The Sandpoint Eater: Homegrown tomatoes
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Between COVID-19 and anticipating that my Chicago road trips would keep me away from home a lot this summer, I spent neither much time planning …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Sandpoint Eater: Pick a pepper
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
It’s not easy to pick a favorite chile pepper, as there are literally a couple thousand to choose from, but I’ve learned from experience which …
The Sandpoint Eater: Chicago or bust
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Staff
My bags are packed and my new (to me) Ford Edge is loaded with everything I’ll need for this week’s epic, 1,800-mile, Chicago-or-bust road trip. …
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 …
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 …
Quarantined in the kitchen
Reader Columnist
I’ve been hitting “Mimi’s mysteries” from my freezers pretty hard this week. It’s just me and my three-legged, insulin-dependent cat, Laurel, and we’ve both been grateful for all …
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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 The Ray of Hope Luncheon, Harry Potter, a Spring Spike-Off, 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.
