Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes About Food
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Just the other day in the Underground I enjoyed the pleasure of offering my seat to three ladies.
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Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Marxism: The theory that all the important things in history are rooted in an economic motive, that history is a science, a science of the search for food.
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We are always giving foreign names to very native things. If there is a thing that reeks of the glorious tradition of the old English tavern, it is toasted cheese. But for some wild reason we call it Welsh rarebit. I believe that what we call Irish stew might more properly be called English stew, and that it is not particularly familiar in Ireland.
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But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You must not give him beans.
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Gluttony is a great fault; but we do not necessarily dislike a glutton. We only dislike the glutton when he becomes a gourmet-that is, we only dislike him when he not only wants the best for himself, but knows what is best for other people.
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