Read quote“We must yet eat, and drink, and sleep, and go into the world soliciting bread or favours.”
About Food
Food, eating, cooking, nourishment, and culinary culture.
The collection
Words on Food
Read quote““The vegetable world affords such an immense variety of productions of so great and varied uses for the various purposes and wants of human society.””
Read quote“Kalau dia narkoba kalau saya nardapur, ke dapur cari makanan.”
Read quote“Rice is for sharing, bread must be broken and given.”
Read quote“justicia, paga y porotos”
Read quote“I have been a vegetarian for 75 years—and I think I am a pretty good advertisement for it.”
Read quote“I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog.”
Read quote“Hey, come on. We want to eat bread.”
Read quote“Having a meal together is much more than just eating and drinking. The meal is a celebration of life.”
Read quote““What, sir! Do you mean to assert that you don’t like tripe?””
Read quote“Inspiration comes while sleeping—after a heavy meal.”
Read quote“They’re eating ice creams!”
Read quote“من غذای خود را که قدری از نان شب مانده و پنیر و یا مختصری از غذای شب گذشته بود، در مغازهی سیگارفروشی نزدیک مدرسه میخوردم.”
Read quote“Does eating African rice with a European spoon make the rice also European?”
Read quote““The art of preserving the health of a soldier consists of attending to the following particulars: I. DRESS. II. DIET. III. CLEANLINESS. IV. ENCAMPMENTS. And V. EXERCISE.””
Read quote“If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.”
Read quote“I just want to make a tray of good tofu. If people want something else, they should go to the restaurants and shops.”
Read quote“I don’t make anything besides tofu.”
Read quote“I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.”
Read quote“One of the first businesses I launched was when I asked my mother to make me balela (a traditional chickpea soup), and I sold it to my friends in the street.”



