How many of you are ready for the 1st round of the NBA playoffs or the 1st round of the NFL draft? The NBA playoffs begin today, Saturday, April 13th.  All rounds are the best of seven games.  Nets are playing the 76ers; Magic vs. Raptors and Clippers vs. Warriors. The NFL draft will be held…

  Fried chicken feet are a delicacy.  They are very hard to find living on the west coast.  Chicken feet have very little meat.  If you like crunchy texture and delicious flavor, you will love deep fried chicken feet. Deep fried chicken feet are reminiscent of eating cracklins. DEEP FRIED CHICKEN FEET 2-pounds of chicken…

Soul food is my alternate word for Good Food. I’m a foodie and I love to entertain.  Cooking is the art form that allows me to passionately express myself.  Preparing meals for others makes me happy because it is how I welcome people into my home and my heart.  Cooking is another way that I hug, …

I am a 70-year old woman who has finally empressed her passion and now knows just who she is. I am a foodie who loves to invent new dishes, cook, share and invite you into my home and life to break bread.  My brand is Cooking With Jacque Rose.  My cooking journey has made me…

Edam cheese is a floral mild, nutty tasting, low-fat cheese.  The only time I have used this cheese is when I baked apples. Baked apples make me feel warm and cozy. Eating a baked apple is my alone cuddle treatment. There seem to be health benefits to eating apples, thus the old wives tale An apple…

Tea cakes are a semi-sweet bread that tastes and looks like a cross between a fluffy cookie and a flat biscuit.  I have a little cousin, named June that I made tea cakes for when she was a little girl. She is a grown woman now, but she is still my lil tea cake girl….

LET’S FLANK THAT STEAK WITH A BASKETBALL MOVE Here is your steak, beat it out until your team wins! This is a perfect NCAA Basketball Tournament Basketball Championship Game. Tonight (3) Texas Tech and (1) Virginia are playing 6:20 pm (Pacific time) on CBS. Who do you think is going to win it all? FLANK STEAK…

Let’s continue to celebrate the 2019 NCAA Championship games with a quick and delicious salad. Avocados are high in good fat.  Eaten in moderation, avocados can help to lower your bad cholesterol and blood pressure.   Crab meat is also beneficial in positively balancing your cholesterol levels. Crab meat is low in fat and contains Omega-3polyunsaturated…

Word on the culinary street says in the  1930s, a cook named Joe added tomato sauce to his “loose meat” sandwich thus the Sloppy Joe was created, the rest is history.  Raise your hand if you remember eating Sloppy Joes as a  kid.  Sloppy Joes are my go-to sleepover meal.  The next time you have a bunch…

According to AJC.com, the flu this year has been hard to diagnosis and treat, “it looks like the cold, and suddenly you have the flu.”  At the first signs of a cold, my wise grandma recommendation is to pump lots of water, juices, bed rest and my chicken soup. My hot chicken soup will break…

  This is my daughter Wendy’s favorite cake.  It was a family tradition for us to gather at my parent’s house on the 4th of July and Thanksgiving.  One year my daughter Wendy was in tears when she told my Mamma that she didn’t get any of her pound cake.   There were at least…