Eating for good luck all year long
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Unpopular opinion: I’m not a super big fan of most of what we eat during the holidays. I like turkey and all the trimmings, but it’s more to do...
Category: Eats & Drinks
The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Staff Ever since my youngest, Casey, has had babies, my Christmas routine has been flying to Chicago, spending a week and then leaving Christmas morning on the earliest flight. I’d...
Home(cooked) for the holidays
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Thanks to a partnership between Lake Pend Oreille High School and the Bonner Community Food Bank, 150 hot holiday meals made it to the plates of people in need...
The 11th hour
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff According to Business Insider, there are 11 common traits of highly intelligent people: they’re adaptable, they understand how much they don’t know, they are curious about the world, they’re...
‘If you’re hungry, this is the place to be’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff When Trevor and Deborah Kirk started Gethsemane Oil & Vinegar Shoppe on the Cedar Street Bridge more than two years ago, they truly found what it is to be...
Fast-moving meals of magic
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff There is nothing quite like enjoying a fresh, warm meal while traveling. It’s largely an experience of the past, with cars and airplanes as the main modes of transportation...
Give thanks for the drinks of the inventors of Thanksgiving
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Among the many aspects of Thanksgiving history — our peculiar Usonian holiday — that we’ve collectively forgotten in the interest of socio-political and economic convenience, the prevalence of drink...
Hungry? There’s an app for that
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Freshly jobless and seeking his next entrepreneurial adventure, Ben Murray decided to explore a suggestion from his neighbor: Why didn’t he start a food delivery service with a phone...
The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist In anticipation of next week’s holiday, I’ve been busy cooking up a storm, for everyone! Or no one. Thanksgiving is on, then Thanksgiving is off. Two years ago, there...
Pickled perfection
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A curious thing happened in my mid-30s: I grew infatuated with pickling vegetables. Not only is pickling a great way to preserve vegetables grown in our home gardens, they...
