The Sandpoint Eater: Classy Kahlua
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I couldn’t be happier to report to you that I will soon have my second Moderna vaccination under my sleeve, and it already feels so liberating. I’m not yet...
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By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist The pound cake, an all-time favorite dessert, has been around forever. It was first recorded here in the 1796 cookbook, American Cookery. I don’t have a copy, but I...
Bon appetit, Mr. President
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist This past couple of weeks felt like a carnival ride, filled with hills and chills, and spills and shills. And per usual, when I feel angst, I feed my...
The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Staff Ever since my youngest, Casey, has had babies, my Christmas routine has been flying to Chicago, spending a week and then leaving Christmas morning on the earliest flight. I’d...
The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist In anticipation of next week’s holiday, I’ve been busy cooking up a storm, for everyone! Or no one. Thanksgiving is on, then Thanksgiving is off. Two years ago, there...
The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist It’s soup season, and in anticipation of the cold and snowy months ahead of us, I’m already stocking my larder. Though I rely on many of my mother’s recipes...
The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Happy National Nut Day. Talk about timing! But it’s just a fluke, folks. I’m speaking of tree nuts and peanuts, and this is a holiday I can embrace like...
The Sandpoint Eater: Filling my glass
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Honestly, these past six months have kicked my ass, and I’ve lost a bit of my sass. By nature, I’m not even a “glass-half-full” kind of gal. My glass...
The Sandpoint Eater: Better with butter
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Last week was a rough one. I’d finally found my “COVID-19 cool” and begun some outdoor entertaining on my deck, a couple of friends at a time, with a...
The Sandpoint Eater: Homegrown tomatoes
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Between COVID-19 and anticipating that my Chicago road trips would keep me away from home a lot this summer, I spent neither much time planning nor planting a garden....
