The Sandpoint Eater: A piece of cake
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
It’s a wrap, folks. The 16th annual Heart Ball proved as successful as its predecessors. The following night, I watched the Grammys and thought that …
Category: Eats & Drinks
Medieval eats
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Taste perhaps brings on the strongest evocation of memory, which, if you want to get all woo-woo, makes it the closest we can get to …
Mad About Science: Pasta
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Chances are that you’ve probably eaten pasta at some point in your life. Most people consume premade pasta from the grocery store. Dried and pre-packaged …
The Sandpoint Eater: Generational fare
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Call them what you may — miners’ pasty, Cornish pasty, Butte pasty or meat hand pie — no other food evokes stronger food memories for …
The Sandpoint Eater: Hello sunshine
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Come to Arizona, they said. It will be fun and warm, they said. I’m not sure how often it snows in Tucson, but of course, …
The Sandpoint Eater: Aw shucks
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
I was raised a middle-class Irish Catholic, but my grandmother Irma (Gram) still laid some pretty lovely food on our holiday table, and one of …
Happy Faux Year
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
With New Year’s resolutions on a lot of our minds, it’s inevitable that some may try to go off the hard stuff in 2024, whether …
Mad about Science: Donuts
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
There is an irreparable rift in our country. On either side of the aisle, voices are raised, fingers are pointed, insults are thrown. It’s doughnut! …
Gift Guide 2023: Last-minute shopping
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It would be disingenuous to describe last-minute holiday shopping as an “art” — it’s too frantic for that. Rather, the 11th-hour scramble is better understood …
The Sandpoint Eater: Traditionally Speaking
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
A trip to France will do the trick if you need a nudge to get into the Christmas spirit. I’ve just returned from an international …
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Science fun, the Backcountry Film Festival, Insanity Fab, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
