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 youngest daughter, Casey, planted...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Once spring had finally sprung, I walked around the yard to see how my perennials fared through the crazy winter (and aborted attempts at spring). I belong to a...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff To some, being invited to meet a friend at 113 Main sounds like an invitation to meet on a street corner in downtown Sandpoint. To others, it means dinner...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For the third time in the past decade, Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters took home a coveted Good Food Award on April 21. Known as the James Beard awards of...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist In 1977, I went to Bogota, Colombia, and fell in love — with the architecture, the people, the food and the vibrant culture, especially the cumbia (lively music and...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Last month, in Dublin, I stayed at The Merrion Hotel, a beautifully restored Georgian townhouse, where I had my first night’s rest in ages. I swear it was the...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff “I cook with wine; sometimes I even add it to the food.” — W.C. Fields For foodies and wine enthusiasts searching for the next good thing in Sandpoint, look no...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist My birthday was last week. Every year as it draws close, I use the day as a yardstick to measure my goals list for the last birthday. I acknowledge...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Last week, sporting a newly gifted Irish apron, I delivered a cookie tray to some neighborhood children when a neighbor couple out for a walk spotted me and assumed...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff St. Patrick’s Day celebrants can safely be separated into two camps: those who balk at the hokey tradition of green beer, and those who embrace the emerald liquid as...
