Food & The Hunger Games

I spent a lot of time reading when I first broke my foot. One of the series I got hooked on is The Hunger Games trilogy, which I just finished last night. (No spoilers, but it took me so long to finish it because I'd heard Mockingjay was a disappointing end and so I was in no hurry. I found it pretty satisfying, though.)

Anyway, the premise of the first book is basically survival at all costs. But reading it still made me hungry! The heroine, Katniss, likes food, and in every chapter she's describing what she had for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In her home district, she lived off the land; when she goes to the Capitol, she gets to try out more exotic dishes. I loved  the details about both.

And then it starts up again at the end of Mockingjay. Here's one of my favorite sections:

   "I'm starving and the stew is so delicious - beef, potatoes, turnips, and onions in a thick gravy - that I have to force myself to slow down. All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and reminds them it's not a mistake to go on living..."