Everyone is making the assumption that we won't get higher iLvl equipment until the level cap raises. Why is that? We already have equipment FAR higher than the current level cap. I was already bemused to learn that folks could equip level 90 gear at level 50; it wouldn't shock me to see gear go all the way up to iLvl 200 before the first true level cap increase ever comes about - and we won't see new recipes until that true level cap increase happens. At this point, character levels are barely a formality, serving the sole purpose of allowing characters to have new job abilities and slightly higher stats.

I believe that either equipment appropriate to double-star food will be added well before the level cap increases, OR SE planned to and backed out for whatever reason. Either way, SE decided that it would be easier to have the food available from the start than it would be to try to shoehorn in the new recipes later once a need for them developed.