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''“When we no longer have good cooking in the world, we will have no literature, nor high and sharp intelligence, nor friendly gatherings, no social harmony.”''


Cooking is the skill of turning raw ingredients into meals that keep people alive, healthy, and in good spirits. A skilled cook can make the difference between surviving and thriving, providing nourishment, variety, and morale to a community.
<div style="text-align:right;">– Marie-Antoine Carême, <i>Le Cuisinier parisien</i> (1828)</div>
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You will need a set of [[Cooking Tools]] and ingredients to begin. As you improve your skill, you will be able to prepare more complex recipes, increase the nutritional value of your meals, and make better use of scarce resources.
 
<font color="#DAA520"><b>Cooking</b></font> processes raw materials into something edible. As you improve your skill, you will be able to prepare more complex recipes, increase the [[Hunger, Thirst & Nutrition|nutritional values]] of your meals, and make better use of scarce resources.
 
At higher levels, and with the right facilities, cooks can further refine ingredients into their own unique dishes, gaining much greater control over these values within our <font color="#DAA520">Gastronomy System</font>.
 
=Getting Started=
 
You will need a set of [[Cooking Tools]], ingredients, and often a source of heat, to begin your culinary journey.  


Starting at <font color="#DAA520"><b>25% Skill</b></font>, you gain more detailed information when examining ingredients and prepared dishes. Hovering over an item will reveal more about its nutritional value, effects, and potential uses.
Starting at <font color="#DAA520"><b>25% Skill</b></font>, you gain more detailed information when examining ingredients and prepared dishes. Hovering over an item will reveal more about its nutritional value, effects, and potential uses.
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=Gastronomy=
=Gastronomy=


At 50% skill, you unlock <font color="#DAA520"><b>Gastronomy</b></font>, the advanced art of creating custom cuisines. Gastronomy lets you combine ingredients into your own unique dishes.
At 50% skill (and upon [[Construction Sites|construction]] of the right facilities0, you unlock <font color="#DAA520">Gastronomy</font>, the advanced art of creating custom cuisines. Gastronomy lets you combine ingredients into your own unique dishes.


*<font color="#DAA520"><b>50% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 2 ingredients.
*<font color="#DAA520"><b>50% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 2 ingredients.


*<font color="#DAA520"><b>75% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 4 ingredients.
*<font color="#DAA520"><b>75% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 3 ingredients.


*<font color="#DAA520"><b>100% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 5 ingredients.
*<font color="#DAA520"><b>100% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 5 ingredients.

Latest revision as of 13:46, 10 August 2026

“When we no longer have good cooking in the world, we will have no literature, nor high and sharp intelligence, nor friendly gatherings, no social harmony.”

– Marie-Antoine Carême, Le Cuisinier parisien (1828)


Cooking processes raw materials into something edible. As you improve your skill, you will be able to prepare more complex recipes, increase the nutritional values of your meals, and make better use of scarce resources.

At higher levels, and with the right facilities, cooks can further refine ingredients into their own unique dishes, gaining much greater control over these values within our Gastronomy System.

Getting Started

You will need a set of Cooking Tools, ingredients, and often a source of heat, to begin your culinary journey.

Starting at 25% Skill, you gain more detailed information when examining ingredients and prepared dishes. Hovering over an item will reveal more about its nutritional value, effects, and potential uses.

Gastronomy

At 50% skill (and upon construction of the right facilities0, you unlock Gastronomy, the advanced art of creating custom cuisines. Gastronomy lets you combine ingredients into your own unique dishes.

  • 50% Skill: Combine up to 2 ingredients.
  • 75% Skill: Combine up to 3 ingredients.
  • 100% Skill: Combine up to 5 ingredients.



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