History TrademarkFavoriteFood / Literature

** Rincewind and potatoes. This started as a RunningGag in ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', but has become a fundamental part of his character since. In ''Science of Discworld II'', when the [[TheFairFolk Elf]] [[TheVamp Queen]] tries to find his deepest desire (dismissing the "stupid tuber"), she comes up with "sour cream topped with chives". This stems from an extended time Rincewind spent marooned on a desert island. He was safe and had food, but the two things he lacked were female companionship and potatoes. Some wires got badly crossed in his head.

* In Creator/LarryNiven's ''Literature/KnownSpace'' novels, sweet potatoes should probably be this to every human over a certain age, as it's more or less stated that [[spoiler:tree of life evolved into yams, possibly indicating sweet potatoes - terminology differs]]. Strangely averted, however. [[spoiler:TheVirus is responsible for that effect as well]].

* In Creator/LarryNiven's ''Literature/KnownSpace'' novels, potatoes should probably be this to every human over a certain age, as it's more or less stated that [[spoiler:tree of life evolved into potatoes]]. Strangely averted, however. [[spoiler:TheVirus is responsible for that effect as well]].

* In Madame d'Aulnoy's FairyTale ''[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/benevolentfrog.html The Benevolent Frog]]'', the Lion Fairy enjoys [[BizarreTasteInFood fly pasties]]. She requests that the queen she is holding captive make her fly pasties, but she cannot find any flies. The queen gets help finding flies from another fairy who is disguised as a frog.

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** The lesser fae (wyldfae) are absolutely insane for pizza. In fact, by ''Small Favor'', they have formed a ''Za Lord's Guard'' for Harry because he's given them so much pizza, and refer to him as their "Lord of Pizza". And in the next book, ''Turn Coat'', he raises a ''militia'' of the little guys. With only the promise of a large pizza for every twoscore lesser wyldfae to flock to his "banner". This probably makes him the only mortal to [[spoiler:receive two titles to the fae, as he is now also the Winter Knight]].

** In one hell of a plot-relevant instance, Jeor Mormont's raven loves corn, and will frequently shout "CORN!?" when hungry. It proves to be incredibly important when [[spoiler:the raven flies back into Castle Black at the end of ''A Storm of Swords'' during the election of the next Lord Commander. It exclaims "SNOW!" to Jon Snow, seeming to endorse Jon as Mormont's successor, which Alliser Thorne and Janos Slynt sneer at, noting how Sam Tarly trained all of the ravens to exclaim "SNOW!" when Jon walked into the rookery, so they wave it off. It then exclaims "CORN!?" putting it beyond doubt.]]

* ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'': The Hexarchate GalacticSuperpower's military faction has a collective love of spiced cabbage pickles, so much so that logistics officers make a big deal out of maintaining an ample stock.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** The lesser fae (wyldfae) are absolutely insane for pizza. In fact, by ''Small Favor'', they have formed a ''Za Lord's Guard'' for Harry because he's given them so much pizza, and refer to him as their "Lord of Pizza". And in the next book, ''Turn Coat'', he raises a ''militia'' of the little guys. With only the promise of a large pizza for every twoscore lesser wyldfae to flock to his "banner". This probably makes him the only mortal to [[spoiler:receive two titles to the fae, as he is now also the Winter Knight]].
** Also, Harry loves his Coke. Sometimes it seems like he runs exclusively on it. He even has a cap with a silver-on-black Coca-Cola logo. He also ''really'' likes Burger King.
** Mac's steak sandwiches also count.
* In ''Literature/PsyChangeling'', after discovering it in the first book, Sascha decided that [[EverythingsBetterWithIndexes EVERYTHING is better with chocolate]].
* In Creator/LarryNiven's ''Literature/KnownSpace'' novels, potatoes should probably be this to every human over a certain age, as it's more or less stated that [[spoiler:tree of life evolved into potatoes]]. Strangely averted, however. [[spoiler:TheVirus is responsible for that effect as well]].

