Let’s start the year with some famous food quotes from Africa. One of the things I love so much about food is seeing how other cultures and countries relate to food. I believe food is a reflection of the people of a country, so if it’s a fast food nation it says something of the people, just as a country passionate about food is a passionate people. There will be individual exceptions but as a whole it is an absolute truth!
Here’s some African proverbs, sayings and quotes on food and cooking.
- One who eats alone cannot discuss the taste of the food with others.
African Proverb - When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat.
African Proverb - You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down.
African Proverb - If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
African Proverb - Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth.
African Proverb - The impotent man does not eat spicy foods.
African Proverb - The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.
African Proverb - One does not become great by claiming greatness.
- African Proverb
- Those who are at one regarding food are at one in life.
African Proverb - Knowledge is like a garden; if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
- African Proverb
- The grasshopper which is always near its mother eats the best food.
African Proverb - One spoon of soup in need has more value than a pot of soup when we have an abundance of food.
African Proverbs - Man is like a pepper, till you have chewed it you do not know how hot it is.
African Proverbs on Food
Here’s some more food quotes by famous chefs.
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