinking creatively
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Maine chefs survive to cook another day
Restaurant owners Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier are still in the hunt on TV’s ‘Top Chef Masters.’