Comments from @Blick:
Simplify food. 5DR and Mushroom soup for exp food. Then +1 STR, DEX, INT food. 5DR max potential, remove all the 30 types of meat, legs, cookbook stuff. Put em for sale at the pot shop. Just a thought, maybe too late.
Comments from @Skia:
Should def do something food wise, cooking is dumbest time sink in game. Also the Spear of intense winter super low proc chance, so if thundergod anything like it, its very low