Used to be one of those purists who thought food was just fuel and the book was the whole point. Then our group switched to a bring-your-own-snack model and suddenly people started skipping meetings or showing up ten minutes late with no apologies. Turns out the snack debate is the ritual that keeps everyone honest about showing up, and the crunching during a slow chapter is way less annoying than someone projecting their hot take about the author's childhood. Now I actually look forward to seeing who brings the weird stuff, and the book talk feels lighter and more real after we've passed the napkins around. Take this with a grain of salt, but maybe your group already found the real plot, it's just hidden in the dip.