I just wish the food did what it does in combat in D&D 5e. Nothing.
Healing from food is just another DOS gimmick, and the DOS gimmicks makes me not want to buy the game.
I think you're overreacting. This wouldn't stop me from buying the game (I mean I bought it already, sooo...), but I kind of agree.
I think food should be removed from the game entirely unless Larian implements a camping minigame. A good example of this is Expeditions: Viking. An okay example would be Final Fantasy XV. FFXV had a cute cooking minigame.