The wait is finally over! We're sure you're already camped out in your tent in front of the movie theater re-reading The Hunger Games obsessively and subsisting on beef jerky and iodinized Hudson River water (we admire your dedication, but consider your health), but in case you're not, we borrowed a few recipes from The…
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One of the very first mentions of food in The Hunger Games trilogy comes in the form of a gift from Prim. On Reaping Day, Prim presents her beloved big sister with a gift — goat cheese wrapped in basil leaves. Historically, goats represent sacrifice and giving, and when Prim gives Katniss this goat cheese…
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In The Hunger Games, Katniss describes groosling as appearing similar to a small wild turkey. Thus, while we have no such animal, we can cook turkey in a way similar to Rue and Katniss's after they form their alliance. This turkey, well smoked over a fire, won’t be quite as fatty as the groosling, but…
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The feast served during Katniss’s first night away from her family ends with a decadent chocolate cake. Amidst the depression of facing almost-certain death (not to mention Haymitch’s dispiriting drunkenness!), this sweet ending perhaps makes Katniss realize that things aren’t as bad as they may seem.
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