Lucy Gray is a highlight of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and it makes for a fascinating study of the Games' evolution — but ultimately, it's the weaker of the two Hunger Games prequels.

The food shop in Mallorca isn’t the only example of deep-fried songbirds across Rome. As Arkeonews notes, additional finds in Pompeii and Britain indicates a widespread culture of ancient Roman ...