The Sandpoint Eater: Tracks of my years
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 …
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 …
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 …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Food Columnist
I’ve just returned from my much-anticipated annual summer sojourn to Montana, where our clan of family and like-family gather from near (Helena) and far …
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 …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Food Columnist
Ever since I can remember, I was the queen of elaborate tea parties, both real and imagined. I’ve entertained dolls, dignitaries, dogs (stuffed and …
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 Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Food Columnist
It’s that time of the year and ‘tis the season. Some of us will experience a holiday steeped in years of tradition, and some …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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