Losing /blog from permalinks

Have you checked .htaccess and/or wp-config.php?

wp-config.php has

define( 'DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'exploringfoodandwine.com' );
define( 'PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/' );

.htaccess has

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

I assume its a WP setting somewhere, because when I reset permalinks, the setting returns.

You can see where I can alter the setting here: https://img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images/orig/10/28612021061-orig.jpg – but is there a way to make that /blog editable within site admin instead?

is there a way to make that /blog editable within site admin instead?

No.

If you edit it out, the only way to do so will still force it back if you ever resave permalinks again.

I have the same problem. Is there any way to get rid of “blog/”, or even to change it in something else? “news/” would be perfectly fine, for example.

No.

If you use subFOLDER Multisite, currently you’re stuck with it.