Food quotes

Funny food quotes mostly used in Italy. Italian food quotes express Italian food culture, and there are many funny quotes on food in Italy...

Food culture is so much a part of Italian life, that there are some famous Italian sayings that have become unique to Italian life and you may find them mentioned in cookery books or in a typical restaurant.

A tavola non si invecchia (You don't age while seated for a meal.)

L'appetito vien mangiando (The appetite comes while you're eating.)

Anche l'occhio vuole la sua parte (The eyes want their part - in the sense that something has to be pleasing to the eyes - apart from having other qualities).

Mangia che ti passa (Eat and it will be over, you'll feel better).

Paese che vai, usanza che trovi (different places you visit, different customs you'll find)

Italian phrases regarding food

Other than the most known food quotations mentioned above, there are also some sentences that indicate the importance of good food:

Non riesco a sopportare quelli che non prendono seriamente il cibo.

Oscar Wilde (I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.)

La scoperta di un piatto nuovo è più preziosa per il genere umano che la scoperta di una nuova stella.

Brillat- Savarin (The discovery of a new dish is more precious to human beings than the discovery of a new star.)

Detesto l'uomo che manda giù il suo cibo non sapendo che cosa mangia. Dubito del suo gusto in cose più importanti.

Charles Lamb (I hate the man who eats without knowing what he's eating. I doubt his taste in more important things.)

Uno non può pensare bene, amare bene, dormire bene, se non ha mangiato bene.

Virginia Wolf (One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one hasn't eaten well.)

La cucina di un popolo è la sola esatta testimonianza della sua civiltà.

anonymous (The cuisine of a country is the only exact attestation of its civilization.)

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