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A Wonderful Life Kitchen
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Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life Remake Cooking Guide – Recipes, Cooking Levels & Storage

Cooking is critical in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. Players will need hearty snacks to keep energy up while maintaining the farm.

Cooking up tasty meals in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life isn’t as easy as it might look when first getting started. Despite having a kitchen in the house right from the start, players won’t know any recipes, and will be limited to just a few meal types to experiment with. Unfortunately, cooking is a needed mechanic, as players have a hunger meter they need to keep an eye on, and they’ll need to boost their energy to finish all the tasks around the farm.

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Below is everything A Wonderful Life farmers need to know about where to cook, how to level up meal types, find recipes, and make high quality snacks.

Related: Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life Remake Complete Guide – Animals, Farming, Romance & Chapter Walkthrough

Where to Cook in SoS: A Wonderful Life

A Wonderful Life Hidden Recipes
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To get cooking, players will need to interact with the kitchen in their personal home. Kitchens in other homes will not be useable for any personal cooking projects.

Additionally, when getting started, farmers can only experiment with Soups and Salads. The Hors d’oeuvres, Desserts, and Entrees will become available as the cooking skill is leveled up. Unfortunately, this skill bar is not visible anywhere. Because of this, it is best to cook large quantities of easy recipes like Egg Soup or Herb Soup.

How to Find Recipes in SoS: A Wonderful Life

A Wonderful Life Recipe in Inn
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While the recipe book starts out empty in A Wonderful Life, players have plenty of ways to full it up quickly. This includes finding, inventing, and being gifted recipes.

The easiest way to get started cooking is actually to explore the town of Forgotten Valley. Players will find recipe cards scattered around NPC houses, stuck to outdoor decorations, and even hidden inside potted plants. These recipes can range in difficulty however, and if you aren’t a high enough cooking level, they will appear as “???” in the recipe book.

Another reliable way to get recipes is by visiting the sprite tree by the spring daily. Eat the mushroom in the middle of the patch, and then speak with Ace. Each day, he will gift a random recipe to add to the collection.

A Wonderful Life players can also take a risk and randomly mix ingredients together to unlock recipes. However, I would have to advise against this due to how easy it is to mess up and make a burnt mess of ingredients, and how valuable each crop used will eventually be for creating Hybrids. Many of the recipes also require hybrid crops, making early-game cooking attempts risky business.

How to Get Lou’s Curry Spice in SoS: A Wonderful Life

There are many exciting recipes for players to cook up in A Wonderful Life, and some of them require ingredients that can’t be grown, picked, or bought from a store. To get Lou’s Spice, for example, players must be best friend’s with Lou and receive it as a gift.

Lou loves most types of fruit, making her an easy NPC to grow a friendship with. Because of this, players can usually obtain Lou’s Spice by the end of Year 1 or early in Year 2 if they work hard at befriending her.

Players will need Lou’s Spice for all curry recipes.

All Cooking Recipes in SoS: A Wonderful Life

For those wanting to quickly expand their cooking options in A Wonderful Life, here is a list of all the recipes that can be cooked. It is important to note that most recipes won’t let you use multiples of the same ingredients.

All Soups

ImageRecipeIngredientsSell Value
A Wonderful Life Herbal Soup RecipeHerbal Soupx1 Aromatic Herb20G
A Wonderful Life Milky Soup RecipeMilky Soupx1 Any Milk150G
A Wonderful Life Egg Soup RecipeEgg Soupx1 Any Egg80G
A Wonderful Life Tomatoma Soup RecipeTomatoma Soupx1 Tomato
x1 Carrot
240G
A Wonderful Life Earth SoupEarth Soupx2 Potato, Carrot, or Pocaro270G
A Wonderful Life Sweet Potato Soup RecipeSweet Potato Soupx1 Sweet Potato180G
A Wonderful Life Fish Stew RecipeFish Stewx1 Fish
x2 Turnip, Potato, Carrot, or Sweet Potato
165G
A Wonderful Life Darn Good SoupDarn Good Soupx1 Fish
x1 Turnip, Potato, Carrot, or Sweet Potato
x1 Pocaro, Pototo, or Swarrot
TBD
A Wonderful Life Borscht RecipeBorschtx1 Tomato
x1 Turnip, Potato, Carrot, Sweet Potato, Poturnip, Caroturn, Sweetoma, Pomato, Swarrot, Pototo, Pocarot, or Sweeturn
x1 Any Milk
330G
A Wonderful Life Stew RecipeStewx1 Any Milk
x2 Potato, Carrot, or Pocaro
465G
A Wonderful Life Heartwarming Soup RecipeHeartwarming Soupx1 Potato
x1 Any Herb
x1 Any Mushroom
255G

