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...
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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...
The Sandpoint Eater: The Secret Picnic
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Decked out in fascinators grand enough for the recent royal wedding, a crowd of fashionable party-goers, including my guest Doug and I, waited for final instructions that would...
The Sandpoint Eater: Appurtenance Aplenty
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist After reading “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter,” I was inspired to doing some serious...
The Sandpoint Eater: Curry Up!
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist By plane, Tuk-Tuk (auto rickshaw) and longtail boats, I just spent 10 sun-filled days exploring Thailand and indulging in regional Thai foods with my friend and like-minded companion,...
The Sandpoint Eater: The Secret of Soup
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist I’m looking forward to tomorrow. If all goes according to plan, I’ll shed the cumbersome apparatus that has been attached to my left shoulder for the past six...
