Yolk’s on me
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Most people can identify a food with which they share a checkered past. Broccoli or peas are popular candidates for this culinary relationship. Others may share a love-hate thing...
Category: Eats & Drinks
A few words on Chartreuse
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Often in winter the best policy is to pretend that you’ve died for as long as the living will allow. But spring is the season for living anew. Pardon...
The Sandpoint Eater: For the love of feta
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I haven’t had a bite of Greek food since a delightful, multi-course lunch last December in Cannes. Greek cuisine is at the top of my food chain, and I...
Legendary local brews
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff After years of working for other people, Chris and Stephanie Wiens decided to become captains of their own ship — one with a host of delicious local beers and...
Comparing apples to apples
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Funny things happen to a person when they turn 40. They start amassing crock pot recipes and have flannel shirts older (and sometimes more cherished) than most of their...
The Sandpoint Eater: Feeding Ukraine
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist It turns out COVID is no longer my biggest fear or my worst enemy, and I’m sure I’m not alone. The coverage of the assault in Ukraine leaves me...
Beet and Basil returns for a pop-up event at Bluebird Bakery
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Popular local restaurant Beet and Basil may be gone from its former location on First Avenue, but its unique take on global street food is still available — at...
The Sandpoint Eater: Inspire me!
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Some mornings, sitting here with my omnipresent cup of hot coffee, l struggle to find 700-800 words to fill my column. For inspiration, I ponder past travels or recent...
The Sandpoint Eater: Cabo and capers
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Part luck and part pluck brought me here to Sandpoint more than 25 years ago. A group of investors hired me to oversee the guest services for their tourist...
Ivano’s lives
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Thanks to the hard work of Liz Evans, Nova Layton and a small cast of other Ivano’s Ristorante Italiano characters, Jim Lippi’s glass remains full. After the iconic eatery...
