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“England and all civilised nations stand in deadly peril of not having enough to eat. As mouths multiply, food resources dwindle. Land is a limited quantity, and the land that will grow wheat is absolutely dependent on difficult and capricious natural phenomena... I hope to point a way out of the colossal dilemma. It is the chemist who must come to the rescue of the threatened communities. It is through the laboratory that starvation may ultimately be turned into plenty... The fixation of atmospheric nitrogen is one of the great discoveries, awaiting the genius of chemists.”

“The first printed mention of bagels... is to be found in the Community Regulations of Kracow, Poland, for the year 1610 which stated that bagels would be given as a gift to any woman in childbirth.”

Years Firsts Would Be Found Given Community Food Cooking Culinary Regulation Printed Childbirth Poland Bagels

Author:Leo Rosten

“Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.”

Life Is Community Food Taste Chairs Delicious Pull Ups

Author:Ruth Reichl

“The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.”

Body Culture Process Community Animal Food Eating Mere Meals Biology Ritual Real Food

Book:In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Source: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

“Bacon bits are like the fairy dust of the food community.”

Bits Community Food Dust Fairy Fairy Dust

Book:Food: A Love Story

Source: Food: A Love Story

“Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well.”

Wells Community Family Identity Food Eating Journalism Fuel Nutrition Nourishment About Family

Author:Michael Pollan

“Good food is a right, not a privilege. It brings children into a positive relationship with their health, community and environment.”

Children Community Environment Rights Food Health Eating Privilege Chef Good Food Positive Relationship

Author:Alice Waters

“...when food is shared in a fair way, with solidarity, when no one is deprived, every community can meet the needs of the poorest. Human ecology and environmental ecology walk together.”

Way Needs Humans Together Community Walks Food Fairs Environmental Hunger Solidarity Ecology Deprived Poorest

Author:Pope Francis