I subscribe to a lot of food magazines and Gourmet is one of my faves. They have excellent writing that is some of the best food geography on the planet. They don't insist that you have a $75000 kitchen to cook their recipes, and every issue has a cook's tips that is worth the $24 a year alone.

This month's issue has a bit on Blackberry Farms in Blount County. I've always been a bit skeptical of a place that can run $1000 a night, but it seems the Beall family is attempting to bring to Tennessee a holistic, slow and whole foods approach to leisure that is interesting. I am sure there are minuses for the community, but hat tip goes to Cheri Cruze at Cruze Farms who is mentioned in the article. Hands down the best milk you can get in East Tennessee and a great family business. It was really nice meeting them at the Riverdale community market 2 weeks ago. We made homemade mozzarella with that milk and it was great. Unhomogenized milk rules with an iron fist.

I am brewing up Blackberry Farms' Peach BBQ sauce right now.