Food and drink gets very quiet (5)
I believe the answer is:
apple
'food' is the definition.
(apple is a kind of food)
'drink gets very quiet' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'gets' indicates putting letters inside (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'very quiet' becomes 'pp' (musical abbreviation for pianissimo).
'ale' going around 'pp' is 'APPLE'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for apple that I've seen before include "Eg, Bramley, Braeburn" , "Pipped fruit" , "Cooker possibly" , "Eve's fruit" , "Orchard fruit" .)