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Happy Monday family, we are getting into the traditions.The music and the steps it takes to preserve those traditions.• Two Truths & A LieCan you spot the lie? 👀🤝 A. Continuing a friendship requires constant communication.🍔 B. The cookout tradition was created out of necessity rather than as a party.📺 C. TV sitcoms are often tied to our nostalgia because of their theme songs.👇 Which one do you think is the lie? Drop your answer in the comments!

Happy Monday, family. Let's discuss those people who are not blood bound but core bound. We're talking about friends who are family. Let's start this week off right , shall we.🎭 THE Boss Theater Casting InvitationThis month, we're doing things a little differently! Instead of assigning scenes, you get to choose. Check out our list of featured summer movies, pick your favorite scene, and bring it to life on THE Boss Theater. Whether it's a heartfelt moment, a hilarious exchange, or an unforgettable monologue, we want to see your interpretation. You can also audition for a role in our original CWP Cookout production. The stage is set—the only thing missing is you. 🎬✨

It's Fun Free Friday family. It's time to have a little fun play a few games, get into some music, movie and TV news. And send you on your weekend way.🎭 THE Boss Theater Casting InvitationThis month, we're doing things a little differently! Instead of assigning scenes, you get to choose. Check out our list of featured summer movies, pick your favorite scene, and bring it to life on THE Boss Theater. Whether it's a heartfelt moment, a hilarious exchange, or an unforgettable monologue, we want to see your interpretation. You can also audition for a role in our original CWP Cookout production. The stage is set—the only thing missing is you. 🎬✨

Thursday family, it is time for another TBT .It's Thursday.The boss theater stage is open. We have a new scripts, new roles, and new opportunities For you to shine Bright , so bring your best performance to the stage and take your bow. The theme of the life is summer fun and nostalgia. We want to hear all of those memories.

Happy hump day, family. Join us as we sit down with our new family member, Susan "Belly" Varee and discuss food as it equates to childhood memories and healing . and her streaming journey.Be sure to vote for your girl in the Favorite Chef competition https://favchef.com/2026/zykia-mccoy#FavoriteChef#fyp #thanksinadvance❤❤ #voteforme

Happy Tuesday, family. It is time to have some fun. Let's interview a potential book for book club. And glide to our july summer fun and the nostalgiaBe sure to vote for your girl in the Favorite Chef competition https://favchef.com/2026/zykia-mccoy#FavoriteChef#fyp #thanksinadvance❤❤ #voteforme

The role has been cast, the stage has been set. Eric G has accepted the the role of Furious Styles, popularly played by Laurence Fishburne in the hood classic "boys in the hood"

Happy Monday, family. It is time to kick this week off right, by continuing with the conversation leaning towards protection and provision and continued legacy.please vote for me in FavoriteChef competition https://favchef.com/2026/zykia-mccoythanks in advance

Happy Friday, family. It's time to get to the fun.Let's play some games.Let's talk about some music, movies.Some tv and free donuts , let's go. 🏆 SUPPORT ZYKIA IN THE FAVORITE CHEF COMPETITIONDaily votes are now open!Vote here:https://favchef.com/2026/zykia-mccoy

Happy Thursday, family. Welcome to another TBT. This Thursday we're stepping back into the boss theater, mixed with a little throwback. We have also opened the stage up yet again, for another casting call. So men join us with acting chops on display. 🎭🎬 THE BOSS THEATER CASTING CALL 🎬🎭This month on Cooking With Positivity, we're celebrating Men's Month by highlighting powerful fathers, father figures, mentors, and men whose words continue to impact generations.For our upcoming edition of THE BOSS THEATER, we're looking for community members to bring these iconic monologues to life:🎭 Furious Styles – Boyz n the Hood🎭 Coach Ken Carter – Coach Carter🎭 Troy Maxson – Fences🎭 Woody Carmichael – CrooklynThese scenes explore:👔 Fatherhood💪 Responsibility📚 Leadership🏆 Legacy🧠 Mental Strength🏠 FamilyWhether you're an experienced performer or simply someone who loves acting, storytelling, and community engagement, we want to hear from you.🎙️ Record your selected monologue and submit it for consideration.This is your opportunity to step into the role of some of the most memorable father figures and male mentors in film history while helping us celebrate Men's Month here at Cooking With Positivity.📩 Interested?Send us a message or comment below and let us know which role you'd like to audition for.🎭 The Boss TheaterWhere stories come alive.Where voices are heard.Where community becomes the cast.

