Cooking Guide by Memimi

= Memimi’s Cooking Guide =

Hello-wello!
My name is Memimi and I love to craft! My first craft I worked on was Cooking and I am a HUGE fan of it. I love being able to make my own food and provide my friends and Linkshell members with food at a fair price. Everyone uses food at some time or another so this is a great craft to invest in, and compared to most crafts the gil investment isn't too large, especially if you are willing to farm, gather, or garden your ingredients. This guide is currently a work in progress. For now it will be a guide from 1-60. I may take it to 100 if I choose to take it higher at some point.

Crafts, Skills, and Hobbies
Cooking is generally a stand-alone craft. Very few recipes require sub-crafts, and those that do I would generally avoid for skilling up. Things I would suggest though are leveling your Fishing if possible, since you can make quite a few foods for cheaper if you catch your own fish, and buying some flowerpots and learning about Gardening. This site has great resources for both. Also, realize that your friends can be great resources. Let people know what you need for your crafting any many will be willing to spare things like crystals or lizard eggs after partying in a place where the item drops.

About This Guide
This guide will mostly focus on recipes that you can grind on and skill-up fast on. Expect to spend a lot of time at the cooking guild if you want to do this quickly. There will be times when I will list alternatives. They will be alternatives for different reasons. For instance, if there is something that will sell well but is not very grind-worthy, or something that is better to make and eat during leveling, like juice.

Levels 1-10
The early levels of every craft are interesting. You don't really make things worthwhile and it's pretty boring usually. At least with cooking you can eat almost anything you craft.

0-4 
 * Hard-Boiled Egg
 * Fire Crystal, Distilled Water, Lizard Egg

Buy the Distilled Water from an NPC for cheap. Get lizard eggs from the AH or farm them. These don't sell well on the AH and really aren't very useful leveling. They give +10 Max HP and +10 Max MP for 30 minutes. I would suggest NPCing them. They sell for about 19-20 gil.

Alternative: 0-2
 * Roasted Corn
 * Fire Crystal, Millioncorn

These are easy to make, but they don't stack, thus why they aren't great for grinding on. They give HP +6, DEX -1, and VIT +3 for 30 minutes. Make them while playing a tank job if you want.