If there’s a Universal Truth, its that the enjoyment of food has absolutely nothing to do with how much it costs. The conflation of the two is not cooking, its marketing.
BKB
Pretty sure you just wanted to use the word, conflation.
If we all threw our problems in a pile, and you saw everyone else's problems-- you'd take yours back.
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body. But rather, to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...WOW, What a Ride!"