Tasting Wonder: G.K. Chesterton’s Poetic Tribute to Cheese
Cheese embodies the finality of all true knowledge.
G.K. Chesterton is famous for finding poetry in simple things. But when I read this line, it both cracked me and enlightened me,
“The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
He then goes on about the sheer poetry of cheese, which I find totally delicious. When you contemplate the perfection of cheese, you are filled with wonder — mu…
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