The Sandpoint Eater: For the love of feta
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I haven’t had a bite of Greek food since a delightful, multi-course lunch last December in Cannes. Greek cuisine is at the top of my food chain, and I...
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The Sandpoint Eater: Inspire me!
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Some mornings, sitting here with my omnipresent cup of hot coffee, l struggle to find 700-800 words to fill my column. For inspiration, I ponder past travels or recent...
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 services for their tourist...
Catholic cuisine
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 precinct. If you grew...
The Sandpoint Eater: Grit and grits
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 day after he and...
The Sandpoint Eater: Time for the table
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 Cannes, France, to attend...
The Sandpoint Eater: Still thankful
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 of our favorite stuffings,...
The Sandpoint Eater
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 my son Zane’s home...
The Sandpoint Eater: Baking with buttermilk
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 the books change, the...
The Sandpoint Eater: Spanish sighs
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 you, outside in the...
