What is "food for thought"

n. (context idiomatic English) information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation.

n. anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking [syn: food, intellectual nourishment]

Food for Thought may refer to:

• Food for Thought (restaurant), a vegetarian restaurant at 31 Neal St., Covent Garden, London. Has announced it is closing after 40 years on 21 June 2015.
• Food for Thought (book) a book from Adam Moledina about animal rights, published 1996
• Food for Thought (Pink Cream 69 album)
• Food for Thought (Young Rome album)
• "Food for Thought" (song), a song by UB40
• "Food for Thought" (song), a song by 10cc
• Food for Thought (label), a record label whose releases included the Angry Anderson single " Suddenly"
• Food for Thought (TV series), a British documentary series presented by Brian J. Ford
• "Food for Thought", an episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks
• "Food for Thought", an episode of That's So Raven
• Food for Thought, a trendy restaurant opened in 1973, with musicians who were paid by passing a hat after sets. After closing, in 2004, it became a cafe within the Black Cat nightclub in Washington, D.C.
• Food for Thought Productions, a New York-based theatre company specializing in staged readings of one-act plays.
• Food for Thought, a KLCC Radio program.

Food for Thought was Pink Cream 69's fifth studio album, released in 1997.

Food for Thought is the debut album of American hip hop artist Young Rome, a former member of the R&B group Immature/ IMx. The album was released in the U.S. on June 22, 2004 and is available as a clean version and a parental advisory version.

"Food for Thought" was the first single released by British reggae band UB40. It reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart in early 1980 and No. 1 in New Zealand in September 1980.

The original single version is slightly shorter compared to the Signing Off album version, with the album version including a break using a synthesiser reverb (an early example of their mixing techniques that can be found on their album Present Arms in Dub).

According to Robin Campbell, the lyrics relate to "the hypocrisy of Christmas, the fact that there are starving people in Africa and here we are all sat around eating our Christmas dinner and praising the Lord". Campbell regards the song as a Christmas song.

"Food for Thought" was released as a double A side along with "King", which was a song written about Martin Luther King, questioning the lost direction of the deceased leader's followers and the state of mourning of a nation after his death.

"Food for Thought" was the first release of a new record label, Graduate Records, a company based, like the band, in Birmingham. It was the first single to reach the UK Top 10 without the backing of a major record company.

Food for Thought is a vegetarian restaurant in the Seven Dials district of London's Covent Garden.