Gifted milk
from industrious friends
and their herd
of noisy goats
made into wheels
of funky, fragrant
cheese.
Cut into hefty hunks,
buried
in olive oil
for a hit of Italy,
garden 🌿 herbs
for summer brightness,
Sichuan peppercorns
for an unidentifiable,
can’t-quite-put-my-finger-on-it warmth.
Spread thickly
atop toasted crusty bread
on cold winter nights
with a cellar-plundered
Loire Sauvignon Blanc the color of wet sand.

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(at At Home in Napa)