Portland is offering its island residents a $20 per month parking subsidy at the Ocean Gateway parking garage, the city announced Friday. Up to 100 year-round island residents will be eligible for the program, which begins Sept. 1 and runs until June 30, 2011. The program addresses the need for more parking for island residents […]
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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Drug arrests in Westbrook
Westbrook police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested four people on drug-related charges during two separate traffic stops Thursday. Derek Garthe, 22, of Westbrook and Carrie Smith, 20, of Wells were both arrested on a charge of unlawful traficking in scheduled drugs after officers conducted a traffic stop on Main Street at 8:19 p.m. […]
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Cover Story:It’s a BBQ throwdown
Head to Eliot this weekend for the Mainely Grillin’ & Chillin’ Country BBQ State Competition, where you can sample the goods, learn the secrets of the pit and watch competitors battle over who has the best ‘cue.
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Noora’s journey toward recovery continues with return trip to U.S.
The Iraqi girl wounded by a sniper’s bullet will undergo a final medical procedure in Portland.
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Cookbook Corner: The Big Book of BBQ
In states where barbecue is the food of the gods, Southern Living magazine sits on the shelf right next to the Bible. Now the editors of the magazine have published a bible of barbecue to coach cooks who want to learn to prepare and sauce their pork ribs and roasts correctly. “The Big Book of […]
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Cookbook Corner
In states were barbecue is the food of the gods, Southern Living magazine sits on the shelf right next to the Bible. Now the editors of the magazine have published a bible of barbecue to coach cooks who want to learn to prepare and sauce their pork ribs and roasts correctly. “The Big Book of […]
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Home cooks take the heat from Ramsay on new show
But the acerbic celebrity chef says even he is impressed by the talent among the amateur contestants.
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Soup to Nuts:What’s on the menu, and why?
Customer feedback, creativity and what’s in season go into the mix when chefs choose to change their restaurants’ fare.
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Dispatches
SKOWHEGAN Gifford’s Ice Cream wins two awards at N.J. festival Gifford’s Ice Cream recently took home two awards from the eighth annual New Jersey Ice Cream Festival. For the third year in a row, Gifford’s Old Fashioned Vanilla won first prize in the Best Vanilla Brand competition. The company’s Chocolate Lovers Chocolate won “People’s Choice.” […]