pre patch 1.18 food was a common reward for low level quest, they just weren't worth it. I think they're trying to add more venues for people to find food, if you check rankings sites, the average server has only a handful (less than 10 on some) of rank 50 culinarians. I bet they checked those too, or they have even cooler data.

OOOOOOOOOOOO now that mp cost is high, and running out of mp can be a problem can we have refresh food like in xi? i want roasted mushrooms, and wtf at acorn cookies, you know what i expected to them to be and you know what they aren't SE :/