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(Lurch) YOU RANG….. Initially, I was just going to write a blog post about the series in my personal blog. I then realized that this was far too big for that, and that I needed to create it’s own …
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Even More Italian (Just For You)
Ciao e Benvenuto Il Mio Piccolo Pezzo D’Italia (My Little Tiny Piece of Italy) Actually, very tiny! Just a barrel, a barrel lid turned into a Lazy Susan, and some clay pots. This is more about the food presentation, and is …
The Year of the Rabbit (2023)
Kung Hei Fat Choy January 22, 2023 is the Lunar New Year, The Year of the Rabbit We lived in Hawaii for 13 years. Both of our children were born there. They grew up celebrating and appreciating all the holidays …
Middle Eastern Our Way
Welcome to Middle Eastern Our Way (A.K.A. MEOW) It’ll Catch On. 🙂 We are Gordon and Julie, and we love food of all kinds from all nations. Arabic Coffee Beans Gordon has traveled to many Middle Eastern countries during his time …
Edible Gifts of the Asian Variety
(Rice Krispy Sushi Treats. Recipe Down Below) Welcome to Edible Gift’s of the Asian Variety The Asian cultures are so beautiful and just full of history and traditions. Everything they do seems to be tied to the past. I like and …
Chisana Atsukau (Small Treats in Japanese)
Kon’nichiwa (Hello) Yokoso Chisana Atsukau (Welcome to Small Treats.) Watashitachi Wa Anata Ni Motarashimasu Oishi Shokumotsu Atsukau (We will bring to you delicious food treats.) To Do Yatte Ni Tsukuru Karera (And, how to make them.) I’m sure that a lot …
Asian Inspiration
COMING THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT (2023) The Asian cultures have always inspired us. Each one brings such creativity, intelligence, and inspiration, and not to mention, great food! One of our favorite things to do is to visit our local …
The Grinch Got A CLUE For Christmas
(Coal and Cards) Coming December, 2024 It Wouldn’t Be The Grinch Without His Dog Max Sparky Objecting, Sparky Accepting His Role as Max, and Sparky With Spooky Lou Who ————————————————————————————————- —————————————————————————- Merry Grinchmas Cake …
Stewed Tomatoes, A Whann Family Tradition
Merry Christmas Canning Stewed Tomatoes An Original by Susy Whann (Gordon’s Aunt Susy made the quilted Christmas Tree Banner. It just seemed appropriate to feature it here. She passed a few years ago. But her caring and craftswomanship, still exists.) —————————————————————————– This …
An Old Florida Jezebel (Sauce)
(The picture above not only showcases my Old Florida Jezebel Sauce, I also depict our daughter Veronica’s art from when she was a Fine Arts student in college. Any chance I get to do that, I do!) Let The Sunshine In …
Thanksgiving Lite, and Leftovers
Good Morning and Happy Thanksgiving! (2022) Just in Time to Watch The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Oh Look! It’s The Tarpon Springs High School Marching Band From Tarpon Springs, Florida They closed the parade! Actually, they performed right …
Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park
Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park Entrance 3501 Old Kings Road Flagler Beach, Florida 32136 (386) 517-2084 ———————————————————————– Bulow Plantation is located in Central Florida. Located 3 miles west of Flagler Beach off County Road 2001 (Old King’s Road), between State Road …
Modern Day Mona (Lisa) Halloween
Salve! Benvenutu Al Nostro Halloween Da Vinci ———————————————————————– Leonardo Da Vinci, The Mona Lisa (That is Tom Hanks hand above, from the movie The Da Vinci Code.) I fell in love with the movie when it first came out, and it …
Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window: Scene 14
To me, it’s just not Halloween without a Hitchcock marathon of all of his movies. Currently Watching The Killer, Lars Thorwald from Rear Window I was Thrilled to Find this Game Online For those of you that know my love of …
Chef Whann’s Creepy Crawly Dinners
