‘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...
Category: Eats & Drinks
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...
The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist It’s soup season, and in anticipation of the cold and snowy months ahead of us, I’m already stocking my larder. Though I rely on many of my mother’s recipes...
Let us now drink
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Well, Election Day is finally over. Whether you are celebrating or mourning the outcome, now is as good a time as any to mark the end of this bitter...
‘Tis the season for fall beers
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff I have not always been a beer person. Maybe that’s because the parties of my youth played host only to Coors Light, or because in college I took a...
The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Happy National Nut Day. Talk about timing! But it’s just a fluke, folks. I’m speaking of tree nuts and peanuts, and this is a holiday I can embrace like...
