The Sandpoint Eater: Pucker up
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
When Sandpoint’s Dillon family opened Panhandle Cone and Coffee, I recall their new storefront having a lot of quiet days. Like many food startups, I …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
When Sandpoint’s Dillon family opened Panhandle Cone and Coffee, I recall their new storefront having a lot of quiet days. Like many food startups, I …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
It’s beginning to look a lot like normal everywhere I go. Last week I made a trip to see travel clients in southern California who’d …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Like most everyone else, I have a few things I need to cross off of my bucket list. I’ve got some serious travel plans — …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
I’m so grateful that everyone in my family has thus far dodged the COVID-19 bullet. It’s challenging to stay healthy and relevant in these lockdown …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
I was raised on penny candy (which I now call highway-robbery candy). Even with inflation, I am hard pressed to pay upwards of 50 cents …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
It’s not easy to pick a favorite chile pepper, as there are literally a couple thousand to choose from, but I’ve learned from experience which …
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 …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Food Columnist
It’s been an eventful beginning to the new year already. I’d barely stashed the Vegas juicer before my January calendar brought one of my …
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