My name is Jade i grew up on southern cooking, which means a lot of butter. Old style cooking to me is the only kind of cooking. I started out as the microwave queen and never dreamed id be able to cook. Cooking just sorta swept over me and i fell in love with it, i fell in love with the sweeping around the kitchen like a melodic dance and mixing and matching all my mamma's recipes. I grew up watching her as well as my family cook. I learned many things from each of them and incorporated "my way" into them. I want to direct my books to the limited mothers who may be stuck on what to cook, i want to show them that "gourmet" doesnt have to cost an arm and a leg. You can create beautiful dishes and savory creations with under 10 dollars for a family of four!