The Sandpoint Eater: Goddess of the garden
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Last weekend, the massive mound of crusty snow finally disappeared from my corner lot. The kids refer to it as Mount Mimi (thanks to a snowplow operator who piles...
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The Sandpoint Eater: For the love of feta
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I haven’t had a bite of Greek food since a delightful, multi-course lunch last December in Cannes. Greek cuisine is at the top of my food chain, and I...
The Sandpoint Eater: Feeding Ukraine
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist It turns out COVID is no longer my biggest fear or my worst enemy, and I’m sure I’m not alone. The coverage of the assault in Ukraine leaves me...
The Sandpoint Eater: Inspire me!
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Some mornings, sitting here with my omnipresent cup of hot coffee, l struggle to find 700-800 words to fill my column. For inspiration, I ponder past travels or recent...
The Sandpoint Eater: Cabo and capers
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Part luck and part pluck brought me here to Sandpoint more than 25 years ago. A group of investors hired me to oversee the guest services for their tourist...
Catholic cuisine
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Who else preserves their holy cards in cookbooks? When I was in parochial school, holy cards were doled out like morning donuts at a police precinct. If you grew...
The Sandpoint Eater: Grit and grits
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Years (and years) ago, I was a bored teenager, visiting my father for what felt like an endless hot summer in the California desert. One day after he and...
The Sandpoint Eater: Tasting nostalgia
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist A friend from Montana recently called, asking about dining reservations for her upcoming ski trip to Sandpoint. Sadly, I shared with her, some of my favorite spots have gone...
The Sandpoint Eater: Time for the table
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Since my last column, I can’t get the Johnny Cash lyrics, “I’ve been everywhere, man,” out of my head. My first stop (en route to Cannes, France, to attend...
The Sandpoint Eater: Still thankful
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist They’re gone. It feels tranquil now after several days with 12 (mostly adorable) hungry bodies at my table. Though I did make all three types of our favorite stuffings,...
