18th century Quote by William Petty

“Traditional histories of technology do not pay much attention to food. They tend to focus on hefty industrial and military developments: wheels and ships,…

— Bee Wilson

“Peasant families ate pork, beef, or game only a few times a year; fowls and eggs were eaten far more often. Milk, butter, and…

— Patricia D. Netzley

“During World War II, when combat rations were tinned, meat hashes were a common entrée because they worked well with the filling machines. “But…

— Mary Roach

Growing up, our meals consisted primarily of vegetables, and then we had small amounts of meat.

— Damaris Phillips

“Loaves of fig and pepper bread, of course. But there was also lasagna cooked in miniature pumpkins, and pumpkin-seed brittle. Roasted red pepper soup,…

— Sarah Addison Allen

We had our wheat. We made our own olive oil. We made our wine. We had chickens, ducks; we had sheep, cows, milk. So…

— Lidia Bastianich

Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people.

— Peter Singer

Previous generations used to eat locally out of necessity. Without options like flash-freezing and worldwide export services, communities had to rely on local farms…

— Homaro Cantu

Agriculture probably required a far greater discipline than did any form of food collecting. Seeds had to be planted at certain seasons, some protection…

— Charles Heiser

“A hundred years ago, all food was organic, local, seasonal, and fresh or naturally preserved by ancient methods. All food was food. Now, less…

— James Colquhoun

Today it is generally accepted that although the earliest humans probably ate some meat, it was unlikely to have played a major role in…

— Jane Goodall

I remember warming up bologna on a gas-powered stove we had in a mobile home. Eating bologna and salsa, with three feet of snow…

— Mike Perry