Published at 7:00 AM on February 22, 2009

By Rachael Maddux

Seventeen Songs By Which To Snack

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Food and music are the two great loves of most people I know. Strangely, though, there seem to be very few songs written about food, perhaps because people are too busy eating it-- or, if you're Tina Fey, working it into the plotlines of your amazing and wonderful and hilarious television show-- to sing about it. Hmm. Doesn't seem fair. While you're pondering this, take a bite out of these 17 songs I've cobbled (mmm, cobbler!) together, all with titles referencing food or related to the consumption thereof, most of which aren't actually about food or the consumption thereof, but that will probably make you at least a little bit hungry. Snack time!

  1. "Big Kid Table" - Thao Nguyen
  2. "Forks & Knives (La Fete)" - Beirut
  3. "She Don't Use Jelly" - Ben Folds Five (Flaming Lips cover)
  4. "Apples" - My Brightest Diamond
  5. "Bowl of Oranges" - Bright Eyes
  6. "Peaches & Cream" - Beck
  7. "Butterfingers" - Gentleman Jesse & His Men
  8. "Chips Ahoy!" - The Hold Steady
  9. "Cupcake" - Nellie McKay
  10. "Red Vines" - Aimee Mann
  11. "Candy Dots" - Hope For Agoldensummer
  12. "These Burgers" - The Moldy Peaches
  13. "Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk" - Rufus Wainwright
  14. "Spider Cider" - Man Man
  15. "One More Cup of Coffee" - Bob Dylan
  16. "No Wedding Cake" - Fol Chen
  17. "The Dishwasher" - Ezra Furman & the Harpoons

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