Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
When a man is small he loves and hates food with a ferocity which soon dims. At six years old his very bowels will heave when such a dish as creamed carrots or cold tapioca appear before him.
When shall we live if not now?