Happy Halloween Hungry? This is a favorite meal of mine to make, due to its creativity and simplicity. Like a one pot meal, this is mostly a one roasting pan meal with the exception of boiling the …
Oktoberfest Lebensmittel
WILLKOMMEN! (Welcome) (Hardly fancy, but Cheese, Turkey Sausage, on Crackers with a good German Mustard is a nice little snack.) ———————————————————– Oktoberfest: German Festival Held over a two week period ending the first Sunday in October. The festival originated on October 12, …
Autumn Lunches
Autumn Me, Rome, Georgia, mid 1960’s playing in the leaves. (Love the cars.) 🙂 When I think of Autumn I always first think of leaves. The Fall colors of the trees as the leaves fall off of them, and crunch …
A Labor Day Vacay Away
Labor Day Weekend (Friday – Monday) The Parrish Condo Our Destination On Our Way (Julie, Sparky, Spooky and Gordon) It’s The Florida Hillbillies! Headed Toward Indian Shores, Florida (In the rain.) 🙁 —————————————————————– ABBA, Of Course 🙂 Not till …
An Oriental Jezebel
My Tassel Oriental Bowl —————————————————————————– Glorioso Blossom My Glorioso Vine in my Japanese Carp Vase A Few Spring Rolls….. …doused in My Oriental Jezebel Sauce An Excellent Ranchi (Lunch) ——————————————————————————— An Oriental Jezebel A Marinade, A Glaze, and A Dipping …
Grillin’ Italian
Ciao and Buongiorno! Welcome to Grillin’ Italian We love to grill, we love Italian, therefore it makes sense that we would create a page dedicated to Grillin’ Italian. Italian food showcases a lot of food that we love. …
Shark Week Fun!
Beaches Closed Due to Shark Sightings! HERE FOR SHARK WEEK!!! SHARKS!!!! ———————————————————————– Me, In Our Happily Cluttered Nautical Den (I’m holding a glass Japanese fishing boat float that we found floating amongst some sharp coral in Hawaii.) —————————————————————————– The Cocktail… Our Sharkarita’s …
Vintage Cakes
———————————————————————— Vintage Cakes From My Vintage Childhood At this writing, 2022, I am 61 and longing for my past childhood of cakes being made from scratch by the loveliest women I have ever known in my life. My Great-Grandmother’s and …
00Whann Way Father’s Day
And The Oscar Goes To…. Albert R. Broccoli He did win an Irving G. Thalberg Oscar posthumously at the Academy Awards in 1982. The award was presented to him by the current James Bond at the time, Sir Roger Moore. …
A Light Mother’s Day Outside
Wouldn’t it be nice to take a stroll into that painting? That era above is from my Great-Grandmother Honnie’s time. Her name was Lillian Miller Haskin Lone, but I called her Honnie. People would refer to her as Ms. …
Brunswick Stew and Barbeque
Happy 4th. of July! Brunswick Stew… ——————————————————————— Soup Spoons On! ————————————————————————– Seasoned Crackers Our Seasoned Crackers with store bought Dried Tomatoes, etc. —————————————————————————– And, BBQ… ——————————————————————————- With, Pickled Red Onions… —————————————————————— Along with a few of our other homemade condiments. Our Corn …
An Herb Garden Redo
(I love to garden in swim dresses and flip flops.) ————————————————————- So Excited For This Redo ————————————————————— I LOVE MY Herb Garden Previous Version of My Herb Garden (Notice the Air Plants on the Trellis? When I decided to redo …
Simply Easter
EASTER 2022 The green cup in the photo above is a handmade ceramic cup, probably made by a child. It was found in a box in the attic of my son’s girlfriends house. I spotted it and saw a treasure! She …
A Proper English Breakfast for 00Whann from (Your) Valentine
Meet Valentine Guinness, Heir to the Guinness Brewery and Suspected Money Launderer for Russia 00Whann’s One True Love (That he just met last night at the party.) ——————————————————– Valentine Guinness’s Purse, Compact and Lipstick (The thumbdrive is not here. Where can …
Gordon’s ‘Year of the Tiger’ Sauce, Nam Jim Jaew, and Chinese New Year
Fortune Cookies Dare To Dream The Year of the Tiger (Rice Noodles) The Year of the Tiger, February 1, 2022 – January 21, 2023 The Tiger is known for Courage, and Strength. The Tiger ranks 3rd. of all the animals in …
