PORTLAND Rosemont wine tastings visit Spain and Portugal Wines of Spain and Portugal will be the focus of three upcoming wine tastings at the Rosemont Markets. Tastings on June 11 and 12 will feature Portugese wines in celebration of Portugese Wine Month. A 4 to 7 p.m. tasting will be held Friday at the Rosemont […]
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: Wedding bell peppers . . .
. . . and other earthly delights from the garden of Julia Davis and Andy McLeod, who are taking the local-food movement to a whole new level in the name of love.
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Abbott supporters ready to party at Portland headquarters
Offices on Baxter Boulevard usually used by campaign workers for Republican candidate Steve Abbott were cleared out to make way for election night activities and the media.
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Soup to Nuts: Marching to the beatof a different drumstick
Admired by percussionists everywhere for his top-quality sticks, Vic Firth stirs similar passions in the food world with his high-end salt and pepper mills.
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Food & Dining Dispatches, 06/02/10
PORTLAND Grand opening for bakery offering local, organic foods Local Sprouts Cafe and Bomb Diggity Bakery will hold its grand opening Friday from 5 to 11 p.m. during the First Friday Art Walk. The cafe will serve local, organic foods and host music, classes, art shows and other special events. The bakery will be making […]
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Soup to Nuts: Just grill, baby
For those who get their kicks playing with fire, we offer up a few of the hot trends.
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A Beard award, finally!
Maine’s culinary community rejoiced when, after six nominations and zero medals, Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier won the prestigious James Beard award for Best Chef in the Northeast.
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Books Q & A: History in the making
Loretta Krupinski brings to life Maine waterfronts as they once were.
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Cover Story: Get thee to Westbrook
Fancy a bit of the Bard? Acorn Productions hosts its Shakespeare Festival this weekend and next at Riverbank Park — to be followed by still more.
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Soup to Nuts: Food for thought
Students sink their teeth into an appetizing writing assignment, resulting in
a tasty new anthology.