Cooking

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Cooking is one of the skills to be gained in The Sims, The Sims 2 and The Sims 3.

A higher Cooking skill reduces the chances of a Sim accidentally causing a fire while cooking. In The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, Sims will learn to make different meals as their Cooking skill increases, and the chance that they will burn a meal will go down. Some careers require Cooking skills, most notably the Culinary career.

To increase your Sim's Cooking skills, you may need to buy a bookcase and let your Sim read a Cooking book. In The Sims 2, preparing food, even cold food such as cereal or sandwiches, also increases the skill. Even so, it's still recommended to have a few skill points before attempting to cook on a stove, as one constant in the Sims games is that an unskilled cook using a stove is liable to start a fire.

In The Sims and The Sims 3, the Cooking skill determines how satisfying a meal is when a Sim has made it. The better your Sim's Cooking skill, the faster the Hunger bar will be filled. Cooking with fresh food improves the quality of the meal in The Sims 2 and The Sims 3.

Contents 1 The Sims: Makin' Magic 2 The Sims 2 2.1 Food by Cooking level 3 The Sims 3 3.1 Statistics 3.2 Challenges 3.3 Abilities 3.4 Recipes 3.5 Opportunities 4 Notes

[edit] The Sims: Makin' Magic

In The Sims: Makin' Magic, Cooking is vastly improved, with Sims able to collect ingredients and bake bread, pie, or cake. Several new appliances included in the expansion pack can increase a Sim's Cooking skill, such as the Old-Fashioned Butter Churn and the Wax 'n' Honey Maker.

In Makin' Magic, the Cooking skill also determines how many charges a magical Sim will get when making a spell.

[edit] The Sims 2

Cooking skill can be gained from the bookshelf, by preparing a meal, by using the Culinary career reward object, which is the chocolate maker, or by watching the cooking channel (Yummy Channel) on television.

While Cooking skill does not actually determine amount of satisfaction of the same food, a higher cooking skill means the Sim can cook other things, with a higher satisfaction, and less chance of fire or burning. In addition, high-level Sims will occasionally giggle and mock the program when watching the Yummy Channel on television.

[edit] Food by Cooking level

Level	Foods
	Snacks	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Desserts
0	Juice Chips Cookies	Instant Meal Cereal Toaster Pastry	Lunch Meat Sandwiches TV Dinner Instant Meal Hot Dogs	Instant Meal TV Dinner Mac and Cheese Hot Dogs	Gelatin
1	None	None	None	Spaghetti	None
2	None	None	Grilled Cheese[1]	None	None
3	None	Pancakes	Hamburgers Chef's Salad	Hamburgers Chef's Salad	None
4	None	Omeletes	Chili Con Carne	None	None
5	None	None	None	Pork Chop	None
6	None	None	None	Salmon Turkey (Group Meal only)	Layer Cake
7	None	None	None	Grilled Ribs	None
8	None	None	None	None	Baked Alaska
9	None	None	None	None	None
10	None	None	None	Lobster Thermidor	None

Open for Business allows Sims to Make any meal they have the skill to prepare at any time of day.

[edit] The Sims 3

Cooking returns as a skill in The Sims 3.

The skill is augmented by the Natural Cook trait. Perfectionist Sims take longer to cook for better result. Vegetarian Sims learn vegetarian versions of meat dishes.

[edit] Statistics

Favorite Meal, Meal Most Prepared, Highest Quality Meal, Recipes Prepared, Recipes Known

[edit] Challenges

Star Chef

Star Chefs have prepared at least 50 meals, so they clearly know their way around the kitchen. The dishes they prepare are more pleasing to those that eat them.

World-Class Chef

World-Class Chefs have prepared at least 75 dishes and are masters of the kitchen. World-Class chefs are known to prepare meals significantly faster.

Menu Maven

Menu Mavens have learned to prepare all recipes. Recipes are earned by improving the cooking skill and can be purchased at the bookstore. Menu Mavens prepare higher quality food.

Note: 28 recipes total, ca. 3.5% per recipe

[edit] Abilities

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Better meals give progressively better and longer lasting positive moodlets.

[edit] Recipes

Dishes that have a 'Recipe' source can be learned in a number of ways.

• Purchasing and reading recipes from the bookstore. See list of cooking books.
• 'Trade Cooking Secrets' social interaction. Target Sim must have cooking skill, active Sim must have unknown recipes.

• Watching 'Cookin' Cable' TV channel.