New Year’s Day Greens and Other Foods
GREENS SOUTHERN SOUL FOOD A New Year’s Day Tradition in the South We eat Collard Greens every new year in the hopes that it will give us money all year long. 🙂 Black Eyed Peas are for LUCK! And …
DIY Home Function Upgrades
Welcome to DIY Home Function Upgrades This is our first project for this website page. We do plan on bringing you more. What you see here is the side of our house. There was grass here at one time but our yard …
A Happy Christmas CLUEDO for 007
(I swear to you that I am not flipping anyone off in the photo above. I didn’t know my fingers looked like that. Sorry. I would like to state that we have been using our fingers for centuries before someone decided to deem one …
A Christmas Card to You This 2021
Merry Christmas AND, Happy Christmas, United Kingdom Mele Kalikimaka, Hawaii Feliz Navidad, Mexico Kung Hsi Hsin Nien Bing Chu Shen Tan, China Boze Narodzenie, Poland Chestita Koleda, Bulgaria Vesele Vanoce, Czech Republic Vrolyk Kerstfeest en Gelukkig Nieuu Jaar, Dutch Nollaig …
It’s a Big Bang Theory Saturnalia CLUE
Welcome To Our Big Bang Theory Saturnalia CLUE (Just doing some decorating for the holidays.) CLUE How It All Started (We don’t recommend The Big Bang Theory Cookbook seen above, as there are many recipes that are not correct. Even …
Gordon’s Poultry Gravy and Grilled Spatchcock Turkey
Happy Thanksgiving! Welcome To Our Home Pull Up a Chair and Have a Seat Won’t You Join Us In Partaking Of Our Grilled Spatchcock Turkey? Gordon’s Carving Looks Delicious, Doesn’t It? We Hope You Like an Italian Ornamental Squash Casserole? …
Spooky Treats
Happy Halloween For My Spooky ..and My Sparky. For Our Grand-Dog Chewie….. And Our Grand-Dog Hank We adore the animals in our lives. These are for you guys! Julie and Gordon Happy Halloween From Spooky and Sparky (We …
STAR TREKKIES, Into The Botanist’s Lair (The Lost Episode)
Space: The Final Frontier These are the voyages of the “Pretend” Star Ship Enterprise. It’s one Halloween Night mission: To explore strange new backyards in the state of Florida, (hopefully without being shot.) To seek out Alien Ingredients and …
Aloha Wahine Jezebel Sauce
Our Aloha Kitchen All My Rice Crackers (On Top of the Fridge) —————————————————————- Julie’s Aloha Wahine Jezebel Sauce ———————————————————————- As a Dipping Sauce, Marinade, or Glaze… Great with any Asian or Polynesian Foods —————————————————- ————————————————— Excellent as …
Autumn Treats
Autumn Once Labor Day is over with….. There is just something special about the end of Summer and the beginning of Autumn. To most of us it’s having the kids go back to school. Always a special time for me …
Julie’s Jezebel Sauce
Premiering at a Theater Near You! Starring Julie’s Jezebel Sauce, and a Cast of Supporting Foods For those of you outside The Bible Belt of America, you probably have never heard of Jezebel Sauce. It’s exact Southern origins are a bit …
Pizza, Pizza
Pizza: Latin for “to pound, or stamp.” The Lombardic word bizzo, or pizzo, meaning mouthful. Was brought to Italy by the Lombards in the middle of the 6th. century A.D. A Pizza consists of a base of dough with a selection of …
Let Us Eat Cake, (Julie’s Cakes Continues)
Currently Baking Until You Can Insert a Toothpick and it Comes Out Clean 🙂 Strawberry Jalapeno Sheet Cake ———————————————————— Gordon and Julie, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1982 in Gordon’s parents kitchen. We are baking Christmas Cakes/Breads for his parents to give …
Our Asian Inspired 4th. of July
Happy Independence Day! On this particular July 4th. we wanted to do something a bit different. We always seemed to eat the same foods each year, over and over again. Those classic and traditional foods are …
Sparky Doodle Dandies
Happy 4th. of July Meet Sparky Whann And His Sparky Doodle Dandies When I adopted Spooky and Sparky I would always refer to Sparky as “Sparky Doodle Dandie.” Therefore, it made sense that we would make some Sparky Doodle Dandie Dog …
Feliz Dia del Padre!
