The Sandpoint Eater: Food facts (or fiction)
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist Last week we were soaking up the late afternoon sun along the banks of the water flowing past our favorite table at the Pack River Store. We were there for...
Category: Eats & Drinks
The Sandpoint Eater: Cutting the mustard
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist I’m in Paris! This is the long-awaited graduation trip for my granddaughter, Miley, and we’re traveling with our dear friend, Doug. Miley’s my baking protégé, a worthy travel partner and...
The Sandpoint Eater: My choice is chocolate
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist There are moments when the world feels too loud to recognize. Lately, for me, politics has been one of those things. The elections left me carrying a heaviness like a...
101 Women award $11K grant to Priest Lake Food Bank
By Reader Staff Local philanthropic organization 101 Women Sandpoint announced the recipient of its 2026 spring grant cycle, awarding $11,000 to the Priest Lake Food Bank. The food bank plans to use grant dollars...
The Sandpoint Eater: Ode to Irish pastures
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist In Ireland, cream runs as thick as an authentic Irish brogue. Real cream. Not the apologetic half-and-half that passes for luxury here at home, but proper heavy cream with substance,...
Bonner Community Food Bank set to double in size at new location
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Bonner Community Food Bank is on the verge of a major new phase in its more than 40 years of serving area residents with free food assistance, after acquiring...
Sandpoint Teen Center to host Hawaiian luau fundraiser
By Reader Staff The Sandpoint Teen Center will host a Hawaiian luau-themed fundraiser on Wednesday, May 20 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church (526 S. Olive Ave.). The family-friendly night includes Hawaiian-inspired...
Love enduring
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Everything in this universe grows and changes in conjunction with and response to something else, metaphorically and literally. Humans are products of their environment, and whether that means personal idiosyncrasies...
Celebrating Mother’s Day in Sandpoint
By Reader Staff May 10, 2026, marks 121 years since Anna Jarvis began her campaign to make Mother’s Day an official U.S. holiday, and 112 years since President Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamation that...
The Sandpoint Eater: Peas be with you
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist I just returned from a holiday to Ireland. I was traveling with a couple of favorite cousins and — like I once did — they assumed that potatoes are the...
