50 Food and Travel Quotes That Speak to Every Foodie’s Heart (and Stomach)

Food and travel go hand in hand, and these quotes prove it. If you’ve ever planned a trip around your next meal, these food and travel quotes will speak your language. From funny food quotes to inspiring words about travel and culture, there’s something for anyone who loves exploring the world one bite at a time.

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I’ve had meals that instantly brought back memories of Mazatlán, Key West, Pasadena, and New Orleans. Food is more than something we eat. It’s part of how we experience different cultures, remember where we’ve been, and why we want to go back. Even one bite can take you there. That’s the heart of a Tasty Itinerary.

Food and Travel Quotes

1. “If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean or simply across the river. Walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food. It’s a plus for everybody.” – Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain understood that trying local food was one of the best ways to connect with a place and its people.

2. “People who love to eat are always the best people.” – Julia Child

3. “Food is not just eating energy. It’s an experience.” – Guy Fieri

4. “One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” – Luciano Pavarotti

5. “Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate.” – Alan D. Wolfelt

6. “Food brings people together on many different levels. It’s nourishment of the soul and body; it’s truly love.” – Giada De Laurentiis

7. “Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.” – John Keats

This reminds me of sitting at an outdoor café in Europe, enjoying good food, nice weather, and watching the world go by.

8. “People don’t take trips… trips take people.” – John Steinbeck

9. “In both business and personal life, I’ve always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.” – Ivanka Trump

10. “It’s true: Everything tastes best right out of the sea, the fields and the orchards.” – Susan Magsamen

11. “A good restaurant is like a vacation; it transports you, and it becomes a lot more than just about the food.” – Phil Rosenthal

12. “We live life in restaurants, it’s the center of social life, where we celebrate with family and friends, make new friends, travel without traveling, and of course, eat.” – Phil Rosenthal

If you haven’t watched Phil Rosenthal’s Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix, you should. His enthusiasm for food and travel is contagious.

13. “Eat dessert first because life is uncertain.” – Arthur Murray

14. “People will travel anywhere for good food – it’s crazy.” – Rene Redzepi

15. “I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveler.” – Michael Palin

16. “There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips, wells up in the traveler’s being.” – Patrick MacGill

17. “In this life, you should read everything you can read. Taste everything you can taste. Meet everyone you can meet. Travel everywhere you can travel. Learn everything you can learn. Experience everything you can experience.” – Mario Cuomo

18. “With enough butter, anything is good.” – Julia Child

19. “Travel is a new experience that can transport you out of your everyday routine to create memories with the ones you love.” – Brian Chesky

20. “Travel is the spice of life.” – Charley Boorman

21. “Food makes travel so exceptional, because you get to taste what it’s actually supposed to taste like. To eat the real Pad Thai or finally have a proper curry is something pretty amazing.” – Meghan Markle

22. “There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” – George Bernard Shaw

23. “I never subscribe to the stay-at-home policy. I’m not sick of the road or sick of eating in good restaurants around the country. I like to travel.” – Levon Helm

24. “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf

25. “You know, food is such – it’s a hug for people.” – Rachael Ray

26. “You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational – but it’s in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.” – Adriana Trigiani

27. “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel — as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them — wherever you go.” – Anthony Bourdain

28. “Food communicates.” – Lidia Bastianich

29. “All sorrows are less with bread. ” – Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

30. “Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially–romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory.” – Chris Bohjalian, Secrets of Eden

31. “The best way to know a city is to eat it.” –  Scott Westerfeld

One of my favorite ways to explore a new city is through its food. Give me a local market, a food tour, or a restaurant serving regional specialties, and I’m happy.

32. “There are precious few problems a good taco won’t solve.” – Steve Multer

33. “Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” – James Beard

34. “Going to a restaurant is one of my keenest pleasures. Meeting someplace with old and new friends, ordering wine, eating food, surrounded by strangers, I think is the core of what it means to live a civilized life.” – Adam Gopnik

35. “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.” – James Michener.

36. “A hangover suggests a great night, jet lag suggests a great adventure.” – J.D. Andrews.

37. “If love is the food of life, travel is the dessert.” – Amanda Jane Sturges

38. “Food should be fun.” – Thomas Keller

39. “LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.” – Henry Fielding

40. “You can go anywhere in the world, and people’s faces light up when they put delicious food in their mouths.” – Sandi Toksvig

41. “There is no conflict between a better meal and a better world.” – Rene Redzepi

42. “A great restaurant is one that just makes you feel like you’re not sure whether you went out or you came home and confuses you. If it can do both of those things at the same time, you’re hooked.” – Danny Meyer

43. “Travel is rich with learning opportunities, and the ultimate souvenir is a broader perspective.” – Rick Steves

44. “You have to taste a culture to understand it.” – Deborah Cater

Food tours and cooking classes are two of my favorite ways to learn about a destination’s local food and traditions.

45. “Traveling is an experience, and you have to experience it as a whole.” – Zareen Khan

46. “I just couldn’t live without other cultures’ cuisines.” – Henry Golding

47. “Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom’s homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.” – Homaro Cantu

48. “Where you are is who you are. The further inside you the place moves, the more your identity is intertwined with it. Never casual, the choice of place is the choice of something you crave.” – Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy

49. “Great Eats. Great Vacations.” – Tasty Itinerary

50. “Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.” – Auguste Escoffier

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