The Sandpoint Eater:
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Staff A walk anywhere near a grocery checkout station can cause serious pre-turkey tension. At least a dozen magazines scream for your attention with persuading headlines, tempting you to purchase...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Staff A walk anywhere near a grocery checkout station can cause serious pre-turkey tension. At least a dozen magazines scream for your attention with persuading headlines, tempting you to purchase...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist For the past six or eight months, I’d tried to plan an annual sojourn to the Davenport Hotel with longtime Missoula friends, Lynda and Helga. Sadly, each trip...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Portland is known for many cultural exports, not least of which is the artisinal coffee movement. The city played an important role in inspiring the independent roasteries that now...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist I just finished shipping batches of Halloween cookies to family and like-family members near and far, which was just a warm up really, the prelude to Christmas cookies,...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Last month was a whirlwind of culinary experiences for me. Armed with an over-the-top invitation to the Montana Master Chef program, I drove to Montana to spend a...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist I was so disappointed I couldn’t attend last week’s local Dancing with the Stars, but I was pleased to hear that my friend and neighbor Meggie Foust, paired...
By Susan Drinkard Reader Columnist Whether or not “happy hours” at area bars bring actual happiness is a question I’ll leave to the reader. But, if you are a happy hour imbiber, feel fortunate....
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Many signs are pointing to fall. The last of the gardens need harvested and preserved, the leaves are turning and the cool evenings remind us to grab a...
By Ben Olson and Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff There is an art to pub crawling. At least, it starts out that way. Many stops later, the art becomes a drunken quest, except no one...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist It’s been nearly two months since the visiting grandkids and I delivered a trunkful of firefighter provisions to Thorne Research, to be delivered to the Bayview Fire, and...