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Variation in food quality and abundance requires animals to choose whether to stay on poor food patch or wander off in search of better food. Although optimal foraging choice is central to evolutionary survival, the molecular and neuronal mechanisms underlying it are poorly understood. I will present my work on this problem in C.elegans.