Hunger is the best sauce

Meaning: Food tastes better when you're truly hungry.

Origin: Latin proverb (Optimum condimentum fames), attributed to Cicero.

Translations

• French: L'appétit est le meilleur cuisinier (literally: Appetite is the best cook)
• Spanish: A buen hambre, no hay mal pan (literally: With good hunger, there's no bad bread)
• Japanese: 空腹は最高の調味料 (Kūfuku wa saikō no chōmiryō) (literally: Hunger is the best seasoning)

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