food. Hebrew "bread", put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of food.
Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 14:24
1 Samuel 14:24
24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.