Didn't see a thread but it seems that some food effects are showing up on the character screen now. When eating meat dishes your attack value will go up and seafood dishes will raise accuracy. The 'taste' of the food now goes by your level instead of your stats so Jerked Beef is good for Level 10s while Meat Miq'abobs will be better for L30+.

I tried eating food for crafter/gather buffs but I didn't see any changes reflected on the character screen like the attack and accuracy buffs.