‘We do what we can’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Food insecurity is a terrible thing, but it’s especially heartbreaking when it involves children. For the past 15 years, the nonprofit organization Food for our Children has pledged to...
Category: Eats & Drinks
The Sandpoint Eater: Batter up!
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Remember the Willie Nelson song, “To All the Girls I Left Behind?” Me? I’m singing the blues about all the cheeses (and sausages) I recently left behind in Paris. I...
Gift guide 2024: Local goods for the win
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s gift-giving season in North Idaho, and there are few better ways to support your neighbors than buying local. For this week’s gift guide, we’re offering some ideas for...
Sandpoint to celebrate its inaugural SantaCon
By Reader Staff The SantaCon phenomenon is coming to Sandpoint for the first time, with the event scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14 at Matchwood Brewing Co., as well as locations around town. For the...
‘Ono grinds at Sunshine on Cedar
By Ben Olson Reader Staff After eating at Sunshine on Cedar, the new bar and restaurant inside the Cedar Street Bridge, the Hawaiian slang ‘ono grinds (meaning “delicious food”) might become a new part...
In quest of ‘lost apples’
By Reader Staff When Stan Myers bought the family’s six-acre property above Denton Slough in Hope about 25 years ago, the former dairy farm came with about 18 old apple trees. Myers took it...
I’m dreaming of a chocolate Christmas
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff After establishing her brand as a local favorite by selling chocolate bars at retail locations around Sandpoint, chocolatier and business owner Julie Breuer is ready for the Saturday, Nov....
GFHC feed families through community gardens
By Reader Staff Although Mother Nature has put summer to bed, the Gardens For Health Collaborative continues to grow new ideas and plant seeds of opportunity. GFHC sprouted in 2021 and is made up...
The Sandpoint Eater: One world
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I recently met three longtime friends for breakfast at Connie’s. We’d barely turned in our standard order or broached our recent travels when the conversation turned to cooking. When...
The Sandpoint Eater: Christmas is coming
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I can’t remember the last time I hosted Christmas, but it was likely 12 or 13 years ago. Once the grandbabies were old enough to know of Santa’s existence,...
