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Not to be confused with Cooking.

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 results. Vegetarian Sims learn vegetarian versions of meat dishes. Eco-Friendly Sims serve organic dishes. The cooking skill is also an excellent skill for making legendary parties because high quality food makes guests happy.

When a Sim is cooking a recipe with a random ingredient, such as pancakes, he/she uses the first ingredient available in his/her inventory. If there's no eligible ingredient, he/she uses the first ingredient in the fridge.

Contents 1 Statistics 2 Challenges 3 Abilities 4 Recipes 5 Opportunities 6 Notes 7 References

Statistics Edit

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

Challenges Edit

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.

Abilities Edit

Better meals give progressively better and longer lasting positive moodlets. The moodlets vary depending on the quality of the meal. The higher the quality,the better the moodlet. Certain foods have special abitlites such as ambrosia resetting a Sim's life stage or a lesser effect such as "warm fuzzies" from angel food cake. Having flame fruit in inventory also gives a Sim the "Cozy Fire" moodlet.

Once a Sim reaches level 10 of cooking skill, he or she can cook lobster thermidor, which can possibly give a Sim the "Divine Meal" moodlet if cooked with perfect ingredients and if it is the Sim's favorite food. To be able to cook all meals perfectly, the Sim should accomplish the "Menu Maven" challenge, get an upgraded stove or MinusOne Kelvin Fridge, and/or achieve "Star Chef" status.

It is possible to cook food perfectly without having the aforementioned traits, simply by repeatedly cooking the same meal. Though it is tedious, the more a dish is cooked, the better the base will become. It can eventually be raised to perfect, without the need for expensive cooking appliances.

Recipes Edit

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. Recipes for foods available with World Adventures can be purchased from the bookstores in Al Simhara, Champs Les Sims and Shang Simla. In The Sims 3: Pets once you have reached level 1 the player can make five different kinds of gourmemade pet food and in Showtime players can buy the recipe for fried peanut butter and bana sandwhiches. With Showtime, most meals come with a vegetarian alternatives.
• Using the 'Trade Cooking Secrets' social interaction. Target Sim must have cooking skill, active Sim must have unknown recipes.
• Watching 'Cookin' Cable' TV channel.

Even WA recipes can be learned by sharing cooking secrets and watching the cooking channel.

Mealtime[1]	Monday-Friday	Weekend
Breakfast	01:00 - 11:00 1:00 AM - 11:00 AM	01:00 - 09:00 1:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Brunch	Not available	09:00 - 15:00 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Lunch	11:00 - 17:00 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM	15:00 - 17:00 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Dinner	17:00 - 01:00 5:00 PM - 1:00 AM	17:00 - 01:00 5:00 PM - 1:00 AM