* In ''For Biddle's Sake'' from ''Literature/ThePrincessTales'', Parsley loves parsley everything.
* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''. Most groups seem to have one:
** Moles: Deeper N' Ever Turnip N' Tater N' Beetroot Pie!
** Otters: Shrimp and Hotroot Soup!
** Hedgehogs: Hodgepodge Pie!
** [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything Skilly and Duff!]]
** October Ale!
* [[KidDetective Nate]] of the ''Nate the Great'' book series is very fond of pancakes.
* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' and his "hunny" (well, he ''is'' a [[StockAnimalDiet bear]]). For that matter, most of the main character had a favorite food:
** Piglet: "Haycorns".
** Christopher Robin: Birthday cake.
** Eeyore: Thistles.
** Roo: Milk (or, really, anything except extract of malt).
** Tigger: Extract of Malt (Roo's strengthening medicine).
* The titular lion in Creator/ShelSilverstein's ''Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back'' is exceedingly fond of marshmallows.
* Literature/PaddingtonBear and marmalade.
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Hobbits love pretty much all food, but they "have a passion for mushrooms, surpassing even the greediest likings of Big People".
** Gollum's iconic food is nice fish, but he seems to like pretty much any kind of meat as long as it's raw. Goblins are another favorite of his.

** Dumbledore and sherbet lemons (or lemon drops, depending which edition you're reading) as well as candies in general, except for Every Flavor Beans.

* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:
** In Karen Traviss's books in the ''Star Wars'' EU, any and every character who has ever tried this one dense syrupy cake made by Mandalorians has it as their absolute favorite. They say something along the lines of "It's good, but it's not uj cake" approximately every time they eat any other food. It looks like Traviss uses uj cake as shorthand for how [[MarySuetopia incredibly awesome and superior]] Mandalorians are supposed to be.
** Same universe: the Literature/XWingSeries has Corellians and [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ryshcate ryshcate]], which is only for special occasions; traditionally it's shared to remind Corellians of their homeworld and to smooth out grievances. It's hard to get the right ingredients, which are expensive, so it only shows up a few times. While Corellians really like it (possibly because one of the ingredients is an entire bottle of whiskey) and so do the people they share it with, it isn't uj cake.
** In Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy, Luke Skywalker mentions that Lando introduced him to an exotic beverage called [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hot_chocolate hot chocolate]], which he enjoys. Later-written books and comics will, if they don't make up a new drink, also have him ordering or making hot chocolate, and he liked it enough to stash some of the pods needed to make it in his brother-in-law's freighter. His wife, family, and various friends also come to like it. [[RuleOfThree But it isn't uj cake]].
* In ''Literature/SuperMinion'', Tofu liked tofu burgers enough to choose "Tofu" as his pseudonym. It's something of a RunningGag that any time he hears a large amount of money he'll contextualize it in terms of how many burgers he could buy from his favorite restaurant.
* Creator/EnidBlyton's ''Literature/TheFamousFive'' get through a lot of ginger beer, [[BeamMeUpScotty though never lashings thereof]].
* ''Literature/NeroWolfe'': While their house diet is, of course, extremely [[FoodPorn varied]], Archie regularly eats out to get one item never available at home: a corned beef sandwich on rye.
** Wolfe himself has shad roe; he has it served it for almost every meal for the short time it's in season.
* Literature/HarrietTheSpy insists on taking a tomato sandwich for lunch every day, and having cake and milk when she gets home from school.
* In ''Literature/TreasureIsland,'' when Ben Gunn is finally rescued, he says the thing he has missed the most about civilization is cheese.
* Rhiow in Creator/DianeDuane's ''Literature/FelineWizards'' trilogy has a fondness for pastrami. She's also been known to gorge herself on cream ([[TalkingAnimal she's a cat]]), to the point of becoming overweight.
* Whether it's the bones, or served buffalo style, in ramen, or katsu, Malik ibn Ibrahim from ''Literature/WanderingDjinn'' always seems to be eating chicken.
* Literature/{{Dexter}} is a big fan of good food in general (he heaps praises upon [[SupremeChef Rita's]] cooking), but has a thing for cuban sandwiches.

