Nice to eat you, anyways (it's a Gavin DeGraw reference)

    What first caught my eye in this chapter was the last line in the first paragraph, "Still, it is equally true that just as cigars may be just cigars, so sometimes they are not." This reminds me of the  the "Ceci n' est pas une pipe" artwork (a painted pipe with that phrase underneath the picture). I know about this piece of art because it is referenced in The Fault in our Stars. This is significant in this specific work because although there is a painting of a pipe, it is not an actual pipe, meaning while something might seem one way at first glance, there is more than likely a more in depth meaning.
    Props to Foster for using that as his intro paragraph because he then goes right into talking about how food in books/movies is rarely ever just food. He says, "Whenever people eat or drink together, it is communion" This statement is true not in just novels, but in life (as Foster says). Think about the times when a large group of people get together...Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthdays, and even funerals. These are situations in which people are making peace. How many times do you sit down to break bread with your enemy? For me personally, eating with someone is an action you only do (or like to do) with people that you are comfortable with. When I meet new people I am very self conscious of how/what I eat and I think that is why eating/drinking is an act to do with familiar faces.
    What I have found is that it is far more common to see a meal scene in a movie than it is to read one in a book. However, when an author does include a meal scene in a novel it is for a reason. No one eats just to eat (contrary to popular belief). Since I already talked about The Fault in our Stars once already, I will do it again. There is a specific meal scene between Hazel and Augustus that occurs in Amsterdam. It probably is true that John Green included this scene just to name some fancy Dutch foods, but there is also another reason. This is the very scene where Augustus professes his love for Hazel, but it is also the very scene in which the title of the book comes into play. (I hope you've read this book or at least seen the movie or else you're going to be very confused). That is exactly why a drinking scene was incorporated into this book. Because while they are drinking champagne Hazel mentions that she is tasting the stars. On a side note (relating to the Shakespeare chapter), this book's title is obviously inspired by Julius Caesar's "The fault my dear Brutus, is not in the stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
     So, what I learned from this chapter is that whenever you are reading/ watching a scene involving food, pay very close attention because something important is about to happen. I think eating together can be a metaphor for getting closer, but it can also mean leaning on each other...for example in case of death. What is always true, however, is that food is never eaten just for fun.