Img	Level	Recipe	Quality	Ingredients	Min. Cost	Time	Source	Note
	0	Hot Dogs	Normal	Links	§8	Lunch, Dinner	No skill	Grilled[2]
	0	Tofu Dogs	Normal	Tofu	§11	Lunch, Dinner	No skill	Grilled[2]
	0	Mac and Cheese	Normal	Cheese	§8	Lunch, Dinner	No skill
	0	Autumn Salad	Normal	Lettuce	§5	Brunch, Lunch, Dinner	No skill	Cold cooking[3]
	0	Waffles	Normal	Egg	§11	Breakfast, Brunch	No skill
	1	Ratatouille	Normal	Tomato	§5	Lunch, Dinner	Recipe
	1	Peanut Butter and Jelly	Normal	Any Fruit	§6	Brunch, Lunch	Skill level	Cold cooking[3]
	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 (Vegetarian Fish and Chips)	Nice	Any Fish	§5	Dinner	Recipe	Grilled[2]
	3	Cookies	Nice	Egg	§11	Dessert	Recipe
	4	Fruit Parfait	Nice	Apple, Grapes	§12	Breakfast, Brunch	Recipe	Cold cooking[3]
	4	Spaghetti (with Veggie Sauce)	Nice	Tomato	§5	Dinner	Skill level
	4	Sushi (Veggi Rolls)	Nice	Any Fish	§5	Dinner	Skill level	Cold cooking[3]
	5	Stu Surprise	Nice	Two Any Ingredients	§10	Dinner	Skill level
	5	Cheesesteak	Nice	Cheese, Steak	§38	Lunch, Dinner	Recipe	Grilled[2]
	6	Hamburger (Veggie Burger)	Very Nice	Onion, Patty	§35	Lunch, Dinner	Skill level	Grilled[2]
	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[2]
	8	Tri-Tip Steak	Very Nice	Potato, Any Vegetable, Steak	§46	Dinner	Recipe	Grilled[2]
	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 + ? (§18)= §40	Dessert	Recipe	Grants Moodlet[4]
	10	Ambrosia	Perfect	Deathfish, Life Fruit	§? (§ 225)	Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner	Recipe	Various effects[5]
	10	Lobster Thermidor	Great	Garlic, Lobster, Bell Pepper	§66	Dinner	Skill level
	1	Cheese Plate[TS3:WA]	Normal	Cheese, Grape	§6	Dessert	Recipe	Recipe can be bought in Champs Les Sims
	3	Bouillabaisse[TS3:WA]	Nice	Any Fish, Any Vegetable	§5	Dinner	Recipe	Recipe can be bought in Champs Les Sims
	3	Frogs Legs[TS3:WA]	Nice	Frog, Garlic	§23	Dinner	Recipe	Recipe can be bought in Champs Les Sims
	8	Crepes[TS3:WA]	Great	Any Two Fruits	§?	Breakfast, Brunch	Recipe	Recipe can be bought in Champs Les Sims
	1	Shawarma[TS3:WA]	Normal	Steak	§30	Lunch, Dinner	Recipe	Recipe can be bought in Al Simhara
	5	Falafel[TS3:WA]	Nice	Lettuce, Onion	§15	Lunch, Dinner	Recipe	Recipe can be bought in Al Simhara
	2	Egg Rolls[TS3:WA]	Nice	Egg, Lettuce	§5	Lunch, Dinner	Recipe	Recipe can be bought in Shang Simla
	6	Stir-Fry[TS3:WA]	Very Nice	Bell Pepper, Garlic	§41	Dinner	Recipe	Recipe can be bought in Shang Simla

If the household has a toy oven, a child can bake pastries. Without the Ambitions expansion pack, the child can make muffins (level 1), cake (level 2) and pie (level 3). With the Ambitions expansion pack, the child can make blueberry muffins, vanilla muffins, chocolate cookies, sugar cookies, chocolate brownies, caramel brownies, vanilla cupcakes and pie.

Opportunities Edit

Cooking Contest

Prepare and submit a meal to the restaurant. Better food means better chances to win first prize. Limited Time. Cash Reward.

Prepare Meal

Prepare a 'perfect' meal for a neighbor. This is only accomplished when the Sim has made a meal with Perfect Quality.

Fresh Cookies for Sale!

Bake two group servings of Cookies for a class.::Prepare hot dogs and give it to a Sim neighbor. Cash Reward::Prepare a very nice group meal. Time limited. Cash Reward

Prepare a group serving of Tri-Tip Steaks and give it to a Sim neighbor.::Bring [Sim] a great group meal. Time limited. Cash Reward

Prepare hot dogs and give it to a Sim neighbor. Cash Reward::Prepare a very nice group meal. Time limited. Cash Reward

Very Nice!

Bake two group servings of Cookies for a class.::Prepare hot dogs and give it to a Sim neighbor. Cash Reward::Prepare a very nice group meal. Time limited. Cash Reward

NotesEdit

• If the World Adventuress, Pets, and Showtime expansion packs are installed, the Menu Maven challenge will automatically be completed when the Sim has mastered the cooking skill. This happens because the total number of recipes obtained from each skill point is already more than 28.

References Edit

1. ↑ [http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/skills/cooking/recipe-list.php
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Grilled: Cooked on oven or outdoor grill.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Cold cooking: Cooked without using fire or oven. Fast cooking time.
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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