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Will there be food in heaven?

Yes.  Jesus ate food after the resurrection in the Upper Room when he stopped in and saw the disciples.

They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence.  Luke 24:42-43

Jesus also prepared food for the disciples after his resurrection by the Sea of Galilee.

Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead. When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?” John 21:13-15

If Jesus ate food while in his resurrected body and that is a model for our future resurrected body, then we too will and can consume food.

The Bible supports food consumption in eternity:

And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Luke 22:29-30

Then the angel said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’ “ And he added, “These are the true words of God.” Revelation 19:9

Food and heaven are associated in other ways. Manna is described as a heavenly bread. Fruit and water are found in descriptions of heaven in Revelation—the Tree of Life and the River of Life. Jesus turned water into wine at the wedding feast. If Adam and Eve ate, and our resurrected bodies will be models of the first perfectly created eternal bodies, then we will have food and drink in heaven.

And we won’t gain weight.