Acapulco, Mexico 2001 This hand painted plate was recently given to Gordon from his parents on one of their many trips down to Mexico. —————————————————— Tomatillos ————————————————————— 2021 Happy Father’s Day Gordon! Feliz Dia del Padre! For this Father’s …
My Sloppy Jules
My Sloppy Jules Remember Sloppy Joe night when you were growing up? I sure do! I loved them! It was the closest thing to a hamburger on a bun without the patty. I would usually drench mine in yellow mustard as …
Amiamo I’italiano
Benvenuto Stiamo Iniziando Un’Altra Pagina Di Cibo Italiano (Welcome, We Are Starting Yet Another Italian Food Page.) Olio D’Oliva, Pomodori Secchi, Pasta, Salsa…. (Olive Oil’s, Sundried Tomatoes, Pasta’s, Sauces…) We Love It ALL!!! Amiamo I’italiano ————————————– Julie and Gordon’s Spagett (Recipe Down …
Julie’s Drunken Honeysuckle Tea Cake
Rome, Georgia 1964, Glover Street, South Rome… Hello! Come on in through the screen door on the back pore-utch. I’ve been sittin’ heuh fannin’ myself waitin’ fo’ yew. I just made a Honeysuckle Tea Cake out of my Honeysuckle Vines …
How To Repair and Rebuild a Retaining Wall
Introduction to the Repair and Rebuilding of a Retaining Wall Before Left, After Right ——————————————————————————- You Can Also See Here The After Photos Once Our Pavers Were Put In Place Spooky and Sparky Once all the Work is Done Even the Backyard …
A Picnic in the Herb Garden
Meet You In The Herb Garden for a Picnic My Herb Garden means a lot to me. It was one of the first sections on our property that we sectioned off and cultivated into something very productive that nourishes …
A Mother’s Day Aloha
Good Morning, and Happy Mother’s Day This Mother’s Day took place in 2021 on our backyard lanai. I wanted my big day to focus on our time of living in Hawaii. We lived in Waikiki, Pearl City, …
New Front Yard Landscaping Project
A Backyard Visitor (Osprey) We live in Florida and enjoy pleasant weather throughout the year. Our winter’s are mild, and our summer’s can be quite harsh. We love that we can have lovely landscaping on our property throughout the year …
ONO Hawaiian
(I took the photo above when we first moved to Hawaii in 1986. This is Diamond Head side of the island.) We sure do miss riding around the island playing tourists. ————————————————————– ALOHA! May Day is Lei Day When I was a …
An Artsy Easter
Happy Easter Everyone! Welcome to our Artsy Easter (We shot this in 2021) This Easter is actually based on cleaning out the attic and going through many storage containers in our attic, in an attempt to get rid of some of …
Sixty’s, (Sensational or Surviving?) We’ll see, right?
Welcome to My Sixty’s Currently Aging to Perfection (Or Rotting and Disintegrating? But I swear this to you, as long as there are moisturizers and Loreal Superior Performance Medium Blonde, I will always be here for you.) 🙂 When I look …
Salads, Seafood, and Turning 60
February 13, 2021 ————————————————————————– Happy 60th. Birthday to ME! Cake Presents and Flowers 60 Who Knew Turning 60 Would be so Much Fun? ——————————————————————————— The Spice Cake my daughter Veronica made for me. Spice Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream …
Our Purple Sweet Potato and Taro Stuffed Steamed Buns and Asian/Pacific Sliders
Do You Love Steamed Buns As Much As We Do? Then You Are Very Welcomed Here This Purple Sweet Potato Steamed Bun was born out of a recipe that we discovered back when we were living in Hawaii. The …
Julie and Gordon Whann Way Mexicana Cuatro
HOLA! HOT! HOT! HOT! Growing Jalapeno’s in our Backyard —————————————————— Sometimes It’s Nice Just Picking up Dinner at The Latin Supermarket Grilled Chicken Breast with Peppers, Yuka Fries and Yellow Rice, Sides of Red Beans, Black Beans, and Gordon’s Roast …
X-Mas X-Tra’s
Merry X-Mas I had no where to put these little X-Mas X-Tras, so I created this page to place them on. Nothing grand, just something cute and simple. Sometimes, that’s all you need. Have a Safe and X-Tra Special, …
