The Sandpoint Eater: To Laura with love
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
This week’s column was supposed to be about food trucks. I love food trucks. I seek them out everywhere I go and couldn’t wait to …
Category: Eats & Drinks
‘The excellent fruit’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Few fruits can claim such iconic status as the pineapple. Cultivated for centuries — maybe millenia — by the peoples of South and Central America, …
The Sandpoint Eater: Mangia on my mind
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Staff
Lately, for a lot of reasons, I’ve had Italy on my mind. I recently helped a close friend plan a trip through Italy to follow …
Eat a peach
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In Shakey, Jimmy McDonough’s massive 750-page biography of Neil Young, he described the moment when Young bailed on Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young midway …
The Sandpoint Eater: Stirring up love
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
I turn to therapy cooking when I’m whirlwind-busy with my travel business. The kitchen’s my sanctuary, where I seek solace from work and life-related stress. …
Sippin’ suds at City Beach
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
In a time marked by so much divisiveness, it is good to remember something that many Sandpointians have in common: a love of beer.
The …
The Sandpoint Eater: Baking for brides (and grooms)
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
June brides have been a-blooming, and this month I was fortunate enough to witness the unions of two of them. More than 2,000 miles apart, …
Bite-sized bliss
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There’s one thing both visitors and Sandpoint locals can always agree on: our restaurants are top notch. There is no better — or cheaper — …
Big sky beers
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
My husband Alex and I did not go on a honeymoon immediately following our wedding in July 2021. Having hosted the ceremony and reception at …
New life on Pine and First
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The building at 102 S. First Ave. in downtown Sandpoint — known so long as the home of Ivano’s Italian Ristorante — is launching into …
Reader in Print
Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
GO READ IT»
WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Science fun, the Backcountry Film Festival, Insanity Fab, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
