150 Food Quotes on Its Value in Life, Cooking, and Health (2022)

If you’re looking for something good and satisfying to eat while you wait for your main course, these food quotes are for you!

Different types of food are sustenance that gives our body the energy to move and act. Food can either provide us with satisfaction or cause us harm, depending on how it is prepared and how sensitive we are to the ingredients. That is why you must carefully inspect your food to ensure that it is safe and clean if you do not want to jeopardize your health.

Food is also a rich source of history and culture. It gives us deeper insight into the place where a particular type of food originated and the person who cooked the meal. Food is such an essential thing in our lives, and to remind you to appreciate all the work that goes into it, we’ve gathered our favorite food quotes for you!

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Best Food Quotes 

1. “You don’t need a silver fork to eat good food.” – Paul Prudhomme

2. “Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.” – Dorothy Day

3. “Good food ends with good talk.” – Geoffrey Neighbor

4. “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.” – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

5. “Food is essential to life, therefore, make it good.” – Anonymous

6. “People who love to eat are always the best people.” – Julia Child

7. “Food brings people together on many different levels. It’s nourishment of the soul and body; it’s truly love.” – Giada De Laurentiis

8. “To me, good food is the sole reason we are on this Earth.” – Esi Edugyan

9. “I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back.” – Alice Waters

10. “To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” – François de la Rochefoucauld

11. “Food is everything we are. It’s an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It’s inseparable from those from the get-go.” – Anthony Bourdain

12. “Laughter is brightest in the place where food is good.” – Irish Proverb

13. “I realized very early the power of food to evoke memory, to bring people together, to transport you to other places, and I wanted to be a part of that.” – José Andrés Puerta

14. “Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, craving, and identity.” – Jonathan Safran Foer

15. “Food delights us, food unites us, food embodies the soil, the sea, and the weather, the farmer’s sweat, and the fisherman’s toil.” – Don George

Famous Food Quotes

16. “Food is not just eating energy. It’s an experience.” – Guy Fieri

17. “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates

18. “Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” – James Beard

19. “Food is your body’s fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down.” – Ken Hill

20. “The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body.” – Pat Buchanan

21. “It’s okay to eat fish because they don’t have any feelings.” – Kurt Cobain 

22. “Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” – Mark Twain

23. “Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.” – M. F. K. Fisher

24. “Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experi­ences.­” – P­eter Farb

25. “Food is not simply organic fuel to keep body and soul together, it is a perishable art that must be savored at the peak of perfec­tion.” – E.A. Bucchianeri

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Inspirational Quotes to Help You Appreciate the Food You Eat

26. “There is no better reward for hard work than good food.” – Anonymous

27. “Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.” – Norman Borlaug

28. “Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed―I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.” – Delia Smith

29. “Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.” – Albert Ellis

30. “Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping hand to people around the world whose goodwill and friendship we want.” – John F. Kennedy

31. “Eat, as nobody is watching. Enjoy food like that’s the only thing left in your world.” – Nikita Dudani

32. “Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.” – Dean Koontz

33. “Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.” – Yolanda Adams

34. “When you don’t have food in your life, just for a day, it makes you realize you’re lucky to have it the next day. So the day after fasting, the music that comes out will be very joyous.” – Chris Martin

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Quotes to Fill Your Stomach With Good Food

35. “We can’t call it a day if good food is not served.” – Anonymous

36. “I like food. I like eating. And I don’t want to deprive myself of good food.” – Sarah Michelle Gellar

37. “People will travel anywhere for good food―it’s crazy.” – Rene Redzepi

38. “I get way too much happiness from good food.” – Elizabeth Olsen

39. “Eating good food is my favorite thing in the world. Nothing is more blissful.” – Justine Larbalestier

40. “I don’t know about you, but the food tastes a lot better when it looks this good.” – Anonymous

41. “I could talk food all day. I love good food.” – Tom Brady

42. “Good food and a warm kitchen is what makes a house a home.” – Rachael Ray

43. “For me, the good food starts with a good product.” – Jean-Georges Vongerichten

44. “After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” – Oscar Wilde

45. “What I’ve enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn―I love it!” – Jamie Oliver

46. “I love food. I’m a big food person. I’m really passionate about eating good food all the time.” – Dreama Walker

Mouthwatering Quotes That Talk About Delicious Food

47. “To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste.” – Heston Blumenthal

48. “The best way to celebrate the holidays is with some delicious food.” – Rachel Hollis

49. “You can go anywhere in the world, and people’s faces light up when they put delicious food in their mouths.” – Sandi Toksvig

