Food is not the only recourse for a sad lover. One friend of mine soothes her broken heart by going shopping — buying new clothes and new shoes, maybe a piece of jewelry — to make herself feel better.
There he waited for the first hungry person who walked by. The servant had orders to bring that person into the house and feed him until he could eat no more.
" Speak, vermin! " she said again. " Or do you want my dwarf to find you a tongue with his whip? What is the meaning of all this gluttony, this waste, this self indulgence? Where did you get all these things? "
Because many of the initial reviews I read seemed to focus only on its " eat the rich" vibe and its themes about class and power dynamics, which are definitely there, but they're not all that's there.
This kind of regulation I'm sure you're familiar with. If you've ever had too much coffee or gone on a bit of a bender, you may have experienced the pleasure of having to pee every five minutes.