* In ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'', the Summoner likes garlic, onions, leeks, and strong red wine.
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** Strong Belwas frequently demands liver and onions. He also loves locusts, which ends up getting him poisoned.
** Sansa loves lemon cake.
** Wyman Manderly loves lamprey pies, and is nicknamed "Lord Lamprey" because of that.
** Minor, but memorable: Kem, a lowborn, exiled sellsword in the Second Sons originally from Flea Bottom... really misses his natal [[MysteryMeat bowls of brown (aka "don't ask stew")]]. Mentioning that does a lot to rob Tyrion of his appetite for the day.
** Roose Bolton seems to invariably drink hippocras.
* ''Literature/StephaniePlum'' loves cake. Her mother bribes her with it sometimes.
* ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'': [[ElvisLives Bubba]] loves cat blood.
* Creator/BeverlyCleary's Ralph S. Mouse loves peanuts and by extension peanut butter. This is TruthInTelevision about mice.
* ''Franchise/{{Pumuckl}}'': The kobold protagonist of a German children's series craves chocolate (but who doesn't?)
* ''Literature/MaximumRide'' develops a near-obsession with chocolate chip cookies after having some home baked by Ella and her mom. To a point where she'll evaluate a cookie after eating it and is still trying to find some as good as the ones she had.
* In Madame d'Aulnoy's FairyTale ''[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/benevolentfrog.html The Benevolent Frog]]'', the Lion Fairy enjoys [[BizarreTasteInFood fly pasties]]. She requests that the queen she is holding captive make her fly pasties, but she cannot find any flies. The queen gets help finding flies from another fairy who is disguised as a frog.
* Literature/AdrianMole has a fondness for Mars Bars and Lucozade, at least as a teenager.
** Bert Baxter and pickled beetroot. In fact, Bert will ''only'' eat beetroot sandwiches, scrambled eggs, boil-in-the-bag curry, and butterscotch-flavor Angel Delight.
* Born to a family of bakers, Peeta in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' takes a strong professional interest in bread, which the fandom has [[UpToEleven amped up to]] CrackPairing levels, fed by the fact that Katniss' narration refers to him as "the boy with the bread" several times.

* Sam in ''Literature/ATaleOfTimeCity'' loves Forty-Two Century butter pies. Actually, they seem to be everyone's favorite food, but Sam will cheerfully hack into the banking system in order to steal enough credits for ''hundreds'' of butter pies, then gorge himself sick. It's implied that his father is also addicted.
* ''Literature/TheStand'': Harold loves chocolate Paydays. Larry and Nadine actually follow his trail of wrappers for a while as they head south from Maine.
* Creator/JaneAusten's ''Literature/{{Emma}}'': Mr Woodhouse and his elder daughter Isabella both love to have a bowl of gruel regularly, and both consider it indispensable food. Mr Woodhouse's stomach can't bear anything rich or heavy, and he supposes all people are like him, so he heartily recommends a nice basin of thin gruel to everybody. His daughter Emma knows better and offers their guests tastier, more appetizing dishes.
-->''"The gruel came and supplied a great deal to be said—much praise and many comments—undoubting decision of its wholesomeness for every constitution, and pretty severe Philippics upon the many houses where it was never met with tolerably;—but, unfortunately, among the failures which the daughter had to instance, the most recent, and therefore most prominent, was in her own cook at South End, a young woman hired for the time, who never had been able to understand what she meant by a basin of nice smooth gruel, thin, but not too thin. Often as she had wished for and ordered it, she had never been able to get any thing tolerable."''
* Pseudonymous Bosch, the LemonyNarrator of the ''Literature/SecretSeries'', loves dark chocolate and cheese ([[CordonBleughChef not together, mind you]]). During one point in the first book, where he threatens to stop writing the series, he says he could be tempted to continue with a wedge of delicious Brie, and then his thoughts drift to the delicious, expensive chocolate he's been saving for a special occasion and promised himself he wouldn't eat unless there was a ''really'' good reason to do so...
* The PinballProtagonist of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' craves chocolate more than any other food in the world, but, unlike most examples of this trope, rarely gets to enjoy it because his family is so poor. What little he gets--one Wonka Bar a year, as a birthday present--he treats as a MundaneLuxury. Making matters worse for him, he happens to live in the same town where Wonka's factory is located. Ultimately, at a particularly dire time for his family he happens upon some dropped money and, desperately hungry, uses part of it to buy two Wonka Bars. The second bar happens to have the last of the five Golden Tickets that grant the finder a chance to visit the factory...
* Chicago plastic surgeon [[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-05-22/news/0105220126_1_reconstructive-surgery-surgeon-joke Frank W. Pirruccello]] wrote a series of amateur detective novels (among them ''The Praying Mantis Murder'' and ''The Capgras Syndrome'') in which the dyspeptic middle-aged private eye was often found at the counter of his local diner nursing a cup of coffee that was about half milk.
* In Mary Russell's ''Literature/TheSparrow'', Father Sandoz is very fond of ''bacalaitos fritos'' (fried codfish). Sofia Mendes loves Turkish coffee.
* According to ''Literature/DannyTheChampionOfTheWorld'', pheasants are crazy about raisins. It was this discovery that made Danny's grandfather a legend among pheasant-poachers.
* In the ''{{Literature/Lensmen}}'' series, Kimball Kinnison especially likes big thick rare steaks, preferably fried in butter and smothered with mushrooms.
* Invoked by the Horse Stealer Hradani of ''Literature/TheWarGods''. They steal horses mainly to insult their [[FantasticRacism fantastically racist]] Sothoii neighbors and eat them because they have no better use for horses, being too large to ride.
* Literature/JamesBond's favorite food is eggs, mirroring the preferences of his creator, Creator/IanFleming, whose usual breakfast was scrambled eggs and whose usual starter when eating at Boodle's Club was oeufs en cocotte a la creme. In fact, scrambled eggs appear in every single James Bond novel, though not always eaten by Bond himself.
* Literature/ManiacMagee loves [[http://www.tastykake.com/products/krimpets Butterscotch Krimpets]] from Tastykake, a Hostess competitor in the Philadelphia area where [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Two Mills is fictionally located]].
* Protagonist Cassie of Paula Danziger's ''Literature/ThePistachioPrescription'' loves red Pistachio nuts, even though her mother says red fingers make her look like an axe murderer.
* ''Literature/TheCosmere'':
** Per WordOfGod, Hoid is very fond of instant noodles, and is thus very interested in [[Franchise/{{Mistborn}} Scadrial]] since they are the Shardworld closest to developing them.
--->'''Question:''' Is he doing anything to push that along?\\
'''Brandon Sanderson:''' He is not as involved in that as certain other forces are.\\
'''Question:''' There are forces involved in the development of instant noodles?\\
'''Brandon Sanderson:''' Yes, oh yes.
** ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'': In ''Literature/BandsOfMourning'', the Basin has started developing soft drinks. Wax almost spits it across the bar for being too sweet, and when he looks back ten seconds later he discovers that Steris has drank it all. Later, Marasi finds out that the Southerners have a sweetened hot chocolate drink, which she insists is going to quickly become more valuable than their miraculous {{Magitek}}.
* ''Literature/SimonVsTheHomoSapiensAgenda'' has Simon and Oreos.
* Clay from ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' is a BigEater dragon who is especially fond of cows.
* Each Clan in ''Literature/WarriorCats'' has their favorite prey. For example, [=RiverClan=] cats eat fish while [=ThunderClan=] cats prefer mice and voles. They tend to hate prey of other Clans and frequently reference them in insults.

* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' has a few:
** Percy enjoys any blue food because his mother always makes it for him, but Blue Cherry Pepsi makes a few appearances.
** Grover frequently nibbles on cheese enchiladas and tin cans with equal gusto.
** Tyson enjoys peanut butter, especially in sandwich form.
* And Rick's next demigod protagonist, MagnusChase loves falafel. He once mentioned it so often to Samira that she at first thought that he was being racist with her, when he really just loved it that much.

* In ''Literature/BreakfastAtTiffanys'', Holly's brother Fred adores two things: horses and peanut butter. Holly claims his love of peanut butter is why he is so much taller than the rest of his family.
* The protagonist of ''Literature/ADogsPurpose'' is fond of food in general but especially likes (dog) biscuits.
* Father Augustine in ''Literature/EverydaySaints'' simply loves nut ice cream. [[spoiler:It eventually becomes a clue to establish his real identity]].

* In Creator/CliffordSimak's Hugo Winner ''Literature/WayStation,'' the alien called Ulysses is nuts about coffee.
* Alcoholic {{Mook}} Krager in ''Literature/TheElenium'' has a trademark favorite wine, Acian Red.

