Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate.

Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, craving and identity.
Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.
The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.
You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.
Food is our common ground, a universal experience.
Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.
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.
People who love to eat are always the best people.
There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
Food brings people together on many different levels. It's nourishment of the soul and body; it's truly love.
All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is.
Life is too short for self-hatred and celery sticks.

Cooking is like love; it should be entered into with abandon or not at all.

After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.

First we eat, then we do everything else.