Shiva Purana
अन्नं प्रजापतिस्साक्षादन्नं विष्णुस्स्वयं हरः ॥ तस्मादन्नसमं दानं न भूतं न भविष्यति ॥ ४८ ॥
Food is Brahma himself. Food is Viṣṇu himself. Food is Śiva. There has never been nor will there ever be a gift on a par with that of food.
english translation
annaM prajApatissAkSAdannaM viSNussvayaM haraH ॥ tasmAdannasamaM dAnaM na bhUtaM na bhaviSyati ॥ 48 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript