The Sandpoint Eater: Chicago or bust
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Staff My bags are packed and my new (to me) Ford Edge is loaded with everything I’ll need for this week’s epic, 1,800-mile, Chicago-or-bust road trip. Though most states I’ll...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Staff My bags are packed and my new (to me) Ford Edge is loaded with everything I’ll need for this week’s epic, 1,800-mile, Chicago-or-bust road trip. Though most states I’ll...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I made it through my isolation birthday, sans friends and fanfare. Next on the calendar of events was Easter. Easter! Over the years, I have watched the others agonize...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Last week was a milestone birthday for me, and I’m sure you can only imagine how distraught my children were that I would be celebrating it alone (if you...
Reader Columnist I’ve been hitting “Mimi’s mysteries” from my freezers pretty hard this week. It’s just me and my three-legged, insulin-dependent cat, Laurel, and we’ve both been grateful for all the foiled wrapped bits...
By Marcia Pilgerim Reader Food Columnist Summer has officially arrived, and with a freezer filled with three gallons of rhubarb syrup and a few gallon bags of diced rhubarb, I’m ready. My anticipation of...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist My favorite part of Super Bowl Sunday is shopping, unhurriedly, in patron-free stores. Five years ago I learned of this little known shopping secret by accident when I...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist I’ve just returned from my annual family retreat. We came, we gathered and we delighted in one another’s company. And before my last child was safely home, we...