Because I am a really dedicated, serious worker, I spent an hour-long strategy meeting at work this past Friday contemplating my emergency grocery list and what I was going to do with the items on it.… more →
IPB LivingSchnookie wrote 3 months ago: Because I am a really dedicated, serious worker, I spent an hour-long strategy meeting at work this … more →
Schnookie wrote 8 months ago: Pookie and I took a trip into New York City last month on assignment for my job, and during our down … more →
Schnookie wrote 9 months ago: Around Christmastime, our good friend Liz suggested we needed to acquire some Domaine de Canton ging … more →
Schnookie wrote 11 months ago: So the other day at work, there I was killing time, listlessly visiting my usual round of interestin … more →
Schnookie wrote 11 months ago: So there we were yesterday enjoying a loooooong day of hockey, all ready to break up our monotony by … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: The November “Food & Wine” magazine showed up this past Wednesday, and it was one of … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: I recently had some leftover vanilla pods, after scraping the seeds out for baking. The obvious thin … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: Day Two of our stash-restocking adventure dawned bright and early, around 11:30 in the morning. Yes, … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: So we’re working on making ice cream this weekend, using the blackberries from the farm (a pin … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: We’ve been drawing a rather steady harvest of a handful of raspberries a day from our wee rasp … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: I got into my cocktail recipe books just after the end of the strawberry season last year, so it … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: It’s hot and a bit sticky and finally summery here at Maple Hoo, and on a languid afternoon la … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: I had a bunch of prep to do this evening, what with making dinner for tonight and prepping for our b … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: Every week or ten days, Boomer heads into town to pick up a couple of growlers of beer from Triumph … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: We’ve lately developed an addiction to garden and food blogs written by people who are a zilli … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: Tra la! It’s May! Finally! The best month of the year! (Okay, that’s a lie. October is t … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: Today we inadvertently ended up doing a hell of a lot more yardwork than we meant to, and when we fi … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: Well, it might still be a bit brisk outside, but it’s all sunny and summery and chockablock wi … more →
Schnookie wrote 1 year ago: I made Boomer drive to the store yesterday for a grapefruit, without realizing that it was the day b … more →