Direct answer

Cooking happens on kitchen stations (a cooker early, a stove later). Each recipe has ingredients and sometimes flexible slots; some stations produce 1 portion until upgraded.

Workflow

  1. Harvest ingredients from your plants.
  2. Select the recipe at the station (cooker / stove).
  3. Slot in the required ingredients + flexible slots.
  4. Cook, then serve, sell or store the dish.
  5. Use meals for orders, quests and direct sale.

Known 1.0 issues

  • Stove upgrade β€” players report buying the upgrade and the stove still making 1 portion; progress details tracked in troubleshooting.
  • Recipe inventory β€” dish counts in the UI can differ from what can be cooked; current-version capture is in progress.
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Evidence note

Cooking workflow is official and observed. Economy numbers (prices, rewards) are verified per transaction type β€” see the money page.

OBSERVED

Launch-week community post: 'Bought the upgrade for 100 but stove still only makes 1 portion' β€” logged in the problem database.

Steam discussions
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The how-to-cook guide is merged into this page β€” same search intent, one URL.