Buckhead

David Cone

I grew in Statesboro, Georgia, with a proclivity for playing football. Upon graduating high school, I was honored to attend the University of Michigan on a football scholarship to play quarterback. While there, I began learning about the technical aspects and theoretical history of filmmaking and video production. Once my tenure at Michigan was complete, I moved to Atlanta and found work immediately in the video space. Since then, I have started my own media production company, Cone Films, and I’ve produced and directed content for some of the most storied brands in the world. I am grateful for every opportunity and assignment I have been tasked with, and I like to think my journey is really just beginning. I now live in Roswell with my wife, Darbi Lou, and we are expecting our first baby boy later this summer. Read more>>

Neariah Freeman

My business started in high school; at the time, I would sell bundles of hair here and there, not a lot of money but just something I was interested in doing. My name came from my middle name being Mirelle, and at first, The Mirelle collection was just a collection of hair types/bundles; before I expanded. During quarantine, I got the idea to do soft locs on my hair because they were trending at the time and they came out really good for it being my first time doing them. That day I got so many inquiries from people asking me to do their hair and that night, I made a price list. I never really thought that doing that would get me anywhere, but I began getting a lot of travel appointments to do clients’ hair in Atlanta. In June, I moved into a suite working with my friend and business was going good for me to have just been starting. With all the new clients, I decided to expand services that I could provide and I took a nail class in July. Read more>>

Daryl Richards

Well, I started out in Atlanta, G.A. I was doing Open Mic Talent Shows all over Atlanta, G.A. while still in High School. The years were 2002-2004. I was working on my stage show and how to properly entertain a crowd. In the winter of 2004, I sign up for an Audition. The artist that was chosen would receive a chance to open up for a Major Artist. So I performed and The Judges Enjoyed My Performance. They asked me my age. I told them I was still in High School, but I would be done with that in the summer. That summer, I went overseas and opened up for many Major Artist and That how I became an International Entertainer. I have been doing this every since. Read more>>

Aleah Moore

First, let me start by saying consistency and determination! I launched The Scalp Effect in January of 2020 with one goal in mind Generational Prosperity. I had just had my daughter and so many days I contemplated the hours spent working to build someone else’s empire while putting mine on hold. The year prior, I had gone through what felt like the worse year ever. What I didn’t realize until after was that it was the preparation I needed to be here, right here! I made it my duty to build my business up! I didn’t care what I didn’t have, I didn’t care who wasn’t supporting me, I completely and utterly began to promote my business with a passion! I became obsessed and it became something I couldn’t hide. While working for my former employer, as a Dental Assistant, I would use my spare time to work on my business. It got to a point where I had to choose. Read more>>

Jacqueline

This business was created by two best friends (Erica and Jacqueline) in 2019. It started out as a way to just make some extra cash and later turned into a professional business. Read more>>

College Park

Kamora Platt

I recently moved to Georgia after feeling homeless for a little over a year and having to stay with family and friends. I was invited to Atlanta by a family member and because I felt that I needed some space where I was previously living with a friend, I took the opportunity and came to Atlanta, but it was supposed to be for a few weeks in January of this year. A situation came up and I needed a place to move to again, so I asked my cousin if I could stay with her and she told me no but recommended me to apartments in Atlanta where I could move without having to pay a deposit and that’s how I ended up in my apartment where I live, located in Fairburn, Georgia. So my story comes with many details that I don’t mind sharing. I currently work a full-time job from home and a part-time job that I just started a few days ago. Read more>>

Lisa Hollis

When I was growing up in a small town call Staunton, VA. I went to schools where the majority were Caucasians. I would see them walking like Marcia on the Brady Bunch, hair moving, shaking, flowing through the wind. In my mind, I thought why my hair doesn’t do that. So I would get my Mommy’s hair nets, tie them to my hair and proceed to walk like my friends. Not knowing or understanding that nothing was wrong with my hair, just like nothing was wrong with their hair. IT WAS JUST DIFFERENT. Then one summer, my Daddy’s twin came in From Ohio and her hair was straight and bouncy. I proceeded to ask her what she had done to her hair. My Aunt Josephine told me I got a relaxer. I was so confused but not confused enough to stay out of the Beauty Supply Store. I went to Beauty Supply Store and got myself a jar of relaxer. I went home and relaxed my hair but she forgot to tell me about the burning part. My hair was straight and yes, I was Cute on the outside but on the inside, as a different story, the relaxer straightens my hair but not my heart. Read more>>