Happy hump day, family. It's men's month, and we want to hear from the men. Do you feel supported by your opposite species, meaning women? 🤔 Let us know if you feel supported by the women in your life and your field and in the world.📬 Interested in being featured?Authors:Submit your book for a future Book Club feature.Poets:Ask about participating in Verses & Vibes.Guests:Contact Cooking With Positivity to discuss interview opportunities.

📚🍖 BOOK & BITE TUESDAY | HE WAS SENT TO ME + FALL-OFF-THE-BONE RIBSWelcome back to Cooking With Positivity!In today's Book & Bite episode, we revisit poem "He Was Sent to Me" from my poetry book HIM, while pairing the reflection with one of my favorite summer comfort foods: Fall-Off-The-Bone Ribs.📖 FEATURED POEM:"He Was Sent to Me"from the poetry collection HIM🍽️ FEATURED BITE:Fall-Off-The-Bone RibsFeatured in Speak Up Sis Magazineand on ZRZ Catering food passion blog💬 JUNE WORD OF THE MONTH:LEGACY"What are you building that will continue because you were here?"━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📚 READ MORE & CONNECT✍🏾 Author Blog:https://zykiamccoytheauthorfortheloveofword.blogspot.com🍽️ ZRZ Catering Food Passion Blog:https://zrzcateringfoodpasion.blogspot.com/2024/06/indoor-cookout-ribs.html📖 Books by Zykia McCoy:https://www.amazon.com/author/zykiamccoy📚 Featured Series:Man Running Scaredhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KJPVC88━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🏆 SUPPORT ZYKIA IN THE FAVORITE CHEF COMPETITIONDaily votes are now open!Vote here:https://favchef.com/2026/zykia-mccoyEvery vote helps support Cooking With Positivity, ZRZ Catering, community programming, literacy initiatives, and the future projects we're building together.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📬 Interested in being featured?Authors:Submit your book for a future Book Club feature.Poets:Ask about participating in Verses & Vibes.Guests:Contact Cooking With Positivity to discuss interview opportunities.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Happy Monday family. It is time to kick off June. It is our men's/fathers month. We will be recognizing and shouting out fathers, mentors, coaches, teachers, the men in our lives. So let's dive in and kick this month off right. And thanks in advance for voting for me in the favorite chef competition https://favchef.com/2026/zykia-mccoy

It's time to start poetically vibing, Poetically, Enigmatic is back for another poetry exchange. This month, our theme is mother. So let's listen to these verses and vibe out.

What's happening CWP family? I know I've been missing this entire week , but I'm back ready to have a little fun and give you guys an update on what's going on. Let's kick the weekend off right.

Did you miss our fun free Friday live well?That's okay, because here is the replay.Make sure you grab our bingo cards and pparticipate next month.

Happy Thursday family. We're stepping into the boss theater this Thursday. I am stepping on to the stage giving you my best rendition of Rose (played by Loretta Devine) from the show Love is, when she G checks her son about the treatment of his sons mother and how she feels. Also, make sure you download your bingo card https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HDfwg007fgQG__E5_muXpEzr7egWyetL/view?usp=drivesdkand join us tomorrow 7PM Est for fun free friday live bingo

Happy Mother's Day weekend, family. It's fun free Friday. It's time to get into some games, some entertainment and some food. Let's get into it.

Happy hump day family. It is wisdom Wednesday. We are sharing some of the wisdom that your mother dropped on you when you were younger or now, let's dive in, shall we.

It is book & bite Tuesday, family and we have a mother of a dish for you as our bite. We have 2 feature books for our CWP book club. We also have a poem from one of my poetry books to pair with our bite. Let's dive in.

Happy Monday, family. It's time to dive into this mother's Monday kick off. We are discussing motherhood as leadership.

