‘Never eat a dead lobster, and make sure to salt the water in the pot – it keeps the flavors in.” So says Ted Johnson, the main supplier of Maine lobster to Arrows Restaurant in Ogunquit. Johnson and the Arrows chefs, Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier, are featured in a new cookbook that focuses on […]
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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Soup to Nuts: DO try this at home
WESTBROOK — Stephen Foster, 11, was pretty convinced that taking a cooking class was going to be boring.
But then he got a knife in his hand and found that he likes chopping fresh garlic to make marinara sauce.
Here’s the budding chef’s review of a stir-fry, which he recently tried for the first time: “I don’t know what it’s called, but it’s a whole bunch of vegetables mixed together. And it was really good because I thought I didn’t like vegetables, but it turns out I did.”
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Food Dispatches, Nov. 3, 2010
FALMOUTH Ricetta’s to host latest round in its Next Best Pizza contest Ricetta’s Brick Oven Pizzeria will narrow down the finalists for its Third Annual Maine’s Next Best Pizza contest from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight at the restaurant’s Falmouth location. Nine finalists will be featured at a special dinner buffet tonight where customers can […]
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Book review: Who ya gonna call?
It’s Halloween and you’re looking for a little fright reading – just in time comes ghost hunter David J. Pitkin with a new book on New England spirits.
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Shopping lists, lines and leis
‘Good morning, Portland!’ and customers fill the Marginal Way store.
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Isn’t it grand? Trader Joe’s opens
PORTLAND — Trader Joe’s fans in Maine finally got their wish this morning when the popular grocery store chain opened a new location on Marginal Way.
By mid-morning, the crowds were causing major traffic back-ups on Marginal Way.
Customers started lining up well before 7 a.m. to get into the store, which opened at 8 with a lei cutting, clapping and cheering.
Marsha Marley of Portland arrived at the new store at 6 a.m. with hot chocolate and a book. She said she was there for bargains, and "to get a look at the store."
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Sneaking a peek at Trader Joe’s
The Trader Joe’s rumor mill has been churning overtime, so let’s start by setting a couple of things straight.
First, despite the rampant Internet speculation and breathless phone calls to the new store at 87 Marginal Way, there will not be a “soft opening” today.
The grand opening is still scheduled for 8 a.m. Friday, with a “ceremonial lei cutting,” live music, hourly drawings for bags of Trader Joe’s products, and children’s activities.
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Sneaking a peek at Joe’s
The first Maine store opens Friday, featuring an ‘old Portland’ theme and the products Joe’s fans adore.
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Trader Joe’s readies for Friday opening
Rumors have been flying, and customer wannabes calling or even flocking to the front doors, but there will be no ‘soft opening’ Thursday.
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Cookbook Corner: ‘Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook’
I’m sure they have a lot of great recipes, but who really has the time to read the gazillions of food blogs out there? The “Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook: 100 Great Recipes, Photographs, and Voices” (Andrews McMeel, $19.99) is being touted as the “first grassroots cookbook to emerge from social media.” Foodista.com, an […]