The words 'food of love' are from William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." This play is about a man who loves a woman, but she does not pay him any attention. Eventually, after the man schemes to get her to notice him, his plan backfires and she falls for another man whom he hired to help him. Jane Austen has Mr. Darcy claiming that poetry is known as the 'food of love' to him, and if Austen used this as a reference to the "Twelfth Night" then it could be viewed as Mr. Darcy's attempt to get Elizabeth Bennet to notice him. This could be one of the first clues that Jane Austen throws out to the reader of Mr. Darcy's affection towards Elizabeth.
"Plot Summary." Twelfth Night, or What You Will. 14 March 2010. http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xTwelfth.html
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