Food should give a temporary perk. Not anything spectacular...just something that makes it a little less useless. Kind of like sleeping. Just sayin'...

Cooked meals do. Vegetable soup grants a 10 minute boost to HP/stamina regen, and an indefinate amount of power attacks.

Sweet baby jesus...

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Cooking

Technically by the time you lug it to the nearest bandit lair it's gone cold...

Am I the only that finds it a bit odd to stop in the middle of a fight for a spot of lunch ?.

sure it should have. Like if for example you have a venison and ate it you regenerate, I agrred with you

The difference between "useless" and "overpowered" in a game like this is razor sharp. I like what they've done with it. Mild effects, for people looking for some effect... nothing that you would need if you choose to ignore it. The stamina problem is pretty much a glitch. You only need 1 stamina to carry out a power attack which would normally drain 50 (or more). So any amount of stamina regen will cause you to be able to spam power attacks. Probably not intended.

Elsweyr Fondue has Regenerate Magicka, 25 pts for 720 secs and Fortify Magicka, 100 pts for 720 secs?
Holy [censored]. I didn't realise cooked meals gave you such awesome bonuses

My recipes never surpass salt pile + venison, lol.

Time to get cooking.

We need hardcoe mode.

OP needs to take up cooking. Or get a spouse who can.

These. Foods-great. cook your stuff, enjoy. Its "perk" is regeneration, and it is already temporary.

By the gods! Me thinks Mohkia may develop a moon suger addiction! The fondue sounds delicious!

My mage loves the fondue.