Culinary & HospitalityAs published
“A spider's cobweb isn't only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.
— African proverb
About this proverb
- Attributed to
- African proverb
- Culture / tradition
- African
- Published in
- Aboriginal Proverbs: Spoken By The Indigenous
- Attribution status
- As published
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · source
Reflect
What would change if you lived this for one week?
The Sage Challenge
Write one sentence in your journal about what this means to you.
Join to journal, save & shareCreate a share imageWatch & listen
Anthony Bourdain travels to Scotland (Parts Unknown)
CNN·Travel
"My CHILDHOOD PAIN Made Me The World's GREATEST CHEF" | Gordon Ramsay
Goalcast·Culinary
Be Fearless: Jose Andres and World Central Kitchen
casefoundation·Culinary
Related wisdom
Culinary✓ Verified source
“Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities.
— Okakura Kakuzō
Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea (1906), Ch. II.
Culinary✓ Verified source
“Cooking is revelation and creation; and a woman can find special satisfaction in a successful cake or a flaky pastry, for not every one can do it: one must have the gift.

— Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir, Second Sex
Culinary✓ Verified source
“No one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.

— Julia Child
My Life In France: Le Cordon Bleu, Ch. 3
Culinary✓ Verified source
“The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.
— Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15), Chapter II. 47.