Baked with love
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Ann Neal, former bakery manager at Winter Ridge Natural Foods in Sandpoint and an avid baking hobbyist at home, heard about Community Loaves from a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Ann Neal, former bakery manager at Winter Ridge Natural Foods in Sandpoint and an avid baking hobbyist at home, heard about Community Loaves from a …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Taran White has literally been fishing all of his life — his first trip aboard an Alaskan fishing boat occurred when he was just 2 …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The shopping season is in full swing, with downtown streets aglow with Christmas lights and shoppers swaddled in parkas and ear muffs.
The Sandpoint Shopping …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
They’re gone. It feels tranquil now after several days with 12 (mostly adorable) hungry bodies at my table. Though I did make all three types …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Thanksgiving is an important time of year to not only give thanks, but also to look out for members of our community who might need …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
There’s a joke about Ivano’s Ristorante Italiano, a Sandpoint institution for 37 years:
Question: “Where’s the best Italian restaurant in Spokane?”
Answer: “In Sandpoint.”
Alas, …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
This October was one for the record books. I don’t remember the fall foliage ever being more beautifully ablaze. It’s exactly 800 miles, doorstep-to-doorstep, from …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Before it was a popular restaurant on First Avenue, Beet and Basil was created as a food truck, offering world cuisine and fine dining in …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Twenty-five years ago, in shop class, my son made a book-holder for me. It remains a beloved piece, displaying a handful of favorite cookbooks. Although …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Yep, I’m still talking tomatoes. When I left home a couple of weeks ago, it was under threat of frost. I thought of many of …
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