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"You guys make cheese here too?" I asked, surprised at the scope of the operation

"We don’t, but ith other farms in the area to make sure the shares are really well rounded We partner with Oscar Mendoza, the guy who runs the crea cheese, milk, butter, and all that for our customers"

As I looked around, I noticed several baskets with big glass bottles of milk, smaller bottles of thick, heavy cream, and paper-wrapped butter, all stamped Bailey Falls Crearocery store if you’re aused to be, back in the day

"That’s e hope For the most part, you can feed your fa food," he said, his voice full of pride "Supere But we like to think this can be just as convenient, and over time, it costs less than conventional stores"

"And you know the guy who’s growing your food," I said, war food that Leo’s hands pulled from the earth Granted, I seemed to have special access to his hands this sueneral idea Also, his mouth I’d like to be tickled by that

And speaking of his mouth, his was now turned up in a ht now?" he asked

"Honestly? Food"

"Just food?"

"And your mouth," I aded me and his basket behind the barn, into a tiny cleft of the rock wall And then his mouth pressed into mine in a flurry of licks and nibbles, and soft littleabout et me?" I panted between fiery kisses

"Trouble," he replied, looking to his left and seeing a few people wandering close to where ere "Coht be faretables, but I’ll indulge you" I laughed, straighteningit look like I hadn’t just been pressed between a rock and a hard farmer "This would be the tiot it" He winked and, grabbing my basket, led me out into the fields

We wandered up and down the rows of the vegetable patch, and Iup I tasted lemony sorrel and snappy fennel, and picked handfuls of tiny baby eggplant, a Japanese variety striped purple and white In this week’s share everyone was getting new lettuce, ar strawberries, some rhubarb, and, new this week, the first blackberries I waswhat else I’d need to spice up my home dinners, and what else I could use at the diner