7 Appetizing Uses Of Food In Movies

Much gets made about the role violence plays in movies and culture, and to what extent violence in movies is related to the perceived increase in violence in society. Most of the time I agree with Quentin Tarantino, that people are able to distinguish fantasy from reality and while movies may inform people’s perceptions of violence, very rarely do they beget violence itself, if it can be said that they do at all. Django Unchained did not make me want to go on a killing spree. It did, however, make me want to eat handfuls of candy. So perhaps the question should be: to what extent does food in movies contribute to our society’s culinary addictions and dependency??

Darren Ruecker

Published: Apr 29, 2013 06:07 pm

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[h2]4) Lembas bread in Lord of the Rings[/h2]

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The hard bread stuff that Sam and Frodo eat along their journey to Mordor isn’t the most visually appetizing stuff you’ve ever seen, but its description is more than a little intriguing. One bite is supposed to fill the stomach of your average man, though not your average hobbit obviously because they’re little but are apparently insatiable when it comes to meat and mead. So even if it tastes like bad matzo, how could you say no to magic food? It’s like butterbeer from Harry Potter except I actually tried that in Orlando and it’s ok. But something where one bite was enough to make you feel full? How has our society not come up with something like this yet? We currently have the opposite product known as rice. Every time Sam and Frodo chow down on this stuff I want to call sharesies.

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