Food

Food is material, usually of animal or plant origin, mostly produced through farming or gardening, consumed by living things to provide energy and nutrition. Liquids used for this purpose are often called drink, but the term food applies to them as well. In English, the term is sometimes used metaphorically, as in food for thought.

Basic foods:

• From animal sources:
  • Meat
  • Poultry
  • Seafood
  • Eggs
  • Dairy products
• From plant sources:
  • Fruit
  • Seeds[?]
  • Legumes[?](Beans, peas, lentils, etc.)
  • Vegetables
  • Cereal grains
  • Herb
  • Spices
• Food additives

Types of food:

• Beverage
• Bread
• Cheese
• Cracker (biscuit)
• Dessert
• French fries
• Pasta
• Pizza
• Salad
• Sauce
• Sausage
• Snack food[?]: Confectionery, Potato chips
• Soup

Meals:

• Breakfast
• Brunch
• Lunch
• High tea
• Dinner
• Supper
• Dessert

Food production or aquisition:

• Agriculture (including farming and horticulture)
• Gardening
• Slow food
• local food
• Aquaculture (including mariculture)
• Hunting
• Fishing

Food handling and preparation:

• Food preservation
• Cooking
• Cuisine
• Wikipedia Cookbook

Nutrients in food

• Protein
• Carbohydrate
• Fat
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Phytochemicals[?], eg anti-oxidants, enzymes, bio-flavinoids etc.
• Knowledge about the nutritional components, and the interactions of these components in an ideal diet is an expanding area of knowledge (seenutrition).

Eating utensils

• Knife
• Fork
• Spoon
• Chopsticks
• foodwraps[?] e.g. tortillas, chapatis, etc.

Food is cooked in a pan and often served on a plate[?].

Special substances and objects that are (sometimes) consumed

• Blood (see vampire)
• Roman Catholic host

See also:

• Meal
• Metabolism
• Nutrition
• Flavoring
• Timeline of agriculture and food technology
• Takeru Kobayashi
• Restaurant

See: Geography and foods,

Food for animals Animals may be served their food in a manger. See also Nativity.