Quote Originally Posted by Velisra View Post
You can look at your character sheet to see what your most desired stats are for your current class, and if you hover over them it will tell you what exactly each stat does for you. After you determine which stat you might like to increase, you can look here:

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Gu..._by_Urthdigger

to find appropriate food. Yes, this guide says it's out of date, however since you're still in the ARR content (as opposed to the xpac content) you should be able to get a good idea of what to look for there.
!!!!! Do not use my guide yet! It currently uses a lot of 1.0 information. My life's been busy, so I put that on hold... but I think I'll take this as an impetus to get on it. I'll post here again when I've updated it.