Img	Level	Recipe	Quality	Ingredients	Min. Cost	Time	Source	Note
	0	Mac and Cheese	Normal	Cheese	§8	Lunch, Dinner	No skill
	0	Autumn Salad	Normal	Lettuce	§5	Brunch, Lunch, Dinner	No skill	Cold cooking[2]
	0	Waffles	Normal	Egg	§11	Breakfast, Brunch	No skill
	0	Hot Dogs (Tofu Dogs)	Normal	Links	§8	Lunch, Dinner	No skill	Grilled[3]
	1	Ratatouille	Normal	Tomato	§5	Lunch, Dinner	Recipe
	1	Peanut Butter and Jelly	Normal	Any Fruit	§6	Brunch, Lunch	Skill level	Cold cooking[2]
	1	Pancakes	Normal	Any Fruit	§6	Breakfast, Brunch	Skill level
	2	Goopy Carbonara	Normal	Onion	§11	Lunch, Dinner	Skill level
	2	Grilled Cheese	Normal	Cheese	§8	Lunch	Skill level
	3	Fish and Chips	Nice	Any Fish	§5	Dinner	Recipe	Grilled[3]
	3	Cookies	Nice	Egg	§11	Dessert	Recipe
	4	Fruit Parfait	Nice	Apple, Grapes	§12	Breakfast, Brunch	Recipe	Cold cooking[2]
	4	Spaghetti (with Veggie Sauce)	Nice	Tomato	§5	Dinner	Skill level
	4	Sushi	Nice	Any Fish	§5	Dinner	Skill level	Cold cooking[2]
	5	Stu Surprise	Nice	Two Any Ingredients	§10	Dinner	Skill level
	5	Cheesesteak	Nice	Cheese, Steak	§38	Lunch, Dinner	Recipe	Grilled[3]
	6	Hamburger (Veggie Burger)	Very Nice	Onion, Patty	§35	Lunch, Dinner	Skill level	Grilled[3]
	6	Cobbler	Very Nice	Any Fruit, Egg	§17	Dessert	Recipe
	7	Key Lime Pie	Very Nice	Lime, Egg	§25	Dessert	Skill level
	7	Eggs Machiavellian	Very Nice	Watermelon, Egg	§25	Breakfast, Brunch	Recipe
	8	Grilled Salmon	Very Nice	Garlic, Potato, Salmon	§48	Dinner	Skill level	Grilled[3]
	8	Tri-Tip Steak	Very Nice	Potato, Any Vegetable, Steak	§46	Dinner	Recipe	Grilled[3]
	9	Stuffed Turkey	Great	Two Any Vegetables, Roast	§40	Dinner	Recipe	Serve only
	9	French Toast	Great	Two Apples, Egg	§23	Breakfast, Brunch	Skill level
	9	Dim Sum	Great	Three Any Fish	§15	Brunch, Lunch	Skill level
	10	Baked Angel Food Cake	Great	Flame Fruit, Two Eggs	§22 + ?	Dessert	Recipe	Grants Moodlet[4]
	10	Ambrosia	Perfect	Deathfish, Life Fruit	§?	Breakfast,Brunch,Lunch,Dinner	Recipe	Various effects[5]
	10	Lobster Thermidor	Great	Garlic, Lobster, Bell Pepper	§66	Dinner	Skill level

[edit] Opportunities

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Cooking Contest

Your Sim is invited to submit a dish to a cooking competition.

Prepare Meal

Prepare a 'perfect' meal for a neighbor. This is only accomplished when your Sim has made a meal with a quality of Perfect.

Fresh Cookies for Sale!

Bake two group servings of Cookies for a class.

One, Two, Tri-Tip Steaks

Prepare a group serving of Tri-Tip Steaks and give it to a Sim neighbor.

Hot Dogs, Please

Prepare hot dogs and give it to a Sim neighbor. Cash Reward

The Greatest Food Ever

Bring [Sim] a great group meal. Time limited. Cash Reward

Very Nice!

Prepare a very nice group meal.

Borrowing Ingredients

Bring ingredients to [Sim]. Improve skill and relationship.

Perfection from the Pan

Bring [Sim] a perfect group meal. Time limited. Cash Reward

Outstandingly Rare

Bring 10 Excellent Cheese to the Restaurant. Cash Reward

[edit] Notes

1. ↑ Sims with the Grilled Cheese aspiration or Secondary Aspiration can make Grilled Cheese at all times, with any Cooking skill.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Cold cooking: Cooked without using fire or oven. Fast cooking time.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Grilled: Cooked on oven or outdoor grill.
4. ↑ Eating Baked Angel Food Cake grants Warm Fuzzies Moodlet (+15 mood for 5 hours)
5. ↑ Eating Ambrosia grants Divine Meal Moodlet (+75 mood for 7 days), resets age, and revives ghost. Single serving only. See Ambrosia for more details.

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