yes IT can be eat ;)
I was thinking of the king been aside too like the enemy and picking food from there (I've seen a comment and I join him/her that at first I was thinking the King was also a piece of food at the start, didn't realised he was in the center of the grid)
Aswell of "highlight" the foods that can be reachable could be a good idea too to facilitate the life of the player
I'm just throwing out the ideas I had when playing, I know its a lot of reworks ^^",
but I think it means it has a lot of potential ;)