Continuing a delicious legacy
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Anyone who has lived in Sandpoint has a story to tell about Dub’s Drive-In. The small town diner has been serving ice cream, shakes, burgers and everything between for...
Category: Eats & Drinks
The Sandpoint Eater: Bubble up
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I was raised on penny candy (which I now call highway-robbery candy). Even with inflation, I am hard pressed to pay upwards of 50 cents (or more) for the...
Purple gold
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Perhaps even more famous than the state stone — the star garnet — is another sought-after purple gem found in the mountains of Idaho: huckleberries. The tart and juicy...
Comfort food for all
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff New Sandpoint food truck Moxie’s was born from a love for comfort food, frustration with restaurants and pandemic-induced job loss. Vegetarians and partners Angela Woods and Taylor Ward grew...
The Sandpoint Eater:
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist As much as I like to consider myself well versed in the gastronomic arts — dedicating a fair amount of time to answering food-related questions for family, friends and...
Zucchini season
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Home gardeners in the Idaho panhandle are starting to see the fruits of their Memorial Day planting labors. After a wet and cloudy start to summer, tomatoes are flowering...
The Sandpoint Eater: Cooking my heart out
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist My mother had three well-worn cookbooks: a double volume set of Meta Given’s Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking and Household Magazine’s Searchlight Recipe Book. All hold spaces of honor in...
The Sandpoint Eater: Mix and mask
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist It’s hard to wrap my head around the past few months — silly me, thinking this COVID-19 pandemic that blew into our lives, wreaking havoc on a blustery day...
The (pot)luck of the draw
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff With age comes a more intimate understanding of the events and happenings of adult life. Potluck dinners are one of those events that seemed to occur out of thin...
Mad About Science: Tomatoes
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The world’s favorite berry is a curious fruit. Or is it a vegetable? You may find it interesting to know that, despite the tomato being a staple of their...
