food, shelter, clothing, writing.

monday prompt deliciousness:
i've been thinking about food lately. well, let's be honest. i pretty much think about food period. but the connection we have to food, both as a source of life and nourishment, of comfort and sensual delights, of lessons like self-discipline ("eat your veggies") and sharing.
so many stories have used food as an essential element. the one that jumps into my head right off (of course) is laura esquivel's like water for chocolate. magical and romantic and passionate. ooh! and the movie "big night" --evocative of a particular time and place and italian immigrant culture; and the culinary creations in that film are heartbreaking in their artistry. my favorite scene? the very last, for its simplicity and truth, and how that symbolism comes through in the plain omelet cooked with a fork and served up with a hunk of fresh bread.

find a way to incorporate food into a story so that it feels integral to the telling--either in tone, in metaphor, or maybe even as a character itself. i dunno. play around with it.