* In ''Literature/RangersApprentice'', all of the Rangers have an addiction to coffee and manage to get a few of their non-Ranger friends hooked on the drink as well.
* Literature/KinseyMillhone in Sue Grafton's ''Alphabet Mysteries'' has a Quarter Pounder with cheese at least once every book-- if not, a peanut butter pickle sandwich is her alternative.

* The whole of ''Literature/ABadCaseOfStripes'' is about what results from Camilla Cream loving lima beans but being embarrassed to admit it because her friends all hate them.

** Same universe: the Literature/XWingSeries has Corellians and [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ryshcate ryshcate]], which is only for special occasions; traditionally it's shared to remind Corellians of their homeworld and to smooth out grievances. It's hard to get the right ingredients, which are expensive, so it only shows up a few times. While Corellians really like it and so do the people they share it with, it isn't uj cake.

** Rincewind and potatoes. This started as a RunningGag in ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'', but has become a fundamental part of his character since. In ''Science of Discworld II'', when the [[TheFairFolk Elf]] [[TheVamp Queen]] tries to find his deepest desire (dismissing the "stupid tuber"), she comes up with "sour cream topped with chives". This stems from an extended time Rincewind spent marooned on a desert island. He was safe and had food, but the two things he lacked were female companionship and potatoes. Some wires got badly crossed in his head.

** Senor Enrico Basilica (from ''Discworld/{{Maskerade}}'') is assumed by everyone to really love Brindisian pasta, and is given it at every opportunity. [[spoiler:Since he lies about being from Brindisi, this is not actually his native food and he's, at that point, sick to death of it]].
** On the other hand, Bengo Macarona, a Genuan transplant in ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', actually ''does'' like pasta, not to the point of bringing it up frequently but certainly requesting it during one of the wizards' [[TheLongList extended food-ordering sequences]]. He also keeps dried reheatable pasta in his room for emergencies.
** Susan's mother, Ysabelle, had a chocolate addiction so strong that Death considers it one of two character traits worth mentioning to her daughter. Susan herself seems to be developing one in ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime''.

** Vimes and bacon sandwiches. It's said in ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'' that his approach to a BLT is as much bacon and as little lettuce and tomato as he can get away with.

** ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'': In ''Literature/BandsOfMourning'', the Basin has started developing soft drinks. Wax almost spits it across the bar for being too sweet, and when he looks back ten seconds later he discovers that Steris has drank it all. Later, Marasi finds out that the Southerners have a sweetened hot chocolate drink, which she insists is going to quickly become more valuable than their miraculous MagiTech.

Literature/KinseyMillhone in Sue Grafton's ''Alphabet Mysteries'' has a Quarter Pounder with cheese at least once every book-- if not, a peanut butter pickle sandwich is her alternative.

** ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'': In ''Literature/BandsOfMourning'', the Basin has started developing soft drinks. Wax almost spits it across the bar for being too sweet, and when he looks back ten seconds later he discovers that Steris has drank it all. Later, Marasi finds out that the Southerners have a sweetened hot chocolate drink, which she insists is going to quickly become more valuable than their miraculous MagiTech.

** Also, Harry ''really'' likes Burger King.

** Tigger: Extract of Malt (Roo's strengthening medicine)

* Literature/HarrietTheSpy insists on taking a tomato sandwich for lunch every day, and having cake when she gets home from school.

* Shows up a few times (of ''[[TropeOverdosed course]]'') in ''Literature/HonorHarrington''. Vying for "most notable" are the [[AlienCatnip absolute adoration of celery]] that Nimitz shares with his entire (carnivorous!) species. Meanwhile, Honor's best friend, Michelle Henke, is later on shown to have a terrible fondness for doughnuts.
* In ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'', the Summoner likes garlic, onions, leeks.

* In Mary Russell's ''Literature/TheSparrow'', Father Sandoz is very fond of ''bacalaitos fritos'' (fried codfish).

* [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Karen Traviss's]] books in the ''Star Wars'' EU, any and every character who has ever tried this one dense syrupy cake made by Mandalorians has it as their absolute favorite. They say something along the lines of "It's good, but it's not uj cake" approximately every time they eat any other food. It looks like Traviss uses uj cake as shorthand for how [[MarySuetopia incredibly awesome and superior]] Mandalorians are supposed to be.

** Gollum's iconic food is nice fish, but he likes pretty much any kind of meat as long as it's raw. Goblins are another favorite of his.