1. Disliking
   1. Half-baked = unfinished, lacking depth
   2. It's not my cup of tea = I'm not interested in this
   3. Hard to stomach/swallow = difficult to accept
   4. Disgusting, unappetizing, bitter, raw...
2. Feeding / nurturing
   1. To put food on the plate = to provide for one's family
   2. The bread of life = spiritual nurture (biblical reference)
   3. To bring home the bacon = to provide for one's family
   4. To spoon-feed = to assist someone too closely, to infantilize them
   5. To give food for thought = be inspiring
   6. To bite the hand that feeds you = be ungrateful to someone who provides for you
3. Eating
   1. To sink your teeth into = seriously engage with a task/topic
   2. You are what you eat
   3. To digest/ process
   4. To savour / to gulp down
   5. To quench your thirst = satisfy your curiosity
   6. The proof of the pudding is in the eating = you need to experience things yourself
   7. To eat humble pie = act apologetically
   8. To have a lot on one's plate = have a lot to do
   9. All you can eat
4. Offering / desiring
   1. Mouth-watering / appetizing
   2. To be hungry / thirsty for
   3. To whet someone's appetite
   4. The forbidden fruit = something made more desirable because forbidden
   5. To spice things up = make things more interesting/challenging
   6. Your eyes are bigger than your stomach = you want more than you can handle
   7. To be on the menu = be on offer
   8. A la carte = tailored, personalized
   9. Set menu = no choice
5. Liking
   1. Nurturing, fresh, sweet...
   2. To have/develop a taste for
   3. Delicious, tasty, scrumptious...
   4. A dish made for the gods = something excellent
6. Cuisine
   1. Fast / slow food
   2. Organic
   3. Fusion
   4. Hot / bland
   5. Home made / processed, industrial
7. Cooking
   1. Recipe
   2. Ingredients
   3. Chef / cook
   4. Kitchen
   5. What's cooking? = what's being prepared?
   6. Too many cooks spoil the broth = too many involved parties compromise success
   7. To have one's fingers in too many pies = be doing too many things at the same time
8. Paying the bill
   1. There's no such thing as a free lunch = nothing is free
   2. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs = creating means partly destroying
   3. To get your slice of the cake = your share of something
   4. You shouldn't put all eggs in one basket = don't bet on a single option
9. Unclassifiable
   1. The hot potato = difficult matter
   2. To sugar coat something = make something bitter a little less painful by presenting it in a nice way
   3. To sell like hot cake = sell very well
   4. To compare apples and oranges = compare incomparable things
   5. The icing on the cake = something making a good situation even better (or a bad one even worse)
   6. To go bananas / become nuts = get crazy / go mad
   7. Piece of cake = very easy
   8. At the bottom / top of the food chain = bottom/top of the hierarchy