Peanut Brittle’s
Merry Christmas Welcome This 2020 year we have gone through renovations in our kitchen and living room. It was something of a holiday inconvenience but we got through it pretty good. One thing that we wanted to make, and …
Tropical Hawaiian Cranberries and our Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau’oli Makahiki Hou
Mele Kalikimaka, 2020 me ka Hou’oli Makahiki Hou! ———————————————– Our Tropical Hawaiian Cranberry Sauce Canning and Christmas While Undergoing Home Renovations We Still Managed to Have a Nice Kalikimaka All of my Poi Balls (I made them myself 23 years ago …
Spicy Hot Mexican Cranberries
Spicy Hot Mexican Cranberries Regalos Comestibles (Edible Gifts) We made a similar Cranberry Sauce last year for our Feliz Navidad. Click Here For: Feliz Navidad a Casa Whann You can find the recipe for our 2019 Cranberries on that …
ThanksGrillin’
THANKSGRILLIN’ 2020 Welcome to our Home Renovations Thanksgiving A.K.A. Our Thanksgiving During our Home Renovations With our kitchen under construction, it fell to the outside grill to deliver us our turkey from evil. (Or something to that affect.) Check …
Julie’s Chicken Knot Pies
Welcome to the Recipe for Julie’s Chicken Knot Pies Ready to go into the Oven I have always loved Turkey Pot pies and actually grew up eating quite a few of them. My mother wasn’t much of a cook, …
4 and 20 Blackbirds (Berries) Baked in a Pie
Julie’s Blackberry Pies ——————————————————————– Served with Kool-Whip mixed with Blackberry Jam and Topped with Blackberries Perhaps Eaten with The Cranky Bastard Blackberry Wine ———————————————————— When I think of a pie, Mother Goose always comes to mind: Sing a Song of …
A Charmed Halloween
(I want to dedicate this page to my daughter Veronica. Veronica Whann, Maryland She adored the Charmed T.V. show and she even created a website dedicated to the show when she was just a young teen, when we were living in Maryland. I don’t …
Hey Family Guy! Get a CLUE for Halloween!
The Griffin Residence 31 Spooner Street Quahog, Rhode Island —————————————————— —————————————————————- Meet The Griffin’s L to R: Chris, Meg, Peter, Lois, Stewie, and Brian ——————————————————- Meet The Whann’s L to R Sparky, Gordon, Spooky Lou, and Julie ——————————————————— Happy Halloween Are …
Our Mexican Inspired Thanksgiving Roasted Chicken and Vegetables
Happy Thanksgiving or Feliz dia de Accion de Gracias My Corn Husk Dolls Our Mexican Inspired Roasted Chicken and Vegetables Because it was just going to be the two of us, Gordon and Myself for Thanksgiving this …
Pickled Purple Pearls
‘Tis The Season…. …For Making Delicious Edible Gifts Julie with Red Pearl Onions How About Pickling Some Purple Pearls? Actually, they are known as Red Pearl Onions, they just look Purple to me. I think they are beautiful. Who wouldn’t be …
Barefoot Beach Teas
Welcome to Barefoot Beach Teas I got the idea about 3 years ago to create a nice tea and have it look like the beach. I even thought of putting some sort of seashell candy inside of the tea so that …
Captain’s Galley
Clam Clams (As I like to call them.) (Ensure all your clams are still alive. If a clam’s shell isn’t closed, tap the shell to see if it closes. If the shells don’t close, the clam is likely dead and not …
Summer Seafood, Sides, and Salads
I SEA You’ve Caught Us! Enjoying a Summer of Seafood, Sides, and Salads We decided to start another seafood webpage. If you would like to check out our other one, then click here: Gordon and Julie Seafood We plan on bringing …
Our July 4th. Tribute to the Movie JAWS (1975)
Amity Island Welcomes You We are Gordon and Julie 1975 ———————————————————- Enjoying my Shark Tea and a good book. —————————————————— Salt Water Taffy I have had a love affair with Salt Water Taffy at the shore my entire life. It’s tradition. …
