The languages of food,Recipes, experiences, thoughts. We are what we eat! But what do we eat? In Reggio Emilia the choice of having and keeping kitchens inside every municipal infant-toddler centre and preschool has, ever since, a strong pedagogical and cultural meaning. Kitchens become a virtuous interlacement of local culinary tradition, ecology, culture of the dialogue, art and globalism. Lunch time is a space for relations and encounters with the others and the world. From this context we elaborated a cook book made of good recipes, experiences,