When Bar Lola’s chef, Guy Hernandez, has a taste for cheese, he turns to his favorite: Autumn Oak, a raw sheep’s milk cheese from Willow Hill Farm in Vermont. Chef Abby Harmon is from Cutler, where her mom packed sardines and Harmon grew up eating them. That’s the back story to the Sicilian Sardine Pasta […]
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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Kitchens to die for: Where Maine is trending
WE ASKED LOCAL kitchen designers about the trends they are seeing in Maine homes today. Here’s what they said: • White is huge. “Right now by far the most popular kitchens are painted white kitchens,” said Gilbert Miller, owner of Maine Custom Kitchens in Wilton. “Usually the inset door-style kitchens are what people are going […]
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Chili cooks have three chances in Maine to bowl judges over
Chili cook-offs will be held this weekend in Wells, Westbrook and Scarborough.
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Fans of closed eatery offer financial advice that leads owners to try again
First, the French Press Eatery in Westbrook had a grand re-opening to celebrate a major expansion. Three days later, lacking money to go on, the 55-seat restaurant closed. On Tuesday, the eatery will open once again at 8 a.m. Got whiplash? James Tranchemontagne, co-owner of the French Press Eatery and the nearby Frog and Turtle […]
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French Press Eatery in Westbrook to reopen
The owners have been inundated with ideas for how they can keep their Main Street cafe open and their popular homemade doughnuts flowing.
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Johnny’s Bistro sold to Sugarloaf restaurateur
Johnny’s Bistro & Bar in Falmouth has been sold to a Sugarloaf-area restaurateur who plans to open an Italian restaurant in the space.
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Soup to Nuts: The hot dog has its day
Favorite franks? Readers leave no doubt: Old-school rules
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Author Q&A: Running on faith
A USM professor makes the trek to a shrine in Spain with a photographer to capture the arduous journey made by pilgrims since the Middle Ages.
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Maine lobster chef takes third place in New Orleans
Maine’s Lobster Chef of the Year tied for third place Saturday at the Great American Seafood Cook Off in New Orleans. Mackenzie Arrington, 23, was the youngest competitor. Despite his title as Lobster Chef of the Year, Arrington chose to go in another direction for the contest. Instead of Maine lobster, he prepared Pan-seared North […]
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Brooklin man injured in boating accident
A 63-year-old Brooklin man was transported by LifeFlight helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center Saturday after the 18-foot Boston Whaler he was operating hit a wave, tossing him overboard, and a propeller severely lacerated his leg. William Cohen was boating with his daughter and two friends of the family when the accident occurred. The group […]