The Sandpoint Eater: Summer’s finest friend
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
I have yet to buy a tomato all summer long. Lucky for me, there’s no need. I have longtime, lovely neighbors on either side of …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
I have yet to buy a tomato all summer long. Lucky for me, there’s no need. I have longtime, lovely neighbors on either side of …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Staff
Two weeks ago, I was exploring the wilds of the Canadian Rockies as a guest of Rocky Mountaineer — the luxury touring train that operates …
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
Early Sunday morning, armed with a well-wrapped, hot-from-the-oven huckleberry and rhubarb cobbler, I hightailed it to daughter Casey’s home in Spokane. It turns out her …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
It was good seeing Bego again. She owns the Cook and Taste Cooking School in Barcelona. When we met last September, we made plans for …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Staff
Hopefully, all of my edible Italian treasures — carefully wrapped and crammed into every nook and cranny of luggage space — will find their way …
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
I said July would be a big month, and it is! Did you know July is National Baked Bean, Hot Dog, Ice Cream, Pickle and …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
July is a big month for me. While most are planning their Fourth of July festivities, I am deep in the planning stages of our …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
While most of my perennials were quite inconsistent this spring, a fragrant patch of oregano thrives not far from my leafy red rhubarb plant. My …
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