All Salads

ImageRecipeIngredientsSell Value
A Wonderful Life Quick Pickles RecipeQuick Picklesx1 Turnip75G
A Wonderful Life pickles RecipePicklesx1 Carromel445G
A Wonderful Life MarinadeMarinadex1 Fish
x1 Aromatic Herb
x1 Tomato or Turnip
110G
A Wonderful Life Mashed Potatoes RecipeMashed Potatoesx1 Any Milk
x1 Potato
330G
TBDCaprese Saladx1 Tomato
x1 Any Cheese
TBD
A Wonderful Life Tomacaro Salad RecipeTomacaro Saladx1 Tomato
X1 Carrot
240G
A Wonderful Life Tomamelo Salad RecipeTomamelo Saladx1 Tomato
x1 Melon
315G
A Wonderful Life Egg SaladEgg Saladx1 Egg
x2 Tomato, Greetoma, Berrytoma, Melotoma, Turnmato, Tocarro, Waturnip, Carromel, Turnberry, Carberry, Turmelon, or Camelo
TBD
A Wonderful Life Fruit Salad RecipeFruit Saladx2 Any Fruit
x1 Tomato, Greetoma, Berrytoma, Melotoma, Turnmato, Tocarro, Waturnip, Carromel, Turnberry, Carberry, Turmelon, or Camelo
230G
TBDScarlet Saladx3 Tomato, Turnmato, Tocarro, Turnberry, or CarberryTBD
TBDTurnberry Saladx1 Turnberry
x2 Tomato, Greetoma, Berrytoma, Melotoma, Turnmato, Tocarro, Waturnip, Carromel, Turnberry, Carberry, Turmelon, or Camelo
TBD
A Wonderful Life Potamelo Salad RecipePotamelo Saladx1 Potato
x2 Tomato, Greetoma, Berrytoma, Melotoma, Turnmato, Tocarro, Waturnip, Carromel, Turnberry, Carberry, Turmelon, or Camelo
1,050G
TBDPickled Veggiesx2 Caroturn, Sweeturn, Turnmato, Waturnip, Rare Crop #4TBD
A Wonderful Life Melon SaladMelon Saladx1 Melon
x2 Tomato, Greetoma, Berrytoma, Melotoma, Turnmato, Tocarro, Waturnip, Carromel, Turnberry, Carberry, Turmelon, or Camelo
670G
A Wonderful Life Cobb Salad RecipeCobb Saladx1 Any Eggs
x1 Any Fish
x1 Any Veggie
170G
A Wonderful Life Carpaccio RecipeCarpacciox1 Any Fish
x1 Aromatic Herb
35G
A Wonderful Life Rare Salad RecipeRare Saladx1 Rare Crop (We have #3)
x2 Tomato, Greetoma, Berrytoma, Melotoma, Turnmato, Tocarro, Waturnip, Carromel, Turnberry, Carberry, Turmelon, or Camelo
1,610G

