The Sandpoint Eater: Cabo and capers
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Part luck and part pluck brought me here to Sandpoint more than 25 years ago. A group of investors hired me to oversee the guest …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Part luck and part pluck brought me here to Sandpoint more than 25 years ago. A group of investors hired me to oversee the guest …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Who else preserves their holy cards in cookbooks? When I was in parochial school, holy cards were doled out like morning donuts at a police …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Years (and years) ago, I was a bored teenager, visiting my father for what felt like an endless hot summer in the California desert. One …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Since my last column, I can’t get the Johnny Cash lyrics, “I’ve been everywhere, man,” out of my head. My first stop (en route to …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
They’re gone. It feels tranquil now after several days with 12 (mostly adorable) hungry bodies at my table. Though I did make all three types …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
This October was one for the record books. I don’t remember the fall foliage ever being more beautifully ablaze. It’s exactly 800 miles, doorstep-to-doorstep, from …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Twenty-five years ago, in shop class, my son made a book-holder for me. It remains a beloved piece, displaying a handful of favorite cookbooks. Although …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Yep, I’m still talking tomatoes. When I left home a couple of weeks ago, it was under threat of frost. I thought of many of …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
For the first time in 15 years, my youngest daughter, Casey, and her family showed up this past weekend for no particular reason. There are …
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
I’m home. Feels good to be back, and it feels like fall’s found her way back here, too. I’ve gleaned the garden and, let me …
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