Food would be better the way it is now, if resting wasn't so easy.
I vote leave food, change resting.
If resting were more difficult, some food items could then have additional other benefits perhaps... (Don't hurt me fellow adventurers, I'm just spitballing here!)
I don't mind the benefits food currently offers, it just feels unnecessary.
The resting definitely needs some changing. The Short Rest acts like a bedroll from D:OS 2. It feels like it's missing a UI to spend hit dice or not (and also Arcane Recovery), and there needs to be 2-3 Short rests before a long rest - not just one.
I'm not completely opposed to a little healing from food outside of battle, but in-battle it has to go. Completely.
