BRUNSWICK Scoop-a-Thon to raise funds for teen center Gelato Fiasco will hold a “Scoop-a-Thon” to benefit the Brunswick Teen Center on April 5. Principals, teachers, students, town officials, local sports team members and Bowdoin college administrators will serve as “celebrity scoopers” during the event, which will run during the store’s regular hours, 11 a.m. to […]
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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Hugo’s under new ownership
The biggest change will be the addition of “a casual, seven-days-a-week, open-all-day oyster bar” next door, at 86 Middle St., the former location of the culinary bookstore Rabelais.
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James Beard prize eludes Maine chefs, restaurants
Maine had eight semi-finalists in four categories. Despite that full plate, not a single Maine chef or restaurant made it to the finals this year.
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Author Q&A: A Maine teacher’s adventures in Kabul
It’s hard for us to believe sometimes that our parents had lives before they started having children. Ann Boyce, of Arundel, was no different.
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Red Robin Gourmet Burgers to open March 26
The chain serves more than two dozen varieties of gourmet burgers and offers free refills on its steak fries.
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Cookbook Corner: ‘The Gluten-Free Vegan’ by Susan O’Brien
Susan O’Brien, author of “The Gluten-Free Vegan,” is back with mac n’ cheese, sweet potato biscuits and banana cream pie in “Gluten-Free Vegan Comfort Food” (Da Capo Press, $18). The book features 125 comfort food recipes that contain no wheat, gluten, dairy or animal products. If you’re thinking of trying on veganism to see if […]
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Soup to Nuts: When life gives you corned beef, make hash
Wondering what to do with that leftover corned beef from St. Patrick’s Day? Consider yourself hashtagged.
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Food & Dining Dispatches, March 14, 2012
Gifford’s launches Muddy Bean Boot for L.L.’s 100th If you’re used to buying Gifford’s Maine Deer Tracks, now you can order some Muddy Bean Boots to go along with it. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, L.L. Bean is partnering with Gifford’s Ice Cream to create the special-edition flavor. The ice cream, according to Gifford’s, is […]
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On 100th anniversary, one of Maine’s oldest Girl Scouts reflects
Phyllis Kamin joined the girl scouts in 1938. She remembers how difficult it was to sell Girl Scout cookies during the Great Depression, and how they were only 25 cents a box back then.
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Time for work, homeowners
Whether you want a second bathroom or a mudroom, or to just clear vents and gutters, survey your property now to create a project list for spring.