Stardew Valley/Cooking

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 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 Muffins 2 Winter 14 Lobster Bisque 2 Winter 21 Bruschetta 2 Winter 28 Stir Fry (repeat) Recipes from friendly villagers 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 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 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.