I also think food should be needed for short rests too, thus making it strategic to decide how much food to keep on you versus camp, but again ONLY if item management was easier and I was able to multi-select items and send or withdraw from camp easily. But that's a very minor suggestion regardless.
I have to disagree with you on this one my man. Short rests are meant to just be quickly taking a breather in-universe, making them reliant on food wouldn't really line up right. Part of the point is that you don't need to spend anything and you can take them basically any time you want. I feel like having to worry about spending resources could disrupt things in a way that isn't really beneficial.