Asian Steamed Buns, Bao and Manapua
Gordon’s Homemade Manapua ——————————————————————————— Aloha! Steamed buns, such as Manapua, are very popular in the islands of Hawaii. We should know as we lived there for 13 years. Our children were raised on Manapua. They were the perfect little …
The Pot Thickens… Musings of an Amateur Cook
Hi! Welcome! So happy to have you here! My name is Julie Lancaster-Whann and welcome to my: The Pot Thickens… Musings of an Amateur Cook So, what makes me an ‘Amateur?’ Easy! I don’t get paid! And, because I don’t …
A Star Wars CLUE For Christmas
The Death Star (That’s no moon, that’s a space station. Obi Wan Kenobi) ———————————————————— Welcome to a Whann Christmas in the Galactic Empire ——————————————————– Christmas Morning (Brodie Whann and Mackenzie) Captain Tarkin Crunch Hurry! I’ve poured the blue milk! Darth Vader Prize …
Mother’s Day on the Lanai
Gordon and Julie Happy Mother’s Day A Carved Rose in a Turnip and a Small Radish Mouse that sits a Top Julie’s Flowers Welcome to our Backyard Lanai Welcome to My Mother’s Day My Name is Julie This is My Mother’s …
Grillin’ With Gordon and Brodie at Home, Mackenzie’s Birthday
Hello Welcome to our Backyard Lanai This is where we spend a lot of our time in the spring, summer, and autumn. It is a nice big area where we can spread out and entertain, even if it is just for …
Pork, Sausage and Mustard
Welcome to Pork, Sausage and Mustard From the Kitchen of……. Gordon and Julie Today, we will be making MUSTARD, and lots of it! At this writing we are in the middle of a pandemic, the Coronavirus/Covid 19. Gordon and I decided …
From The Smith House to The Whann House, For Easter
The Smith House History Cookbook (Only in the south do you find teaspoons. Especially in silverware sets.) —————————————————– Easter, 1970 Me, my little brother Johnny and my mother, Mary Keith in our front yard in Dahlonega, Georgia. (Although my mother does …
Breakfast With Brodie and Mackenzie
Good Morning Welcome to Breakfast with Brodie and Mackenzie We have a few menu items you might enjoy. ———————————————————- Bagel and Lox Ingredients: One Bagel (I use the Everything or Egg style bagels.) Smoked Salmon (I use Fresh Market’s Nova …
Santa’s Elves Kitchen Favorites
Merry Christmas Hello My name is Julie and I am 59 years old. I first met Santa when I was 2 year’s old at Riches Department Store in Atlanta, Georgia and I’ve been a big fan ever since. Gordon and I have …
Rise and Shine
Good Morning! Rise and Shine! Our Sunny Kitchen Table —————————————————————– Is Everybody Hungry? Juice? Coffee? Oh, I know, how about our: Whole Wheat Heaven and Heat Breakfast Muffins? Don’t they smell absolutely delicious? If you’d like the recipe scroll down the …
Cooking With Brodie and Mackenzie, Onion Soup
Onion Soup Topped with Toasted Bread and Melted Crusty Cheese (Pork Tenderloins and Grilled Asparagus compliments of Gordon. Recipe write up at the bottom of this post.) We would like to introduce to you our son Brodie and his girlfriend …
Valentine’s Day
Do Not Disturb (A wooden door knob sign I decoupaged many years ago with cupid graphics.) ——————————————————————– Happy Valentine’s Day I have always loved Valentine’s Day. Probably because my birthday is the day before and I’ve always had these two great days …
Julie’s Southern Birthday Low Country Favorites
Birthday Sweet Beignets ——————————————————- A Birthday “Cake” of Crab Stuffed Beignets With My Magnolia Tree ——————————————————- Welcome to My Southern Birthday Low Country Favorites This year for my birthday my husband asked me what I wanted? You see, we don’t normally eat …
Black and White Pearls
Black and White Pearls Our Very Elegant Pickled Pearl Onions and Balsamic Pearls How About An Elegant Edible Gift? Welcome to The Recipe, Gordon and Julie ——————————————————————- Be Sure To Also Check Out Our: Pickled Purple Pearls Also Check Out Our: …