Sunday 8 May 2011

The language of food

It's a rich domain: vocabulary (in many languages) for food and cooking, including both everyday vocabulary and (semi-)technical vocabulary, cultural forms in these areas (when do we eat? what do we eat then? who does this? how much variation is there? how do we prepare this food? who prepares it? what cultural values do we assign to these foods?), and much else.


Witty and thought-provoking ones about food and our relationships with food 



  • Food is our common ground, a universal experience.
  • What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?
  • Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
  • One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
  • That’s something I’ve noticed about food: whenever there’s a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better.
  • Food is the most primitive form of comfort.
  • Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.
  • If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
  • The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you’re off it.
  • A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will’s freedom after it.
There's many more these are just some of the first ones I like, the ones I like most are the ones that state the positives of food and how it can make a difference to your day, your life, I think some of these good be motivating and interesting to read within a restaurant

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