All Hors d’oeuvres

ImageRecipeIngredientsSell Value
A Wonderful Life Stargazy Pie RecipeStargazy Piex1 Fish
x1 Any Eggs
x1 Potato
305G
A Wonderful Life Veggie TempuraVeggie Tempurax1 Sweet Potato
x2 Any Herb or Mushroom
220G
A Wonderful Life Shroom Stir-Fry RecipeShroom Stir-Fryx1 Tomato, Turnip, Potato, Carrot or and hybrid containing these crops
x1 Any Mushroom
x1 Any Butter
355G
TBDKakiage Tempurax1 Any Herb or Mushroom
x1 Rare Crop #4 (Eggplant)
x1 Any Fish
TBD
A Wonderful Life Sashimi RecipeSashimix1 Fish15G
A Wonderful Life Grape Pie RecipeGrape Piex1 Grapes
x1 Any Butter
x1 Any Eggs
390G
TBDBlue-Sky Piex1 Waterblue, Strawblueys, Meloblue, Peablu, Blorange, Grablues, Bluenanas, or Abblu
x1 Any Butter
x1 Any Eggs
TBD
A Wonderful Life Fluffy Pie RecipeFluffy Piex1 Rare Tree Crop #6 (Chestnut)
x1 Any Butter
x1 Any Egg
650G
A Wonderful Life Strawberry Pie RecipeStrawberry Piex1 Strawberries
x1 Any Egg
x1 Any Butter
390G
A Wonderful Life Melon PieMelon Piex1 Melon
x1 Any Butter
x1 Any Eggs
485G
A Wonderful Life Veggie Stir-Fry RecipeVeggie Stir-Fryx2 Any Veggie
x1 Any Butter
430G
A Wonderful Life Starchy Veggies RecipesStarchy Veggiesx1 Potato
x2 Turnip, Carrot, Poturnip, Caroturn, Pocaro
390G
A Wonderful Life Nutty Stir-FryNutty Stir-Fryx1 Tomato, Turnip, Potato, Carrot, Sweet Potato, or hybrid of these veggies
x1 Rare Crop #3
1,035G
A Wonderful Life Super Sashimi RecipeSuper Sashimix2 Any Fish25G

All Desserts

ImageRecipeIngredientsSell Value
A Wonderful Life Ice Cream RecipeIce Creamx1 Brown Milk
x1 Star Milk
600G
A Wonderful Life Papple JamPapple Jamx1 Papple205G
A Wonderful Life Banorange JamBanorange Jamx1 Banorange215G
A Wonderful Life Grorange PunchGrorange Punchx1 Grorange210G
A Wonderful Life Blue Jam RecipeBlue Jamx1 Waterblue, Strawblueys, Meloblue, Peablu, Blorange, Grablues, Bluenanas, or Abblu330G
A Wonderful Life Egg Tart RecipeEgg Tartx1 Any Egg
x1 Any Butter
395G
A Wonderful Life Melosweet Ice CreamMelosweet Ice Creamx1 Melosweet
x1 Brown Milk
x1 Star Milk
1,100G
A Wonderful Life Pound CakePound Cakex1 Any Butter
x1 Any Milk
x1 Any Eggs
575G
A Wonderful Life Carrot Cake RecipeCarrot Cakex1 Carrot, x1 Any Milk, x1 Any Egg440G
A Wonderful Life Veggie Cake RecipeVeggie Cakex1 Tomato, Greetoma, Berrytoma, Melotoma, Turnmato, Tocarro, Waturnip, Carromel, Turnberry, Carberry, Turmelon, or Camelo
x1 Any Milk
x1 Any Egg
335G
A Wonderful Life Strawberry Shortcake RecipeStrawberry Shortcakex1 Strawberries
x1 Any Milk
x1 Any Eggs
400G
TBDTurnberry Cakex1 Turnberry, x1 Any Milk,
x1 Any Eggs
TBD
A Wonderful Life Veggie Juice RecipeVeggie Juicex1 Tomato or Carrot
x1 Greetoma, Berrytoma, Melotoma, Turnmato, Tocarro, Waturnip, Carromel, Turnberry, Carberry, Turmelon, or Camelo
415G
A Wonderful Life Baked Sweet PotatoBaked Sweet Potatox1 Sweet Potato180G
A Wonderful Life Peach TartPeach Tartx1 Peach
x1 Any Butter
x1 Any Egg
450G
A Wonderful Life Lovely SmoothieLovely Smoothiex1 Watermelon
x1 Grapes
300G
A Wonderful Life Thick JuiceThick Juicex2 Strawberries, Peach, Banana
x1 Star Milk
510G
A Wonderful Life Sweet Potato TartsSweet Potato Tartsx1 Sweet Potato
x1 Any Eggs
x1 Any Milk
510G
TBDSmoothiex1 Melotoma
x1 Grapples
TBD
TBDSweet Smoothiex1 Orapple
x1 Grananas
TBD
A Wonderful Life Fruit Juice RecipeFruit Juicex2 AnyFruit
x1 Any Milk
375G
A Wonderful Life Sour SmoothieSour Smoothiex1 Grapes
x1 Rare Tree #9
600G
A Wonderful Life Tasty Juice RecipeTasty Juicex1 Tomato or Carrot
x1 Greetoma, Berrytoma, Melotoma, Turnmato, Tocarro, Waturnip, Carromel, Turnberry, Carberry, Turmelon, or Camelo
x1 Orange, Grapes, or Apple
480G
A Wonderful Life Fruit Punch RecipeFruit Punchx3 Any Fruit485G
A Wonderful Life Dancing DessertDancing Dessertx1 Rare Crop ( we used #14)
x1 any base fruit of tier 1 hybrid
x1 Rare Tree (we have #1, #3, #6, #8, #9)
1,680G

