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...
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The Sandpoint Eater: In a Jif
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist One of the first recipes I recall mastering was peanut butter-potato pinwheels. Stirring powdered sugar into leftover mashed potatoes created the base dough, which was rolled thin (more...
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....
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...
Perfect Paris
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Contributor At this time last year, I was shopping the streets of Paris, near the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, searching for perfect Christmas oysters, from the high tides of...
