Food: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com

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.

Table of contents

1 Basic foods:

2 Types of food:

3 Meals:

4 Food production or aquisition:

5 Food handling and preparation:

6 Nutrients in food

7 Eating utensils

8 Special substances and objects that are (sometimes) consumed

9 See also:

1 Food for animals

Basic foods:

From animal sources:
From plant sources:
- Fruit
- Seeds[?]
- Legumes[?](Beans, peas, lentils, etc.)
- Vegetables
- Cereal grains
- Herb
- Spices
Food additives

Types of food:

Meals:

Food production or aquisition:

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

Food handling and preparation:

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

Food for animals

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