50. “People want honest, flavourful food, not some show-off meal that takes days to prepare.” – Ted Allen

51. “For me, personally, I love delicious food when I’m stressed.” – Momo Hirai

52. “What I want to do is produce really delicious food. I want it to look nice because when you see food, you should want to eat it. You shouldn’t be saying, ‘Oh my goodness, isn’t the chef clever, he can weave the Eiffel Tower out of carrot sticks.’” – Prue Leith

Quotes on Food and Its Significance in Life

53. “Life is about the little things and delicious food.” – Anonymous

54. “To live a full life, you have to fill your stomach first.” – Anonymous

55. “The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love, and death.” – E.M. Forster

56. “One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” – Luciano Pavarotti

57. “When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life.” – Monica Bellucci

Quotes About Comfort Food That Will Make You Feel Satisfied

58. “Food is the most primitive form of comfort.” – Sheilah Graham

59. “Sometimes a little comfort food can go a long way.” – Benjamin Bratt

60. “All food starting with p is comfort food: pasta, potato chips, pretzels, peanut butter, pastrami, pizza, pastry.” – Sara Paretsky

61. “There has never been a sadness that can’t be cured by breakfast food.” – Ron Swanson

62. “The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.” – Maya Angelou

63. “Comfort food is hearty. When hearts are heavy, they need gravit­ationa­l and emotio­nal equilibrium: meatloaf and mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, chicken pot pie, red beans, and rice, creamy risotto. Food that reassures us that we will survive.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach

Quotes That Zoom in on the Relationship Between Food and Love

64. “Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate.” – Alan D. Wolfelt

65. “Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” – Harriet van Horne

66. “There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” – George Bernard Shaw

67. “Well, food’s always the way to anybody’s heart, I think, guy or girl.” – Josh Hutcherson

68. “Food was a labor of love you felt by cooking it and eating it.” – George Tillman, Jr.

69. “Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.” – David Chang

70. “My love for you is pizza shaped. Won’t you have a slice? It’s circular, so there’s enough to go around.” – Dora J. Arod

71. “Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.” – Saint Bernard

Food Quotes About the Importance of Eating Properly

72. “We all eat, and it would be a sad waste of opportunity to eat badly.” – Anna Thomas

73. “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf

74. “One who eats alone cannot discuss the taste of food with others.” – African Proverb

75. “When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.” – Euripides

76. “Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale.” – Elsa Schiaparelli

77. “Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom’s homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.” – Homaro Cantu

Great Quotes on How Food Strengthens Family Bonds

78. “When you eat food with your family and friends, it always tastes better!” – Anonymous

79. “Food tastes better when you eat it with your family.” – Anonymous

80. “I’m grateful that I have a family who takes eating as seriously as I do.” – Anonymous

81. “A family meal should be served with laughter and love.” – Anonymous

82. “Bless the food before us, the family beside us, and the love between us.” – Anonymous

83. “Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.” – Irina Shayk

84. “If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?” – Martin Scorsese

85. “If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him. The people who give you their food give you their heart.” – Cesar Chavez

86. “Food feeds both the body and soul―there are clear reasons to eat a balanced diet, but there are also reasons you cling to your mom’s secret chicken noodle soup recipe when you’re sick.” – Michael Mina

Quotes About Food and Cooking That Are Worth Reading

87. “A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.” – Thomas Keller

88. “Anyone who’s a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: ‘Is it good? Does it give pleasure?’” – Anthony Bourdain

89. “I watch cooking change the cook, just as it transforms the food.” – Laura Esquivel

90. “I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food.” – W.C. Fields

91. ”I’m just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.” – Maya Angelou

92. “The preparation of good food is merely another expression of art, one of the joys of civilized living.” – Dione Lucas

93. “Food is art and magic; it evokes emotion and colors memory, and in skilled hands, meals become greater than the sum of their ingred­ients.” – Anthony Beal

94. “Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal.” – Sandra Lee

95. “Don’t be afraid of cooking, as your ingredients will know and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover, it will pass your pleasure on to those who eat it.” – Fergus Henderson

96. “Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people eat togeth­er.” – Guy Fieri

97. “Eating is so intimate. It’s very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you’re inviting a person into your life.” – Maya Angelou

98. “Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it’s more important to make yourself feel good.” – Ina Garten

Short Food Quotes 

99. “Food should be fun.” – Thomas Keller

100. “Food is an important part of a balanced diet.” – Fran Lebowitz

101. “Food shared is happiness multiplied.” – Anonymous

102. “The most dangerous food is wedding cake.” – James Thurber

103. “I am not a glutton―I am an explorer of food.” – Erma Bombeck

104. “The gift of food to the hungry is the noblest of all gifts.” – Sathya Saibaba

