August 2012

Cottage Cheese Ice Cream has a cheesecake-like flavor.

Crooked Road Cuisine: Cottage Cheese Ice Cream

What better way to showcase regional culture than through its food?
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Wildflower Viewing in the Smokies

The warm sun plays against the morning chill; that sort of sweet-and-sour effect that occurs only on a perfect spring morning. Take your time enjoying the beautiful days and the scattered groups of spring flowers along the trails...
Lake Guntersville in Alabama is a 69,000-acre reservoir located within a state park.

Rivers of Change

Recent cycles of drought and deluge have brought water to the forefront of regional environmental issues. Here’s a look at the state of H2O in Appalachia.
My ulitmate comfort food. Photo by iStock/jana rodic

Cheesy Comfort: Macaroni and Cheese

The perfect mac & cheese recipe!
At Gray, Tennessee’s Chocolate Elegance, Jan Scibor’s 25-year hobby has grown into a business shipping sweets to as far away as Iraq.

Sweet Escapes

And not the backroads kind, as we visit four chocolate makers in three states, for tastes of things like truffles, barks, bars and chocolate-covered Granny Smith apple.

Departments

Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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