Can someone explain the difference between eating and food? To me it looks like they are the same...

The page for the ingathering contest links to a brief meta.SE discussion that says views are counted conservatively but viewing your own entry does count. I posted a recent question and chose it for the contest; in the course of participating in that question I'm naturally going to view the page...

I've started an ongoing score chart for the Ingathering Contest. I won't necessarily update this every day. If anyone is interested in helping keep it updated, please let me know. This image will automatically stay up to date with the chart: