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As of Cooking revamp
From Talk:Hot Springs
I don't know when it was last tested, but I assume the change occured during the cooking revamp that made higher quality dishes harder to make. It seems that 3 star foods now stay in their normal category. Ie. Baked Potatoes (Liked Food) 3 star still give liked food rewards. More testing should probably be done, but this seems to be the case.
tl:dr - I think the Monkeys are more lenient with the quality of food now.