Mad About Science: Cooking
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Cooking is a chemistry class in which you get to eat your grade at the end. Most of us know how to cook food, but the actual science behind...
Category: Eats & Drinks
Sandpoint Farmers’ Market postpones opening day
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For more than 30 years, the first Saturday in May has held a special place in Sandpoint residents’ hearts: opening day at the Sandpoint Farmers’ Market. This year, market...
Gardening for the Apocalypse
By Emily Levine Reader Contributor With what seems to be the end of the world chomping at our heels and we stand feeling helpless before the diminishing supply in the fridge, many folks in...
The Sandpoint Eater: It’s how I roll
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I made it through my isolation birthday, sans friends and fanfare. Next on the calendar of events was Easter. Easter! Over the years, I have watched the others agonize...
Mill Town Distillery offers locally made hand sanitizer
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff North Idaho’s own Mill Town Distillery, which is known for producing artisan spirits from grain grown on a small farm in Dover, is adding to its resume by stepping...
The Sandpoint Eater: Tracks of my years
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Last week was a milestone birthday for me, and I’m sure you can only imagine how distraught my children were that I would be celebrating it alone (if you...
Food Bank seeking volunteers to deliver meals
By Ben Olson Reader Staff One of the biggest struggles right now during the coronavirus pandemic is making sure those in need continue to have those needs met. The Bonner Community Food Center is...
Couch economy
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It’s never so apparent how much the local economy relies on people’s social nature until it becomes necessary to remain isolated. Restaurants, small shops, artists and service workers are...
New owners on tap
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Jon Hagadone never wanted to be a bartender. When he and Vicki Reich launched Idaho Pour Authority in late-May 2013, both envisioned it as a craft beer retail store...
New kids on the bridge
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff After 12 years at the Cedar Street Bistro, Tim and Manuela Frazier are bidding farewell to the days of crafting crepes, sandwiches, gelato and beyond from scratch. “It needs...
