In our country, the health situation of primary and middle school students is becoming increasingly rigorous, but the food education is still in its infancy. It is urgent to develop the food education. The current situation of domestic and abroad food education research was summarized here, and then its enlightenment to modern middle and primary school food education was analyzed, from the three aspects including food etiquette, food nutrition and food cooking technology. Finally, the practice strategy was proposed, which included traditional etiquette education, traditional diet and nutrition collocation learning and traditional cooking techniques training.