food sharing
Splitting a meal
Food sharing is the practice of distributing food among individuals, whether within families, communities, or through organized programs.
The term covers everything from parents feeding children to apps that connect people with surplus food to those who need it.
In evolutionary biology, food sharing among early humans is studied as a factor in social bonding and cooperation.
The restaurant participates in a food sharing program to reduce waste.
- potluckCommunal meal, shared contributions
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- communalShared by a community
- community mealShared dining among neighbors
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
gathering · open house · hospitality · breaking bread · bread and salt · pass the plate · leftovers · passing dishes · generosity · portion · harvest · buffet · family dinner · second helpings · offering · charity · soup kitchen · care package
- colony behaviorswarming, foraging, division of labor, caste system, swarm intelligence
- Potlatchpotlatch, feast, feasts, feasting, gifts
- food culturetable manners, culinary traditions, dining etiquette, ethnic cuisine, culinary heritage
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- dining etiquettetable manners, bread plates, chewing quietly, elbows off table, proper posture
- kind actshelping, aiding, assisting, donating, lending a hand