Southern cooking is growing in popularity with regular folk as well as top chefs who have been putting their own unique spin on the regional cuisine. Interested in trying it yourself, but don’t know where to start? Pick up a copy of the just-published “Southern Living 1001 Ways to Cook Southern” (Oxmoor House, $34.95) by […]
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, Oct. 13, 2010
Gifford’s stands will end season with 2-for-1 sale After selling more than 34,000 gallons of ice cream this summer, Gifford’s stands will have a two-for-one weekend sale Saturday and Sunday. Ice cream stands in Auburn, Farmington, Bangor, Waterville and Skowhegan will offer the deal. The stands will open at noon both days and close for […]
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Trader Joe’s lei-cutting set for Oct. 29
The long-awaited store will be open daily at 87 Marginal Way in Portland.
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Trader Joe’s opening in Portland Oct. 29
The Portland store, which will be located at 87 Marginal Way, will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
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Cookbook Corner: ‘A Taste of It All: Celebrating the Mood of Food’
“A Taste of It All: Celebrating the Mood of Food” is a homegrown cookbook by Georgia Manzo Joachim, who has lived her entire life in northern Maine. The book’s chapters focus on the mood of a given life event (“Graduation Day,” “A Slice of Christmas”) or season (“March Impatience,” “Late Summer Rain”) and creates recipes […]
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Soup to Nuts:Harvest on the Harbor
Chef Michael Ruoss has enjoyed watching Portland’s reputation as a food town grow ever since he toiled in the student kitchens at Southern Maine Community College.
Ruoss worked at the Seaman’s Club and the Snow Squall just across the bridge, then went on to make a name for himself in New Orleans.
He worked his way up to chef de cuisine at Emeril Lagasse’s flagship restaurant, NOLA, and now works on developing new restaurants with a restaurant group called 3 of a Kind.
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Food Dispatches, Oct. 5, 2010
PORTLAND Happy Teriyaki restaurant reopens as Korea House Happy Teriyaki has reopened as Korea House, serving all Korean cuisine. The restaurant, 630 Congress St., opened in 2008 as a Japanese fast-food/takeout restaurant. After the husband-wife team of Myung and Kum You took over management, the restaurant served both Korean and Japanese. Happy Teriyaki transitioned to […]
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Author Q&A: Someone’s in the kitchen with Marjorie
Acclaimed chef Melissa Kelly lends a ham — make that Pork Saltimbocca — and more for the reissuing of Marjorie’s Standish’s classic ‘Cooking Down East.’
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Dining and Drink: Say Ja to Oktoberfest
The suds, the silly duds,the grub – embrace it all at celebrations this weekend in Gardiner and OOB.
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Cookbook Corner: ‘Big Buy Cooking’
I never set foot in those buy-in-bulk places, because I don’t need that much of anything. But those of you with big families might like “Big Buy Cooking” (Taunton Press, $19.95) from the editors at Fine Cooking magazine. The subtitle sums it up: “The Food Lover’s Guide to Buying in Bulk and Using It All […]