Wisecrackers of Ingeside

Today's cracker: Wisecrackers Roasted Garlic with Rosemary

This light and flaky cracker has just enough garlic and rosemary flavor to make it interesting, but not overpowering. Quite tasty by itself, but it would also be good with cheddar or maybe a soft chevre.



Today's books: Anne's House of Dreams and Anne of Ingleside

These are book 5 and 6 of the Anne of Green Gables series. I read the whole series when I was in high school, but don't think I appreciated them properly at the time--certainly not the later books in the series. By the time I got to book 5, which begins with Anne's marriage and ends with the birth of her second child (her first child, sadly, lives only a few days), I wasn't very interested in what Anne was thinking or feeling. I guess I just couldn't relate. Sure, I cried [spoiler alert] when little Joyce died, but I don't think I understood the depth of that loss. Now that I'm older I have some inkling of what she was going through.

Today’s cracker: Health Valley Organic Garlic Herb Cracker Stix.

This cracker has a pleasantly light texture, but it doesn’t taste like either garlic or herbs. It’s good with hummus. It has a bit of a chemical aftertaste, which is strange--it's supposed to be organic! Also, I didn't notice until I wrote this post that it had the word "stix" in the title. I find that disturbing.

Today’s book: Schulz and Peanuts.

I just finished this biography of Charles Shulz by David Michaelis. I thought it was well written and engaging, although a bit sad. Shulz seemed like a very closed-off, somewhat immature person. He seemed unable to feel or express love for his wife or his children. He also seemed to use his strip in passive-agressive ways, at times. For example, he used Snoopy as a mouthpiece to express his feeling for the woman he was having an affair with, even after he told his wife he would end the affair.