All Entrees

ImageRecipeIngredientsSell Value
A Wonderful Life SandwichSandwichx1 Aromatic Herb
x1 Any Egg
100G
TBDKabayaki Grilled Fishx1 Amur Catfish or UnagiTBD
A Wonderful Life OmeletOmeletx1 Any Egg
x1 Any Butter
330G
A Wonderful Life Meuniere Set RecipeMeuniere Setx1 Any Fish
x1 Any Butter
290G
A Wonderful Life SushiSushix1 Scad, Calamari, Red Sea Bream, Ahi, or Langouste25G
A Wonderful Life Blue CurryBlue Curryx1 Any Blue Crop
x1Lou’s Spice
330G
A Wonderful Life Mushroom GratinMushroom Gratinx2 Any Milk, Butter, or Cheese
x1 Any Mushroom
455G
A Wonderful Life Mushroom CurryMushroom Curryx1 Potato, Carrot, or Pocaro
x1 Any Mushroom
x1 Lou’s Spice
TBD
TBDGratinx1 Any Cheese
x1 Any Butter
x1 Any Milk
TBD
A Wondeful Life Herbal Hot PotHerbal Hot Potx1 Any Vegetable
x1 Any Fish
x1 Aromatic Herb
110G
A Wonderful Life Bibimbap Recipe Bibimbapx1 Any Egg
x1 Any Herb
x1 Turnip, Potato, Carrot, Sweet Potato, Poturnip, Caroturn, Sweetoma, Pomato, Swarrot, Pototo, Pocarot, or Sweeturn
175G
A Wonderful Life Udon RecipeUdonx1 Any Fish
x2 Any Root Veggie
150G
A Wonderful Life Veggie BiryaniVeggie Biryanix1 Tomato
x1 Turnip, Potato, Carrot, Sweet Potato, Poturnip, Caroturn, Sweetoma, Pomato, Swarrot, Pototo, Pocarot, or Sweeturn
x1 Lou’s Spice
145G
TBDCurryx2 Potato, Carrot, or Pocaro
x1 Lou’s Spice
TBD
TBDVeggie Pastax1 Tocarro or Tomato
x1 Rare Crop #4 (Eggplant)
TBD
A Wonderful Life Cheese FondueCheese Fonduex1 Any Cheese
x2 Any Fruit or Veggie
385G
A Wonderful Life Ink Black PastaInk-Black Pastax1 Calamari
x1 Tomato
165G

Once cooked, these Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life recipes will populate in the encyclopedia for those trying to find one of every item in the game. They can then be eaten for energy or sold for a decent profit. However, players wanting to make the most of hybrid crops early will want to be careful, as it’s easy to unstock a kitchen while cooking up tasty treats.

Farming enthusiasts looking for more tips and tricks can check out Gamepur’s complete guide for Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life.


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