I play almost exclusively in third person (other than building, which is always first person).
On drink, just get a water purifier set up in your camp and you'll be fine for water. If you desperately need water, just collect some dirty water and boil it, the radiation is minimal. I have an industrial water purifier in my camp and I have to stop myself from collecting water as I end up weighed down with 30 bottles and unable to shift them (because they sell for a lot so quickly cap out vendor caps too).
On food, I always have more than enough just from finding it, but cooking up meat from enemies should give you plenty also.
Unfortunately you just missed the week long Fasnacht event, but all the other updates are available. On Fasnacht Day I almost got every crafting recipe but am missing 3, which is a bit upsetting. I took pictures/a video of my Fasnacht bar, just need to get them uploaded and I'll share them here.
It was very cool having my bar built right near the week long event, as it meant I was constantly getting visitors. They'd sit at the bar and I'd sell them drinks, which I enjoyed immensely B)
One guy even gifted me a load of CAMP plans because he liked it so much