Martin Connelly, co-owner of The Little Red Cup Tea Co., serves up some pointers.
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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Red, ripe and new: Declare independence from tired strawberry recipes
Now that your kitchen is overflowing with the fruit, here are some ideas that go beyond the traditional strawberry shortcake.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, News
Portland’s luxurious Danforth Inn on the market for $2.6 million
A co-owner says the nine-bedroom inn, where the restaurant and bar closed earlier this year, is drawing ‘national interest.’
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Need to get out, but stuck inside?
Try playing around with these Desktop Adventures.
Posted inFood
The Wrap: Restaurant-market coming to Angelone’s spot will honor legacy
Monte’s Fine Foods plans to open in February at the Washington Avenue location in Portland, with an Italian and pan-Mediterranean focus.
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Here’s how home cooks can whip up a new world of sauces
Vanessa Seder of Portland puts her passion for international flavors into a cookbook that modernizes classics and helps home cooks put a sauce to lots of uses.
Posted inFood
Rep. Pingree designated ‘American Food Hero’ by magazine
The congresswoman from Maine’s 1st District is honored because of her advocacy for local foods and organic agriculture, and her attention to the issue of food waste.
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The Wrap: Smokehouse restaurant slated to open in Buxton
And a block party, more openings and more beer are on the horizon.
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Looking for a blend that diners will remember, Bolster, Snow & Co. creates a coffee by design
Restaurants that want to serve their own signature blends go through a process of roasting, blending and tasting to find just the right cuppa.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Life & Culture, Local & State, News
Can the curse be broken on these high-turnover Old Port restaurant spots?
A new crop of occupants believe they’ve figured out how to break the pattern in these challenging locations.