Downtown

Tarsha B Stevenson

Reading was something I enjoyed as a young child. As I got older, I found myself being more drawn to urban fiction. The more I read, the more I thought to myself, “I can do this! I can be a writer, too!” So, I wrote my first urban fiction novel, printed it out, bound it, and gave it to my best friend to read. I told her to be brutally honest with me. Her feedback was awesome! She said she couldn’t put the book down. I passed my book along to a few other friends who had the same exact feedback. That’s when I knew I was on to something. I wrote my second urban fiction novel under the pseudonym Brooke B. and went through the process of self-publishing it. Just like the last time I had several of my friends read it and they could not stop raving about it. One friend thought it was so good she asked if we could start a book club! Another friend demanded a sequel! Wanting to challenge myself creatively, I made the transition from author to screenwriter and wrote nearly ten scripts through the years. Read more>>

Cordarius Henley

Growing up as a kid, I used to love looking at my older cousin’s sneakers and thinking one day I would have those sneakers or better-looking sneakers. I thought because someone had nice sneakers, it made their outfit look cool and they were fresh, so of course, I wanted to be fresh too. I started collecting sneakers in middle school and from that day forward, I allowed my sneaker collection to grow. Which came the name ReddGotKicks2 because I wanted everyone to know I have cooler and more sneakers than my cousins LOL. In my spare time, I would research sneakers and watch sneaker blogs to keep me updated on the different types of sneakers and basic information on the different sneaker brands. As time went by and I realize I have a lot of sneakers, sneakers that is even over a decade old, but you would not be able to tell unless you read the box, I decided I wanted to take this sneaker thing to a new level, which is when I decided to attend sneaker events across the country and have an Instagram sneaker account. Read more>>

Babatunde Jegede

My name is Babatunde Jegede, I had my first hookah in college and I was really intrigued by it. So I went and bought my own and I began to take it to parties and everybody enjoyed it, so I continued to buy more and brought them to every college party. As I grew older, I ran into Key, who was just as intrigued in hookah as I was and she eventually convinced me to start my own business. A little after that, I lost my job of seven years, which is what pushed me even more and I ended up making my first business investment on a bulk order of hookahs. This was definitely a big sacrifice, especially after losing my job and my main source of income. I had to take a leap of faith and put my trust in God. I brought Key on as my COO because she was someone I could trust and she knew exactly what I wanted out of this company and where I wanted it to go. TruPulls was born on May 3, 2019, during a panarama. We were truly discouraged at first because we had so many plans that couldn’t go through. Read more>>

Jaila Sims

I am originally from Memphis, TN, but I was living in a small town by the name of Petersburg, VA and I was actually in a state of depression because I knew what I wanted to do with my life, but I didn’t know how. So back in October of 2020, I got a message on Facebook from a well-known man in the Caribbean’s who does past life regression and also an astrologer who goes by Astro Einstein. That message sparked me and I decided to enter his astrology class but not only that, I wanted a past life regression but I couldn’t wait long enough for him to come to Richmond, VA which is about 25 minutes away so I went to Atlanta, Ga which is exactly 7 hours and 30 minutes away. I got there and I did my regression, and I was so surprised when I found out my destiny was to become an actress and also to travel and help people around the world because I never actually dreamed of being an actress in fact, my dream growing up was to be a dance choreographer. After that regression, I traveled back to Petersburg, VA and went back into depression. Read more>>

East ATL

Mallory Stephen

I started my journey into flowers by working at a traditional, brick-and-mortar florist in California. There I learned the ins and outs of flower selection, processing, care, and arranging. After moving to Georgia, I took a leap and opened an event floral business of my own. I never thought I’d end up here, but looking back at my life, this job really does match my personality, interests, and skills. I get to be around nature, bring joy to others, and the challenge of self-employment definitely keeps me on my toes. Read more>>

Cat Tesla

International artist Cat Tesla is a contemporary nature-based abstract painter. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Cat grew up with love for both art and science and obtained degrees in Biology and Graphic Design, along with a Master’s Degree in Human Genetics. She worked as a genetic counselor on faculty at Emory University for 20 years, then eventually traded genetics clinic for art studio. Tesla completed additional painting studies with artist, writer, and author of “Expressive Drawing” Steven Aimone and also Sausalito-based artist and teacher Nicholas Wilton. Cat’s work has been exhibited in galleries across the U.S. and U.K., as well as the Knoxville Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta, and the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art north of Atlanta. Read more>>

