Joe Gande's Blog

In Loving Memory of my Father...Jazz Musician, Tenor Saxophonist,  Joe Gande - May 15, 1929-April 20, 1998...I love you Dad...and I miss you... I had a dream about him last night...an awesome dream...so I was looking through some old photograph's this morning when I woke up and came acros ...

I am very surprised, humbled and honored to be the proud recipient of an Official BETTY Award from the wonderful Author/Reviewer/Celebrity Interviewer/Blogger/Journalist Betty Dravis! Please visit Betty's website and check out her work, her books and all of the awards and awesome recipi ...

Hope you're all enjoying a beautiful Palm Sunday... My Nonno used to do this with the palm and he taught me... I still sometimes forget and have a hard time figuring it out! :)  It's times like these that make me really miss my family members that are no longer here and also smile, thin ...

My Friday night Shrimp Creole.... This is a wonderful, classic, hot and spicy New Orleans, Louisiana inspired dish with shrimp... onion, celery and bell pepper( referred to as the Holy Trinity ), hot peppers...and/or tabasco, cayenne....and served on rice...  With my roots being in ...

Some time back I was asked to do an Interview for the wonderful and talented UK writer/author, Maria Savva...It was a privilege and honor for me to be chosen to be a guest on her Goodreads blog.... It was posted last Sunday February 10th....  I don't do this kind of thing often enough I ...