You can start cooking after complete the first farmhouse upgrade. In order to cook you need the recipe, which can come from different sources, and the ingredients. The monetary value of the result is usually less than the ingredients, so cooking is not a good way to increase your profits. But cooking does increase the food value of the ingredients, and many prepared dishes give you buff useful for fishing, mining, etc. Many dishes make good gifts as well.

The Queen of Sauce edit

The main source of recipes is watching The Queen of Sauce on your television. This airs with a new episode every Sunday for the first 2 years, and then episodes are re-run after that. Randomly selected re-runs are shown on Wednesdays.

Living of the Land
Year Season Date Recipe
1 Spring 7 Stir Fry
1 Spring 14 Coleslaw
1 Spring 21 Radish Salad
1 Spring 28 Omelet
1 Summer 7 Baked Fish
1 Summer 14 Pancakes
1 Summer 21 Maki Roll
1 Summer 28 Bread
1 Fall 7 Tortilla
1 Fall 14 Trout Soup
1 Fall 21 Glazed Yams
1 Fall 28 Artichoke Dip
1 Winter 7 Plum Pudding
1 Winter 14 Chocolate Cake
1 Winter 21 Pumpkin Pie
1 Winter 28 Cranberry Candy
2 Spring 7 Pizza
2 Spring 14 Hashbrowns
2 Spring 21 Complete Breakfast
2 Spring 28 Lucky Lunch
2 Summer 7 Carp Surprise
2 Summer 14 Maple Bar
2 Summer 21 Pink Cake
2 Summer 28 Roasted Hazelnuts
2 Fall 7 Fruit Salad
2 Fall 14 Blackberry Cobbler
2 Fall 21 Crab Cakes
2 Fall 28 Fiddlehead Risotto
2 Winter 7 Poppyseed Muffings
2 Winter 14 Lobster Bisque
2 Winter 21 Bruschetta
2 Winter 28 Stir Fry (repeat)

Recipes from friendly villagers edit

Most of the villagers send you recipes after reaching certain levels of friendship with them. You receive the recipe in the mail overnight.

3 heart recipes edit

  • Caroline - Parsnip Soup
  • Clint - Algae Soup
  • Demetrius - Fried Mushroom
  • Emily - Salad
  • George - Fried Eel
  • Gus - Salmon Dinner
  • Jodi - Fried Calamari
  • Kent - Crispy Bass
  • Lewis - Spaghetti
  • Linus - Sashimi
  • Marnie - Pale Broth
  • Pam - Cheese Cauliflower
  • Pierre - Blueberry Tart
  • Shane - Pepper Poppers
  • Willy - Chowder

7 heart recipes edit

  • Caroline - Vegetable Stew
  • Clint - Bean Hotpot
  • Demetrius - Autumn's Bounty
  • Emily - Red Plate
  • Evelyn - Rice Pudding
  • George - Spicy Eel
  • Gus - Cranberry Sauce
  • Jodi - Ice Cream
  • Kent - Super Meal
  • Lewis - Eggplant Parmesan
  • Linus - Fish Taco
  • Marnie - Rhubarb Pie
  • Pam - Stuffing
  • Robin - Pumpkin Soup
  • Sandy - Tom Kha Soup
  • Willy - Fish Stew
  • Shane - Strange Bun

In addition, Willy sends you Escargot at 5 hearts and Lobster Bisque at 9 hearts. Evelyn gives you a recipe for Cookie in person in a cutscene that can take place after you reach 4 hearts.