How about discontinuing "The Comestible Zone". (originally from Comestible Zone)
This is not a Foodie Forum, a Recipe Rap or a Kaffee Klatsch. The last entry was over a year ago. And if, for any reason, we do need to bring up some Culinary Conversation, "Off-Topic" is as good a place to put it as any.
I suggest that space be renamed and dedicated to some other field of human endeavor; perhaps the arts, humor, or culture, or even a forum for the more toxic political debates, thereby isolating them even further from the rest of the conversation. Perhaps eliminating the category altogether might release more system resources for productive use?