Rashitia Craig

I suffer from dry skin and eczema. I constantly struggled while coming up short when searching for a product that not only nourished my skin but was healthy for it as well. This is when I decided to get “in the lab” aka my kitchen and handcraft my own product. I believe beauty and health go hand in hand. When it comes to living a healthy and natural lifestyle, what you put on your skin plays a huge role in your well-being. Your skin is your largest organ! It absorbs everything you put on it. Many hours and lots of research were done for each ingredient to be added to the Amani Skincare line. We pride ourselves on creating luxury organic products. Together my husband and I have created a brand we are not only proud of but built together. Read more>>

Nini Hooks

So first, I’m a family woman. Being a mom and wife is my favorite title! I’m a bereaved mom to a cancer warrior princess, as well as another beautiful little girl and baby boy. My oldest daughter passed away in April of 2019. It was a long journey for us and a seriously life changing event. As a result, we founded a non-profit called “Hooks ‘N Jabs” where we help families who are enduring Childhood Cancer obtain necessary resources. However, while in the process of healing, I’ve just been trying different things for myself and seeing what sticks or what I love. Just as I was blogging and writing, I started to try different wines. Now, I like to call myself a Certified Wine Appreciator. I’ve come to know and love so much about wine over time. This is because wine is something that I’ve always enjoyed with my friends and relatives. I’m always open to trying new things, and wine is such an adventurous subject. You can literally experience so many different parts of the world by drinking wine from particular regions. Read more>>

Warn Wilson

Hello! My name is Warn Wilson Jr. and I am a local engineer, author, and artist in the Memphis, Tennessee area. I was raised in Jackson, Mississippi. There as a kid, I attended an academic and performing arts school, which really fed my childhood passions of math and art. Afterward, I attended Bailey Magnet High School and also obtained a certificate in Graphic Design (at the Career Development Center). From there, I went on to attend Mississippi State University, where I obtained a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. After graduation, I began my career as an engineer in Montgomery, Alabama. After a year there, I moved back to my hometown and obtained a Research and Development Engineer intern position in Brandon, Mississippi. Upon finishing my internship in Brandon, I was hired here in Memphis, Tennessee as a Quality Engineer. Read more>>

Marietta

Amanda Smith

Honestly, before starting my business, A.D.S Media & Marketing, I struggled to find what it was that I wanted to do… what avenue I wanted to take with regard to my career. My education and work experience lied primarily in Criminal Justice/Criminology, so prior to starting this journey, I wanted to be a forensic psychologist, and then a crime scene photographer, and then a lawyer… so, as you can see, I was pretty much all over the place! However, I always enjoyed writing blogs… from entertainment to relationships to fashion, you name it. I enjoyed writing biographies for people and providing copywriting services for different brands – helping them translate their thoughts into words. Therefore, to me, this type of business just made sense. Read more>>

Jim Lewis

I am President of Complete Water Services, LLC, a water/wastewater treatment company based in Marietta, GA. We primarily provide systems to remove pollution from industrial manufacturing plants such as food processing. We provide systems across the USA and internationally. Read more>>

La’Don Batiste

I’ve always had an ear for good music and a way with words! 2018, I decided to just try it out for the first time and instantly fell in love. Read more>>

Courtney Ferguson

Movies and acting captivated me very early on in life. I didn’t always understand what it was that I was watching, but the craft of acting itself transfixed me. I was completely obsessed with the show Inside the Actors Studio with James Lipton. That was my idea of a good time as I listened to actors and actresses speak about their process and training. Throughout my youth, I took classes and acted in church plays. Funny enough, I didn’t do a lot of acting in High School, but I knew it was what I wanted to focus on in college. I graduated with a BFA in Acting, and for the next five years after graduating, I worked as an actress and teaching artist, consistently performing and creating. All was fine and dandy for a while. I was booking and performing more and more, but I started to notice within myself the inability to sustain my energy and a crippling anxiety that was making me miserable. This seemed to be directly related to performing and I noticed a marked difference in myself whenever I was in a production. Read more>>

Lo’ Getem

With raw rhythm, production, and wide-ranging vocals, Lo’ Getem created a lane of his own as a dynamic, dangerous, and different kind of producer/engineer/pop star. The Atlanta-born all-around producer first dug into the industry, working with artists from Eardrummer Records, KapG, Lil Donald and many more. In the journey of the up incoming producer landed a single with Tone The Goat (AkA “Young Tone”) featuring Lil Boosie called Lastnight. Working with some of the highly favored songwriters in the game has greatly inspired him to begin creating his own undeniable records like his latest single, “Hold On” with over 100 thousand streams on Spotify. Most importantly, it busted open the path for him to be expected to drop a full project in 2021 – 2022. Lo rides his own lane at a high speed, blowing the competition away. Read more>>

Midtown

Deloria Gilchrist

I began my love for Communications in Middle School when I joined the newspaper staff. I didn’t necessarily want to be a Journalist, but I loved the industry because there were so many facets. I continued that passion through high school. When I entered college at Clark Atlanta University, I knew I wanted to major in Public Relations. Read more>>

Asia Murray

This idea was conceived through a wandering yet imaginative mind. I must preface this story by including that my Mom, Sister, and I would often spend Sunday afternoons writing music with the catchiest melodies. We were truly a creative household, and I like to think that the seeds of my imagination were watered and harvested with love. A few years ago, my close friends and I (like the goofballs we were) would make silly songs about our day and things we saw while walking around. I would make the beat and come in with a few verses, another would lay on a few bars, and then seamlessly, we would wrap it all together with a catchy hook that pertained to the topic. It’s almost as if we were a walking Wild N’ Out episode, but we were pretty good, and funny too! Read more>>

Zev Breyer

I’m a rising third-year law student at Emory studying to be an entertainment attorney. I’m also a musician myself. I rap under the name Party Wolf. My goal is to become as big of a rapper as possible while helping artists around the world secure their rights and profit off of their likeness in the digital age. Read more>>

Praise Jackson

My professional career began with an opportunity to work with the best and brightest in the entertainment, media, fashion, music, automotive, technology, healthcare, hair & beauty, and real-estate industries. I represented hundreds of brands and worked with various companies, including New York Life, Coca-Cola, Samsung, L’Oreal, Express, Sony, Mercedes, Borghese, and Nivea. In May of 2014, I found myself jobless. By October of that same year, I took all that I’d learned over the previous 13 years and create my own business. That business is Elements of Delight, a brand and image consulting agency based in Atlanta that has clients nationwide. Read more>>

Melissa Neal

Melissa V Neal is a singer/poet born and raised in Washington DC. By the age of five years old, she was already singing in her church choir. She is a merger of a driven melody; passion. Melissa’s sound is compared to a soulful lullaby, no matter the genre. She is the queen of ballads but doesn’t let that fool you she knows how to move the crowd and turn things up. The Godfather of Soul James Brown is her main inspiration and a major influence, as well as Tina Turner, Whitney Houston and Prince. As an artist, she lives to give her all on and off the stage. Her mission with her music is to bring real soul music back by creating and performing music that shakes your soul and gives you heart quakes. Read more>>

Norcross

Deaundra Blanton

I started traveling seven years ago and fell in love with island life. One of my favorite things to do to prepare for my trip was to find the perfect swimwear. As each trip came and went, I found it hard to find different pieces from what everyone was wearing and wanted to start my own line to give a fresh eye and different varieties of swimwear for the real everyday woman. So many times during the course of these previous seven years I would start, then life would happen, and I would stop. I finally committed to releasing on my 30th birthday (2018) and started to prepare. Then life… lol, I ended up becoming pregnant and decided once again to push things off. After having a child, it became extremely difficult to have time for my dreams but in 2020, God made sure I had enough time on my hands and I knew I had no excuse and planned to execute my plan! Read more>>

Nichole Richardson

My story began when my mother moved us from a little island called St. Kitts to the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) so that we could obtain our U.S. citizenship. As a child growing up, I have always wanted to start my own business and give back to the community. I’ve had strong leadership skills from an early age; when I was 16, I started my own dance team called “Ladies with Class” and another group called “Coragrave.” In addition to dance, we did many outreach activities like volunteering at home for the elderly. Who would have thought that a small leadership position would prepare me for my future career in Management? As I got older, I worked with various health care companies, and I found myself becoming frustrated with the way clients/patients were being treated by those companies. Not enough was done to ensure clients/patients knew their rights or to help them obtain the additional resources they needed. Read more>>