Welcome to TBT family. It is time to recap, the month of April. We're gonna get into all of the clips and everything that went on this month, moving into next month, which is mother's month.

Join s as we sit down with a family member who you may know or may not know. We sit down with CWP award nominee Donathan Dobson as we discuss his stance on many topics and his podcast.

Happy Tuesday family.It is last Tuesday of a month.We are wrapping up this month , talking about our heroes , our memories , our traditions and building going forward.

Hey, family, happy Monday, my favorite day of the week.It is time for some restoration.We are ending off the month of april with complete restoration.

Janice and Serenity face off in a battle of witts. Proving their knowledge of food, English definitions and entertainment connections. And we can't forget about our sponsor. Today’s ’s Game Night is proudly powered by an experience that goes far beyond the plate…Our sponsor, Flavors of Tuscany and Umbria: An Immersive Culinary & Cultural Experience, invites you to step out of the role of a tourist—and step into the rhythm of real Italian living.We’re talking about slowing down… savoring every bite… connecting with the culture… and truly experiencing the heart behind the food.From the beauty of Villa Vetrichina to the stunning hilltop views of Montefalco, this is more than travel—it’s storytelling through flavor.And this experience is brought to you in collaboration with Chef Rico of Miz En Place—so you already know the intention, the quality, and the passion behind it is unmatched.So while you’re watching this competition unfold tonight, just imagine… your next journey could be one where food, culture, and connection all meet at the table.”

Happy Friday family. It is time to find out if you smashed or pass on the mustard flavored Skittles . And time to figure out If you know the truths and the lies. And of course , find out who won our fun free Friday positive raffle

What's good family it's TBT. We're stepping into throwback thursday and the bosd theater, with people who reset refresh and rebuild.

It's time for our monthly cwp book club discussion. We are doubling back with cwp family member JJDa J, Chosen by a young boss 2. We will be diving into the book and asking her all of your burning questionquestions.

Happy Tuesday, family. It's time to step into the sip & sound lounge. We are sipping on something sweet and cool. And listening to something that's uplifting and empowering Let's get into it.

It's Bingo time, If you miss the live that's fine, here is the replay.Make sure you tap in for the next time we go live

You've heard the verses (poems) . Now join Poetically Enigmatic and myself as we vibe. Exchanging our thoughts and feelings on eachothers work. It's time to vibe.

Join us ,as we catch up with family member and CWP award nominee , Rico Mandel. And he tells us everything he's been up to since the last time he visited with the family.

We're Talkin'Ish tonight. We're talking ride share agreements, we're talking doctors mistrust. We’re talking about brother lovers. And glow up revenge, you don't want to miss this ish.

Happy Monday family, my favorite day of the week. It is time to reset, time to grow time to preserve and protect. Also, time to support. Please take the time to vote for in the super mom competition. thesupermom.org/2026/zykia-mccoyI appreciate the support. Thanks in advance, and be sure to tune in tomorrow for Talkin'Ish live on YouTubehttps://youtube.com/@cookingwithpositivity?si=PO62mwwDHtPyfHsV with myself and Lisa De'Shon.

Happy Friday, family. It's time to play some games, and have a little fun before smackdown. And you know we have to do our fun free Friday positive raffle.

Happy Thursday, family. Check out this poetry entry from our family member, Poetically Enigmatic entitled knock. For our, verses and vibes this month. We are Exploring the theme of growth,transition, resurrection and adjusting, reset. If you missed mine, tap into our book & bite from Tuesday, so you can hear Dreamer’s Win. My Verse for this verse & vibe exchange. Be sure to tap in on next Thursday for our vibe session, where we discuss our thoughts on each others poems.

This hump day, we are talking to the writers. Aspiring writers, if you're in the middle of publishing your book, writers familiar with the process of self-publishing And the growing pains of just being a writer and creator

It is Tuesday, and it is book and bite day so we are diving in with a poem and a recipe from my 2019 mental, physical and emotional detox book, as well as my soul, heat and anguish poetry book. So let's dive in with our pairing. Alsobe sure to click our linkhttps://theluckycajun.com/?sca_ref=10726594.Al052tBsoh to get discounts on Lucky Cajun, and use our code CWP$2Jerk to get $2 additional off of Lucky Cajun Jerk seasoning. Also be sure to follow along with our book club book of the month and submit your questions so our author can answer them during our book club discussion.

