The Sandpoint Eater: To Laura with love
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist This week’s column was supposed to be about food trucks. I love food trucks. I seek them out everywhere I go and couldn’t wait to tell you about some...
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The Sandpoint Eater: One sweet trip
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist As the westbound Empire Builder ground to a halt at the Williston, N.D., train station, Miley, my 11-year-old granddaughter, gave me one last hug on the vestibule of...
The Sandpoint Eater: Miodh for Mogue
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist It is just a few days short of St. Paddy’s Day, and I haven’t made even a wee bit of a plan to celebrate. I’ve been known to...
The Sandpoint Eater: Lessons (and lagana) for Lent
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Lent, the solemn religious period observed by Christians around the world, comes late this year. In these parts, it’s a good thing because maybe we’ll finally see some...
The Sandpoint Eater: A taste of Cuba
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist All I can think about, since returning from a recent trip to Cuba (I traveled on an Educational, People-to-People visa), is a repeat performance. Cuba was everything I...
The Sandpoint Eater: It’s chili out there
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist It’s cold outside, which means every town worth its weight in snow, including Sandpoint, is gearing up for their annual frosty festivities. Call it what you wish, winter...
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....
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: 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...
