Tina and Erik Richardson’s gorgeously renovated barn kitchen oozes elegance.
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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Cookbook Corner: ‘Salad for Dinner’ by Tasha DeSerio
If you over-indulged during the holidays or ate a little too much chocolate from your Valentine, have I got a book for you. Tasha DeSerio, formerly of Chez Panisse, has collected lots of great ideas for meal-sized salads in her new book, “Salad for Dinner: Simple Recipes for Salads that Make a Meal” (Taunton Press, […]
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Soup to Nuts: Maine Restaurant WeekMystery! Intrigue! Food!
If you like a good culinary adventure – one filled with mystery, surprises and, most importantly, great food and a great time – then you’ll want to check out one of the new events planned for Maine Restaurant Week. …
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James Beard semifinalists include four Portland chefs
One local restaurant is tapped for Best New Restaurant; the other gets an Outstanding Restaurant nod.
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Maine chefs, restaurants are James Beard semifinalists
Three Portland chefs or chef teams are on the semifinalist list.
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Author Q&A: Here’s the pitch
Baseball-themed books by Mainers Matt Tavares and Chris Van Dusen hit the bookshelves.
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Cookbook Corner: ‘From Our Grandmothers’ Kitchens’
– The editors at America’s Test Kitchen put out a nationwide call for family recipes, and the result was “From Our Grandmothers’ Kitchens: A Treasury of Lost Recipes Too Good to Forget” (America’s Test Kitchen, $29.95). The book is divided into chapters such as “Church Socials and Potlucks,” where you’ll find a spaghetti and meatball […]
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Soup to Nuts:Mainers do love a pot pie high
They keep local bakers cranking out the classic comfort food of winter all year long.
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Food & Dining Dispatches, Feb. 15, 2012
CAPE ELIZABETH Sea Glass serves Argentinian wines The Sea Glass restaurant at the Inn by the Sea will hold a four-course Argentinian wine dinner Feb. 23. Courses will include a beef tripe stew “Buseca” and a serrano ham-wrapped roasted hake. To view the complete menu, go to innbythesea.com. The cost is $62 per person, which […]
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Home run
The Maine Home, Remodeling & Garden Show covers all the bases, on everything from smart home technology to decorating advice, landscaping and much more.