Backpacking the Balkans, part I
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There are times in life when the ruts grow too deep around us. Some might settle in and come to love the growing walls around them. When I reach...
Category: Eats & Drinks
The Sandpoint Eater: Grill talk
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnis Did you know Father’s Day was established by Sonora Smart Dodd, a Spokane woman? The first celebration commemorating fathers in the U.S. was held June 19, 1910, right in...
The Sandpoint Eater: May days
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Contributor May’s not even over yet, and it has not disappointed. The first days of May were the tailend of our Ireland trip. I was just home long enough to...
The Sandpoint Eater: Read all about it
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist A few months back, while I was doing some research on Meyer lemons, I found several stories about Frank Meyer. I was intrigued and had to learn more. After...
The Sandpoint Eater: Let us eat cake!
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Our days in Ireland are waning, and every time I ready myself to return home from here, packed alongside my tired clothes and a handful of edible souvenirs, is...
Sandpoint Farmers’ Market to open for 37th season
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Since its founding in 1988, the Sandpoint Farmers’ Market has been a beloved institution that draws locals and tourists alike to Farmin Park every Saturday and Wednesday through the...
The growing hunger
By Ben Olson Reader Staff “For now I ask no more than the justice of eating.” — Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and Nobel Prize winner There is, perhaps, no worse feeling than going hungry....
The Sandpoint Eater: All stalked up
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist My surefire “signs of spring” are popping up everywhere. For the third year, the sweetest crow ever (whom I’ve christened Crowbie) has made himself known to me. He delights...
Mad about Science: Food preservation
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist This week’s subject was a suggestion by Steve Sanchez. Thanks, Steve! As any connoisseur of gas station sushi is aware, food preservation is important. We can’t always finish a...
The Sandpoint Eater: Our days with Da
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist She’s back… and just in time to celebrate a new decade. It’s a milestone birthday for me, and I’ve already been shown so much love that it’s mind-boggling! It’s...
