Food and drink items allow you to add buffs to your character to improve various attributes. These items can do a number of things from increasing recovery rates to improving offensive and defensive abilities. Some foods will also remove harmful or abnormal conditions from your character.
These items are acquired in a number of ways. You can purchase basic food and drink items from vendors in towns throughout Atreia. Some items are awarded at the completion of quests. Most of these consumable items can be created using the Cooking profession. Food and drink produced through the cooking profession will generally produce better effects.