food_item_menus_controller.rb

class FoodItemMenusController < ApplicationController
  skip_before_filter :authorize
  
  def food_list
    @foods = FoodItem.all
    @food_list = @foods.group_by { |t| t.category }
  end
end

food_item_menusindex.html.haml

%h1 Listing food_item_menus

= @food_list.each do |category, food_items|
  %p
    = category
  %ul
    - food_items.each do |food|
      %li
        = food.name

# I'm simply trying to display all the records in the food_items table and group them by the field category (example: burgers, munchies, drinks)

modelsfood_item.rb

class FoodItem < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :menus, :through => :food_item_menus
  has_many :food_item_menus
end

NoMethodError in Food_item_menus#index

Showing /home/chad/sites/mavericksaloon/app/views/food_item_menus/index.html.haml where line #5 raised:

You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occurred while evaluating nil.each

Extracted source (around line #5):

2:
3: %h1 Listing food_item_menus
4:
5: = @food_list.each do |category, food_items|
6: %p
7: = category
8: %ul

Rails.root: /home/chad/sites/mavericksaloon
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

app/views/food_item_menus/index.html.haml:5:in `_app_views_food_item_menus_index_html_haml___604926228_99384720'

Request

Parameters: