Food and Drink in Literature

I'm about to post this comment on Peter Rozovsky's blog, but in the cause of efficiency have decided to place it here first.

Comments are impossible to find months later....

I think that one of the reasons I have difficulty with crime fiction as a genre is the persistent and excessive drinking.

I would be interested in your opinion on the role of Stoli vodka in Alan Glynn's "Graveland".
I'm thinking about a post on the subject of food and drink in literature and how much more enjoyable a book is when the food is good.