She talks of the "dizzy, head spinning, teenage bit, [where] you tend not to eat very much at all". This shows how love can replace the role of food. At the beginning of a relationship, you nourish yourselves with the excitement, instead of meals.
But is it just the excitement that takes the place of food? Or does the person themselves become a kind of food as well?
In Margret Atwood's The Edible Woman, Marian feels she is being consumed by her fiance, Peter. The novel culminates in her baking him a replacement cake woman to feed on, and accusing him of "trying to assimilate" her.
Once looked for, this idea of consuming our 'nearest and dearest' can be found in abundance. Phrases, language and names used for loved ones often imply absorption.
"Honey"
"Pumpkin"
"Sweetiepie"
Grace,
ReplyDeleteI love this series and think its so interesting how she develops her memories of different emotions through food. Such as the breakfast she cooked her partner first time he stayed over and how that is always linked with her idea of romance.
It would be interesting if you were to develop this yourself. You could do your own interpretation of romance and food through your memories with Greg.
Yer, I remembered you suggesting it as I was looking at food and love, and I must admit, you have won me round a bit, she's not too bad.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I have done a few post on me and Greg's "early days" already, but plan to do more about the different food things we've done together.