The idea of food is so common and ordinary that we don't think about it much.  You need it to survive as food is food, no more, no less.  In general, everybody loves it, everybody needs it.  But in particular, there are some foods you either love or hate.  Some foods scare you, confuse you, sicken you.  Some foods bring positive memories, others negative nightmares, some foods with crazy ingredients, some foods that bring us together, others that drive us apart.  Write a short story with some aspect of food - Recipes? Restaurant? Fast? Takeout? Delivery? Junk? Raw? Ethnic? Synthetic? Fight? Hunger? Grocery store? Celebration? Punishment? Broccoli cupcakes? Rainy with a chance of cheese-snail soup? Too much food? Not enough? - at the center of the characters' lives.  There once was a classic story where aliens landed and they had a wonderful book as a gift to us humans.  It was thoughtfully titled To Serve Man.  But turns out it was a cookbook!  Create your original story around some aspect of food that is central to the plot and conflict.

The story should revolve around an experience, setting, problem, challenge, tragedy, triumph, or any circumstance that will intrigue readers and bring characters to life.  Describe to readers what the characters look like, how they communicate, and how they act, feel and think.  Develop the main character(s) by including supporting characters.  Describe the place and time in which the story is set.  The prompt is not the title of your story but is meant to provide a creative focus.