Food and Drink
For mentions of cuisines, foods, and drinks in the various species.
Some things here:
Pelted Foods
Jovian Foods
From one of the Alliance's earliest colonies, based on Ethiopian cuisine.[1]
- Flatbread (described as similar to injera)
- Meat and vegetable stew
- Hibiscus juice
- Deep-fried leeks and zucchini
- Whole-roasted cauliflower
- Shahi tukra (bread, toasted, soaked in a thick, sweet sauce, then toasted again, strewn with golden almond slivers, pistachios, and cashews)
Harat-Shariin Family-Style Dinner
Served either in a large room "with its patrons strewn across the floor of the enormous central room, lounging in one another’s laps and eating from communal bowls, or playing games, or cuddling." Private rooms also available. Most foods designed for feeding one another with one's fingers, eating from the same bowls and drinking from the same cups.[2]
- Sangria (with wine-soaked fruit hand-fed)
- Seafood
UAV Cometfencer
The UAV Cometfencer has a cook--sort of. The Cometchaser has a person who calls himself a cook who spends most of his time scouring the u-banks and newsstreams for new and interesting recipes.[3] These include the following:
- Cubed and marinated orangefin mackerel on a bed of purple rice, with a vinaigrette of sesame oil, rice vinegar, and rice wine, with crisp onions and near-avocadoes
- Burgers with onion rings and fries
- Axeman ale
Alcoholic Beverages
Eldritch Foods
- Gentleman's punch[7]