105. “Cakes are healthy too, you just eat a small slice.” – Mary Berry

106. “Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” – Ernestine Ulmer

107. “The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” – Julia Child

108. “Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.” – Voltaire

109. “Rice is born in water and must die in wine.” – Italian Proverb

110. “No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.” – Christopher Morley

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Quotes to Remind You to Stay Healthy and Avoid Junk Food

111. “Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.” – Mary Catherine Bateson

112. “Most fast food is fried. Fried food tastes great, and people don’t seem to care about the fat aspect.” – Eric Schlosser

113. “By eating many fruits and vegetables in place of fast food and junk food, people could avoid obesity.” – David H. Murdock

114. “Everyone would be healthier if they didn’t eat junk food.” – Robert Atkins

Quotes About the Rich Culture You Can Find Through Food

115. “Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.” – L’Wren Scott

116. “Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It’s not about nutrients and calories. It’s about sharing. It’s about honesty. It’s about identity.” – Louise Fresco

117. “Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships.” – Winona LaDuke

118. “Civilization, as it is known today, could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.” – Norman Borlaug

119. “I love eating shabu-shabu in Japan―a kind of beef hotpot. But if you’re talking about authentic, traditional food, then Italian cooking is one of the best in the world.” – Andrea Bocelli

120. “In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.” – Julia Child

121. “Most cultures traditionally link food and spirituality directly with periodic restrictions and celebrations punctuating the year. Abstinence from particular foods or full-on fasting is part of many religious traditions and holidays.” – Marcus Samuelsson

122. “Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a cultur­e.” – Ma­rk Kurlansky

123. “Food history is as important as a baroque church. Governments should recognize the cultural heritage and protect traditional foods. A cheese is as worthy of preserving as a sixteenth-century building.” – Carlo Petrini

Funny Food Quotes

124. “My weaknesses have always been food and men―in that order.” – Dolly Parton

125. “I’m never giving up on chocolate! I’m not a quitter!” – Anonymous

126. “I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.” – Erma Bombeck

127. “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz

128. “For some reason, food tastes better when it’s somebody‘s treat.” – Anonymous

129. “A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.” – Barbara Johnson

130. “Skinny people are easier to kidnap. Stay safe, eat cake.” – Anonymous

131. “The only thing I like better than talking about food is eating.” – John Walters

132. “I just want someone to look at me the way I look at food.” – Anonymous

133. “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.” – Yogi Berra

134. “Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.” – Orson Welles

135. “Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.” – Robert Redford

136. “Whenever you see me seemingly thinking deep thoughts, I’m probably just thinking about food.” – Anonymous

137. “My doctor told me I had to stop throwing intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.” – Orson Welles

138. “Food is the ultimate pacifier. I feel like I can forgive anyone after a scrumptious meal.” – Anonymous

Interesting Quotes That Will Make You Enjoy Food and Eating

139. “All sorrows are less with food.” – Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

140. “Sacred cows make the best burgers.” – Mark Twain

141. “Sometimes the only answer to death is lunch.” – Jim Harrison

142. “So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.” – Franz Kafka

143. “You see, pizzas won’t taste as heavenly if you’re eating it alone. Some things are meant to be shared, food especially!” – Anonymous

144. “This magical, marvelous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell. It has a journey.” – Joel Salatin

145. “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

146. “Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.” – Bethenny Frankel

More Food Quotes

147. “Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating disorders.” – Marya Hornbacher

148. “There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.” – Chris Rock

149. “If you’re a happy person around food, you can be a professional chef. It’s fueled by passion.” – Ranveer Brar

150. “Clean water and access to food are some of the simplest things that we can take for granted each and every day. In places like Africa, these can be some of the hardest resources to attain if you live in a rural area.” – Marcus Samuelsson

What Is Your Favorite Comfort Food?

Delicious food is a gift from God that you should treasure and be grateful for. It is like feeding your soul with something that will fill your body with joy. 

Food also has the power to unite people and strengthen family bonds. It’s even said that eating together as a family is beneficial to one’s health and happiness. There are indeed numerous benefits to eating good, delicious food!

So, remember that food should not be wasted; instead, it should be valued and enjoyed. We hope that these food quotes were able to shed light on the importance of food and help you appreciate the different cultures and traditions that come with it.

Which of these food quotes satisfied your cravings? Do you have any food quotes that we missed? Please, drop them in the comments area below.