The sharing of food is the basis of social life, and to many people it is the only kind of social life worth participating in.
Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal.
Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good.
No one who cooks cooks alone.
Lentils are friendly - the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.
The best way to eat crabs, as everyone knows, is off newspaper at a large table with a large number of people.