5.12 HUNGER

You will find that you gradually grow hungry. Typing STATUS will show you how hungry you are. If you are well fed, you will gain a health bonus. As your hunger grows, this health bonus will gradually fade away until you begin to starve, as shown on the table below:

NOTE: These buffs only apply to those above the 80th Circle of Experience.

utterly satiated       - Gain a 1/9 health bonus.
reasonably full        - Gain a 1/7 health bonus.
not hungry             - Gain a 1/5 health bonus.
feeling a bit peckish  - Gain a 1/3 health bonus.
weak from hunger       - No bonus.
starving to death      - You start to take damage due to starvation.

HELP BUFFS describes the exact details of how health bonuses are applied, but in general the more well fed you are, the higher the maximum bonus to health you will receive.

In order to eat, you will need to find yourself some food - most commonly from a shop run by a cook. Generally speaking, the more expensive the food, the more sustenance value it has, though there is not an exact one-to-one correspondence. Once you have food you may EAT <item> to consume it. On the other hand, you might like to savour it properly, in which case you can SMELL <item> and TASTE <item> to appreciate the hard work your chef put in prior to eating.

For a more immersive experience, seek out restaurants. You can find them in cities, communes, and the aetherplex with DIRECTORY RESTAURANTS and PORTAL SEARCH RESTAURANTS. Restaurants serve food directly onto tables, counters, or another surface if such is provided and you are seated. You can eat directly from the surface upon which the food is served with EAT <food> ON <furniture>. 

Preferences
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Love some foods and drinks and wish to be reminded of that? Set up your likes and dislikes with the preferences system.  

Syntax:
  PREFERENCES FOOD                                  - list your food preferences
  PREFERENCES FOOD LIKE|DISLIKE ADD <term>          - add a search term
  PREFERENCES FOOD LIKE|DISLIKE REMOVE <#>          - remove by number
  PREFERENCES FOOD LIKE|DISLIKE EXPERIENCE <0-255>  - set highlight colour
  PREFERENCES DRINK                                 - list your drink preferences
  PREFERENCES DRINK LIKE|DISLIKE ADD <term>         - add a search term
  PREFERENCES DRINK LIKE|DISLIKE REMOVE <#>         - remove by number
  PREFERENCES DRINK LIKE|DISLIKE EXPERIENCE <0-255> - set highlight colour

If you set something up as both a like and a dislike, the like will win out. 

When setting up a term, you can input a single word or many words, but no more than 50 characters. You can also add asterisks around or just before or after the term to allow a more flexible filter. 

Examples:

eggs - will only match eggs as a commodity used in the recipe
*eggs* - will match mention of eggs in any part of the design
a bowl of eggs - will match the appearance of a design exactly
a bowl* - will match any bowl of anything