The Sandpoint Eater: Ethnic eats
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist The last bits and pieces of Christmas have been carefully packed away for another year, and so far my much-needed two-day old diet has yet to be compromised....
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Have bag, will travel
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Contributor In the market for some new luggage? Backpack or roller bag? Hard or soft sided? Packing cubes? Before you purchase, pack, and carry on with those new bags, there’s...
The Sandpoint Eater: It’s Poh-TEET-sah!
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Recently, I unrolled and floured the old, white cotton sheet I use to cover my table for pastry projects. This time, I was making povitica, the holiday bread...
The Sandpoint Eater: The Chosen Few
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Recently, a friend asked me to recommend a few good cookbooks she could give as Christmas gifts this year. Cookbooks are my passion, so I took the...
Sandpoint Eater: Puttin’ on the Ritz
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Lately we’ve been faced with some challenges, both locally and nationally. Like many of you, I’ve spent a lot of moments pondering the actions of others that make...
The Sandpoint Eater: Real men make Dutch babies
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist I’ve just returned from an unexpected long weekend to Missoula, where I found little respite from the lingering, residual smoke of myriad fires. Sadly, we’ve had another season...
The Sandpoint Eater: Something Brewing
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist I just finished unpacking my backroads-dusty car from our annual family gathering in Montana. And thanks to my son-in-law (and new father) John, I brought home quite the...
The Sandpoint Eater: All the thyme in the world
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist My freezer is chock-full with all my family’s favorite foods, and later this week I’ll use all my McGuyver skills to defy volume and load the Kia to...
The Sandpoint Eater: Simple joys of summer
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Last week I knocked the top of McKinnick Trail off my bucket list. Though I started not long after sunrise, and I was well prepared with water and...
The Sandpoint Eater: Kitchen Sports
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Last week I had breakfast at DuPar’s, a landmark restaurant at LA’s Farmers Market that’s been operating since 1937. It’s a beloved institution for tourists as well as...
