way to a man's heart is through his stomach

the way to a man's heart is through his stomach

proverb Fixing delicious, satisfying food for a man is a good way to get him to fall—or stay—in love with you. A: "You've got to learn how to cook good homemade meals, Bethany. A way to a man's heart is through his stomach, after all." B: "Oh, Mama, you're so old-fashioned. If I was even looking for a man, shouldn't he love me for more than my home cooking?"
See also: heart, stomach, through, way
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

way to a man's heart is through his stomach

Prov. If you want a man to love you, you should feed him good food. Sue: I want Keith to notice me, but he doesn't even know I'm alive. Mother: Invite him over and cook him a good meal. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
See also: heart, stomach, through, way
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • all good things come to an end
  • (it's) good to have you (here)
  • expecations
  • expectation
  • come up to (one's) expectations
  • come up to expectations
  • do no good
  • for good measure
  • be as good as new
  • do (one) a/the world of good
References in periodicals archive
Yes, many say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach but this is not the case only for men.
Letters to the editor
They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, so why aren't more c-store operators offering loyalty programs with a foodservice focus?
Big Ideas
Editors and authors linked food and gender norms in at least two ways: sexualizing the process of cooking - as in "a way to a man's heart is through his stomach" - and by gendering particular cooking processes or types of food, in particular linking masculine behavior to meat preparation and barbecuing.
The way to a man's heart: gender roles, domestic ideology, and cookbooks in the 1950s