Last month, the The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Some of it hit the mark, looking amazing, like the roast pig that steals attention away from Katniss. (Who ordered this pig? Ahh?! Who ordered this pig!)
Seriously amazing! I mean, the pig even has fake lashes on! And look at those fruit and veggie garnishes! Beautiful!
You can’t really tell what they’re eating here, but the white roses are most certainly creepy. Katniss looks like she’s eating some kind of custard with fresh fruits, maybe? It’s hard to tell since the image is a bit small. I sure hope we get to see Peeta eating hot chocolate for the first time on the train though!
I was a bit weirded out by some of the other dishes they featured since when reading the books, I always thought that the food was decadent and delicious, but also normal. I never got the impression that the food was as freakish as the citizens. Some of these dishes don’t really make up much of a meal and Katniss never talks about the food being freaky.
This looks like melted Jell-O with blueberries and those balls from bubble tea dropped in with a funky shaped meringue with tentacles. Then on the side you have what looks like dried out rambutan shells stuffed with more of the meringue and topped with dyed quail eggs. This is like something you’d see on Worst Cooks in America. =\
This looks like dark blue cherries (never heard of those!!), a strawberry mochi bitten in half, blue dyed crab salad in the middle, two slices of beets, two raw bittermelon ends (???), and some really unattractive looking… dumplings? I can’t imagine how this fits together to make a meal or an appetizer. Where’s the roast beef, salads, stews, fancy soups, and delicious breakfast buffet Katniss describes?! I hope they just left it out of the companion! Those are some really cool forks though!
I’ll be finding that out for sure real soon, as I’m writing this post from “the Capitol” of our current nation. I am, of course, referring to Hollywood. I’m in town to attend the red carpet premiere of The Hunger Games and I am understandably too excited to think straight. I’ve got some plans for posts when I get back, as I’ve got to document what I’ve been doing during my nights in the hotel room. Should be fun!
Our Hunger Games recipes are the real thing. using real katniss and other wild plant ingredients from the book.
You are at the premier!? That is very cool, cannot wait to hear all about it!
Lucky you, at the premiere!! Wow, a lot of that food is totally freakish looking. Reminds me a lot of “future food” predictions, which I guess is fitting. I bet you’re having a blast out there, have a great time!!
Please please PLEASE do a party post before wednesday!! Thats when im having my party and i would really love to feature some ofyour recipes! Please do a party post next time you post!
I feel, given that it is a movie, that the visual aspect of the food was paramount above its supposed lusciousness. I mean, look at Ferran Adria and Rene Redzepi’s cooking. It literally looks like something straight out of the Capitol. I think Gary Ross had this idea that the food had to mutate together with its citizens, and visually, I think he got it right.
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Love your blog!
We have something in common, my blog also features food in film or foodie films. It’s called Tinsel & Tine (tinseltown using the tines of a fork).
I’m looking forward to following Fictional Food!
In that one picture after the pig, the one where you said it might be custard, I think it’s actually the lamb stew. It’s described as being roughly that color and having fresh fruit on top.
I’m sorry, but the lamb stew was never described in color that I know of and it had dried plums cooked into it, not fruit on top. I’m pretty sure that’s a custard with fruit!
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