Brittany Thomas

Let’s start by saying I am a jack of all trades. I don’t believe you have to specialize in one area and especially in this economy it is important to have many streams of income. I don’t believe women have to fit inside one box because we are all forever evolving into something new, so why can’t our careers? I have a background in healthcare and a Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies and I was a former model with HOP Models & Talent Agency. I left my career in healthcare as the program coordinator at the Bariatric general surgery department to pursue life as an independent contractor. I am currently a realtor with Better Homes and Gardens Metro- Brokers in Atlanta, Georgia. I began my career in real estate while purchasing my own home. My realtor at the time knew that I had an interest in real estate and thought because of my negotiating skills with purchasing my own home that I would do well as an agent. She recommended that I go to Metro brokers academy, the teacher I should see and from that point the rest is history. Read more>>

Sandy Springs

Carla Contreras

I am a visual artist and educator living and working in Atlanta-Georgia since 2016. Originally from Quito-Ecuador, I came to Atlanta in pursuit of my Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Over the course of three years of my graduate program, with the mentoring of my amazing professors, I got to establish the basis of my artistic career by addressing some of the biggest uncertainties of becoming an artist. Why do I want to be an artist? What should I make? What do I want to say with my art? Why would people care about what I have to say? How do I get involved in the arts community? How do I get exposure? Am I gonna be able to make a living with my art? These and many more questions keep arising, and I realized that the answers could not be straightforward and maybe I should even be asking myself other kinds of questions. Pursuing any creative career comes with a big deal of uncertainties and freedom. Read more>>

Temisha Libert

Growing up in the Caribbean most of my life, has instilled a strong foundation in me to prepared for whatever goals I want to achieve. Singing in the church, at community events and numerous competitions have opened so many doors for me. One of those doors was by making history through the art form of Calypso. Currently, I am a 7th time Calypso Queen and the reigning Ms. US Virgin Islands International Ambassador. My brand and platform, “Well Preserved” is bringing global awareness and value to culture and traditions of past, present and future to the kids and community. The overall goal is to keep culture and traditions alive no matter who you are or where you are in the world. Read more>>

Monique Turner

I am a proud native of Atlanta, GA, born and raised since June 1990. Growing up was not easy for us as we faced many struggles in life. While this may come as shock to some, those that know me understand where I came from. Being the oldest of five children is not the easiest job as you mostly play the role of second mom. At times, I felt deprived of a normal childhood while being forced into adulthood at an early age. Landing my first job at the age of 14, working for Wendy’s. This caused a lot of pressure on me to be “perfect” and always have it together but even I failed at some point. “Mistakes have the power to turn you into something better than you were before.” — Brian Tracy. Once I allowed myself to fall down, I finally was able to see how “worthless.” I seemed to my family and started focusing solely on myself. When I chose to pursue my make-up career full-time, there were definitely peaks and lows financially. Read more>>

South ATL

Tyra Mitchell

It all started with a vision. At the age of 13, I was in eighth grade when we were asked to write a poem for our graduation. I submitted my poem titled It’s Time To Spread Your Wings and Fly! To my surprise, my poem was chosen to be read for our eighth-grade graduation. It was then that I knew I had the ability to write. I knew then that I would be an author. Not knowing that God had given me a gift to be a Prophetic Scribe. Over the years, I began writing collectively. Until one day in 2017, I decided to publish my first book, Holiness for the Soul. Which is available on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble online. I then decided to launch Tyra Mitchell Books. In 2019 I discovered that I had the ability to make handmade jewelry. It all started with me walking in the arts and craft section on the Walmart aisle. I remember been so overwhelmed with so many ideas for a business. Read more>>

Latosha Humphrey

I’ve always been a very creative person. I have the mindset that if I see something, I can recreate it and make it my own. The very first piece of jewelry I designed was in 2010 and they were a pair of hoop earrings with large beads and sparkle. I was inspired by the women on Basketball Wives who wore these large statement earrings and I said to myself, I can make those! Kreative Krafts HQ is not just home to jewelry but it is also home to stationery and all-natural body care. My brand continues to expand because I’m a crafter at heart. I am the do-it-yourself Queen lol. There’s something about making something beautiful and someone else appreciating the hard work and beauty in it as well. There will be moments where you may doubt your vision but just put it out there and see what happens. If you’re the only one that loves what you do, then that’s all the support you need. Read more>>

