The Sandpoint Eater: Pit Stop
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist On a recent weekend trip to Moscow, I ran into a friend, transplanted from Sandpoint. She was heading out of town, but invited me to her home to...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist On a recent weekend trip to Moscow, I ran into a friend, transplanted from Sandpoint. She was heading out of town, but invited me to her home to...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist In preparation for National Hamburger Day this coming Saturday, May 28, I masterminded a not so scientific search for Sandpoint’s best burger. With the results in from my...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Happy National Tater Day! That’s right, folks, it’s Tater Day. Between my Irish heritage and my role as the mother of a vegetarian, I know my way around...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist I’m at 30,000 feet right now, on my way back from Tampa, Fla. Last week I left home with a suitcase full of pickle making supplies and a...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Though I’ve been feeling a bit cooped up, I think I can see spring from my backdoor, which means we’re only a month or so away from my...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Lovers lay careful plans for elaborate getaways and romantic dinners (unless the mother-in-law arrives on Feb. 13 for a week’s stay—sorry about...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Staff My first experience with refugees was more than 50 years ago. Just a couple of blocks from my childhood home in Helena, more than a dozen Cuban high school...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Lately I’ve had several requests for my sweet bread pudding recipe. The truth is, this recipe, like many of my others, is predicated on what’s in my freezer....
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist For the past six or eight months, I’d tried to plan an annual sojourn to the Davenport Hotel with longtime Missoula friends, Lynda and Helga. Sadly, each trip...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Last month was a whirlwind of culinary experiences for me. Armed with an over-the-top invitation to the Montana Master Chef program, I drove to Montana to spend a...