Happy Friday family is time to find out if you smashed or passed on progresso soup drops and tap into some music news , as well as playing a new name that recipe game , let's kick off friday with a fun start

Yesterday we went back to the last 5 minutes of CWP presents game night the game show. Well, it's TB T, so you know what that means we're going to go back a little further, and we're going to visit the show that crowned Eric G our CWP Golden Spoon Crown champion

It's about that time to sit down with our CWP Golden Spoon Crown Champion Eric G. As we tap into his mindset after his first championship defense.

From celebrating wins in our community to honoring the legacy of Shirley Chisholm, this episode is your reminder that you don’t have to force what’s already meant for you.💭 What’s for you will meet you when you’re aligned.🎧 Tap in for motivation, reflection, and an affirmation for your week.#CookingWithPositivity #MondayAndYou #GrowthSeason #StayAligned

🎙️ This week on Talk About It Tuesday, we’re celebrating powerful voices in literature and the stories that stick with us.From love and healing… to burnout, survival, and truth — these authors didn’t just write books… they created experiences.📚 Featuring: 🔥 Burning the Candle — Deshaun Williams (CWP Award Winner)💔 Her Heart’s Footprints — Poetically Enigmatic💼 Chosen by a Young Boss — JDa J🌑 Dark Secrets — Delphine McClellandBecause here at Cooking With Positivity…👉🏾 we don’t just talk about it — we create space for it.

You've heard the trash talk. You've seen the episodes. Now it's time to see if Eric G can successfully defend and retain his golden spoon crown championship. Or will challenger J.C Strickland come through with an upset. Tap in and play along.

It's time, ladies and gentlemen, it's time for us to sit down and ask these questions that's been gnawing at us.These questions that's been confusing us, these questions that have been intriguing us, who has the answers, JDa J has the answers and she's answers them all about Chosen By A Young Boss. She also gives us some tid bits on what's to come. So grab your books, questions and let's discuss.

Happy Tuesday family, . What does it really take to grow as a writer? On this Talk About It Tuesday, we draw inspiration from the powerful life and guidance of Maya Angelou, exploring discipline, truth-telling, creative courage, and the importance of finding your authentic voice. This episode is a reminder that writing isn’t just about words on paper… it’s about purpose, healing, and legacy.✨ Read deeply.✨ Write honestly.✨ Trust your creativity.And keep the conversation going, tomorrow we sit down with JDA J . for our Book Club discussion. Because at Cooking With Positivity, growth happens when we learn, share, and build together.

Happy Monday family, In this episode of Monday & You episode, we reflect on the powerful women who helped shape our Women’s HerStory Month journey. From entrepreneurs and community builders to trailblazers in culture, food, and industry, we honor the voices, stories, and lessons that continue to inspire growth and purpose.We also take time to thank the CWP family for supporting Royal’s art competition, remind listeners about our upcoming Game Night championship, and preview this week’s Book Club discussion with JDa J.Because at Cooking With Positivity, we don’t just talk about history — we build legacy together.

It's Friday, that means we're talking music , we're talking fun , we're talking games , we're talking fun friday free Friday positive raffle.Tap in ,and get this amazing deal with lucky cajun . https://theluckycajun.com/?sca_ref=10726594.Al052tBsohuse our code CWP$2JerkAnd make sure to leave your questions for JDa J, for our book club discussion of Chosen By A Young Boss, next week.

This week on Throwback Thursday, we step into The Boss Theater for a powerful cultural reflection. Lisa and myself rank our Top Women-Led Black Biopic Films and soundtracks . From stories of resilience and revolution to voices that defined generations, this episode explores how film and music work together to preserve history, honor impact, and inspire growth. Get ready for nostalgia, and celebration as we each reveal our rankings 🎧 Tune in, reflect, and tell us:Tell us your ranking?Keep choosing positivity.