“Oh, I eat it by the bucketful.” Photo: Casey BarberĪnd, never has hunger so been nature’s salt than in a scene during the Games, when ( spoiler) Katniss and Peeta are rewarded for their first kiss with the only real meal they’ve had since the Games begun: “The one with the dried plums?” asks Caesar. Be honest.Ĭaesar laughs, and vaguely I realize some of the audience has joined in. I rack my brain for something that made me happy here. What’s impressed you most since you arrived here?” asks Caesar. “So, Katniss, the Capitol must be quite a change from District Twelve. Photo: Casey BarberĪlthough she tastes many of the Capitol’s delicacies, it is a homely stew that she likes the best, “made with tender chunks of lamb and dried plums” and served on a bed of wild rice.Īlthough she shovels it into her mouth without thinking on the train, when she is interviewed in the Capitol, it’s very much on her mind: On the train that will take her to the Capitol, Katniss views each meal as a chance to build up her strength, to perhaps help her stay alive a little longer in the Game. ![]() It’s for this reason, I think, that Katniss’ fondness for lamb stew stands out. In short, for Katniss, food has always been a necessity and very rarely a pleasure. ![]() When kickass Katniss Everdeen isn’t trying to find enough food to survive or interacting with Greasy Sae, the old woman in District 12 who famously says, “Once it’s in the soup, I’ll call it beef,” she’s, you know, killing other teenagers to provide a vicious propaganda of bread and circus for the overprivileged and overfed citizens of the Capitol. This is the case in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games (hi, the title kind of says it all). There is, however, something almost shiveringly good about a delicious description of food in a book where food is scarce. I always delight in reading novels that totally love their food–feasting, snacking, cooking, smelling I love it all.
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