Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27660480-20190125005318/@comment-38095325-20190131233454

Magisterium reduces the cost of crafting items that can be traded such as ladders as well as the crystals used to create fireflies and cottonballs to 1 regent and 0 gold. It requires you to purchase the talisman or gain one as a reward for completing quests such as assembling desk guardians in order to have one to run.

As for food, most likely your friend with food in the name wants collections that can be traded in for energy boosters such as cake or belgium waffles.