Yes, yes they do. Legolas’s people, in particular, traded the wines from the South quite often. However, due to an elf’s physical attributes, it takes a potent wine indeed to get an elf drunk. The movie’s extended scene got that correct. Dwarves are hardy and can take alcohol,
From the Lord of the Rings and other source there are only a few examples of elves eating (Joshua gave an excellent answer based on the Hobbit). These are the ones I could readily find. 1) In The Fellowship of the Ring Gildor’s travel provisions were (at least) bread, fruit, and a drink of some sort.
But after Christmas is over, they have a night to themselves. On the Twelfth night of Christmas, Elves like to drink wassail as well. They sing, dance, and drink, hoping for a good year ahead.
The Elves were kinda high by nature. They were made that way. They liked singing more than food. They didn’t need to sleep and they were telepathic. They could “rest their minds” through what I suppose was a kind of meditation, even while they were wide awake. In any case, they didn’t smoke anything. They did drink various wines.
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