How to expense restaurant visits when I'm a food writer; the 2022 California gas tax credit

- I'm a food writer...what category do I use to expense my food purchases? 

- Why didn't I get the $350 California gas tax credit (like all of my peers did) when I've paid California state taxes for the past seven years? I tried several times to get through to the California Tax Franchise Board throughout the last year- I even mailed them my state tax form- and it was impossible to get an answer. I thought that turbotax verified or helped with these kinds of issues?