What is fickle food?

Answer 1

This is a line from a poem, Fame is a Fickle Food. Suggested meaning is that one moment you are famous, next minute you are not. You can be easily passed by,

Fame is a fickle food

Upon a shifting plate

Whose table once a

Guest but no

A second time is set.

Whose crumbs the crows inspect

And with ironic caw

Flap past it

To the farmers corn -

Men eat of it any die.

Answer 2

"Fickle food" is a term used to describe food that carries the risk of easily spoiling or expiring quickly due to its delicate nature or short shelf life. It can also refer to food items that are trendy or subject to changing popularity.