Sylloris Lampkin

I grew up around many notable African-American entrepreneurs. Also, during childhood, I observed my father working for others and for himself contemporaneously. I didn’t give it much thought at the time. But after I reached adulthood and some measure of success, I did not feel satisfied with my earning capacity nor my use of free time. I felt like I could always do more. Now I realize that this dissatisfaction was grounded in my life-long observations and internalizations. I needed to do something more for myself and my family. I tried a few different businesses before deciding on Atlanta Bedbug Heater Rentals. I took entrepreneurial-related courses and talked shop with business owners everywhere I went. I just needed to make a move. In the before-times (prior to the pandemic), my close friend from law school started a similar business in Dallas, TX, Bed Bug Heater Rentals Dallas. Read more>>

Kalika Wade

Originally a New Jersey native, I moved to GA to attend college. I graduated from the school of Film and Digital Media, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Sound Design, Audio Engineering from the acclaimed Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). I also have an MBA and am currently pursuing a Ph.D. When I studied at SCAD, I took courses in film production and grew even fonder of still photography. In order to put myself through school, I used to photograph clubs and events. Recently, I designed and launched my very own shoe line, Kali Shani shoes, made in Italy. Several years back, I started a small business, KW2Studios, a full service photography and graphic design studio with my husband, SCAD alumni and US Army Major Doniel K. Wade. Read more>>

Christiana Ponder

Well, I launched my hair collection in February 2021. I have always been passionate about feeling good and looking good. I started off just purchasing bundles and wigs from different vendors for myself. I had a vendor I’d been ordering from for months, and I had always thought about selling hair. So I messaged her one day, asking what I would need to do to start my own hair business and if she would be willing to be my vendor. Read more>>

Kory Davis

At the age of five years old, I sold spray-painted conch shells on the corner of my grandmother’s home on St. Thomas, USVI. I moved from conch shells to selling all types of mangos from my back yard in Old Tutu. From there, I knew I had an entrepreneur mindset. Fast forward to junior high and high school; I was the candy guy, selling everything from blow pops to skittles and then some. My love for people and community lead me into the industry of Hospitality Management, where I worked and built my work ethic for over 15 plus years. Working in multiple cities and states from; NC, MD, DC, VA, NV, and now GA, I was able to build long-lasting relations but more so learn a lot about communities, business, and people. Two years ago, I relocated from Las Vegas, NV, with a job promotion to Atlanta, GA, but I had a dream in mind when I made this move. Read more>>

Arabia “Shay” Marshall

Born in Pensacola, Florida in 1987, Arabia Marshall has always had kind for fashion. She has been in a few fashion shows and started creating her own handcrafted jewelry in 2018. In May 2020, she decided to take her handcraft jewelry seriously, where she received feedback of customers wanting her to create custom orders. In September 2020, Sakr8dRoyalty, LLC was born. Sakr8dRoyalty has sacred meaning of helping others heal and transform their lives better through the jewelry handmade. Every jewelry created is sage (cleanse) before shipped to its new home. “I want to be the change agent that help others empower themselves through the type of jewelry I create. I am very big on spirituality and the self-development of one’s journey. When customers wear my jewelry, I want them to be able to feel the energy of love, empowerment, transformation, and Royal healing energy that goes into making it.” Read more>>

Holli Bell-Tells

I started HolliMade Catering and Creations simply because I love a good homemade meal and there’s aren’t any restaurants around here with that taste I was searching for. That’s actually how I came up with the name HolliMade. It’s a play on my name Holli and the fact that I make everything homemade from scratch “HolliMade”. I started cooking around the age of four years old. My Grandmother and Mom got tired of me taking real food out the kitchen to make play food, so they taught me how to prepare food for real. I’ve always been obsessed with buttermilk biscuits and buttermilk cornbread. Those were the two items I was in charge of cooking once I perfected my Grandmother’s bread recipes. And from there, I’ve been cooking from scratch every since. Throughout the years, I have taught muse ways to take old school recipes and jazz them up a little. Read more>>