The Sandpoint Eater: Morning stretches
By Marcia Pilgeram
reader Columnist
My oldest offspring, Ryanne, is a talented and prolific baker, who always arrives with a boule or two of her lovely, crusty sourdough bread. A …
By Marcia Pilgeram
reader Columnist
My oldest offspring, Ryanne, is a talented and prolific baker, who always arrives with a boule or two of her lovely, crusty sourdough bread. A …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
When my anti-train noise neighbors lobbied and won approval for a no-horn zone in Ponder Point, I sorely missed those long, warning whistles from the …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
It’s a wrap, folks. The 16th annual Heart Ball proved as successful as its predecessors. The following night, I watched the Grammys and thought that …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Call them what you may — miners’ pasty, Cornish pasty, Butte pasty or meat hand pie — no other food evokes stronger food memories for …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Come to Arizona, they said. It will be fun and warm, they said. I’m not sure how often it snows in Tucson, but of course, …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
I was raised a middle-class Irish Catholic, but my grandmother Irma (Gram) still laid some pretty lovely food on our holiday table, and one of …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
A trip to France will do the trick if you need a nudge to get into the Christmas spirit. I’ve just returned from an international …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is behind us, and November is nearly a wrap. Now, we march on to the madness of the December holidays. …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
I’m getting ready for a couple of trips, and though I didn’t have a lot of time to spare, I spent the weekend prepping and …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
I’ve never understood the fuss about a Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL) from Starbucks (and I am not the first Reader writer to note this). I …
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