Jewell Rae (Gilkerson) Jeffers is a Celebrity Chef, Home Economist, and the host of Tastes Like Home live cooking show. Originally from Kentucky, Ms. Jeffers began her formal culinary training at her grandmother's apron strings on a tobacco farm in Woodford County. It was there that she learned the guiding philosophy of her life, "If you cook it, they will come." An ardent fan of music and flawed men, she is married to the world's finest mandolin player, Brick Jeffers. Both she and her husband are American by birth and Southern by the grace of God. They live with their dog, Ham Sandwich, in Los Angeles and Nashvegas.

Blog Entries by Jewell Rae Jeffers

Year of the Rat: Nutritional Guidance for the 2008 Presidential Election: Dropping Biscuits, Not Bombs with John & Cindy McCain

Posted April 30, 2008 | 05:42 PM (EST)


Dear Cindy,

Steal this recipe. Call it an "Old McCain Family Favorite" if you please, a Sunday morning staple that John's grandmother lovingly patted out on a flour covered biscuit board. Your recent "recipe-gate" fiasco, in which you allegedly appropriated a recipe off The Food Network website and called it...

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Year of the Rat: Nutritional Guidance for the 2008 Presidential Election: Hillary's Black and Bleu Salad

Posted April 22, 2008 | 01:25 AM (EST)


The Hillary I love is back! After the Philly debate there's no denying that Hillary is street smart and full of ginger. She's more than a politico kung fu fighter, more than a savvy, well-spoken senator, after the Philly debate she's presidential. She looked presidential. She sounded presidential. She even...

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Year of the Rat: Nutritional Guidance for the 2008 Presidential Election: Barack the Vote 5 Cup Salad

Posted March 12, 2008 | 01:08 PM (EST)


Ladies and gentlemen, brother and sisters, it's time to Barack the vote! I'm celebrity chef and home economist Jewell Rae Jeffers and I spent hours in the "Tastes Like Home" test kitchen creating this phenomenal salad dedicated to the great Senator from Illinois. In fact, it was in the kitchen...

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Year of the Rat: Nutritional Guidance for the 2008 Presidential Election: Democracy Frittata

Posted February 26, 2008 | 07:01 PM (EST)


Chew on this: more Americans skip breakfast than skip voting, Christmas, and George Bush's State of the Union address combined. Even my dog, Ham Sandwich, knows breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Scientific scientists have proven that without breakfast the brain can not function properly. I submit...

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