Food is an important factor in all our lives, not just because we need it to function but because it is tied up with so many emotive subjects. Eating together is a social thing to do, it’s at the heart of family life and it can also be seen as a romantic thing to do with the right person. Any mention of food in fiction carries with it connotations of love, nurturing, sharing and pleasure. Because of all this it can be a very powerful factor in short story telling.