| When I first started playing World of Warcraft as | | | | you’ll receive a buff of plus 4 stamina and |
| a Mage in my early levels, I ignored the profession | | | | spirit. The sausage, on the other hand, requires |
| of cooking, thinking it to be a boring and menial | | | | you to have a cooking skill of 200 and restores |
| task for an aspiring heroic type, like myself. | | | | 1392 health over 30 seconds in addition to a buff |
| Instead, I focused all my energies - and Mana - on | | | | of plus 12 stamina and spirit lasting 15 minutes. |
| my daily grind for cheap wow gold and hanging | | | | Stephen is one of the many cooking trainers that |
| out with guild friends in the Pig & Whistle | | | | you’ll find in every major city; but coming by |
| (Stormwind). | | | | cooking recipes is another matter. While many of |
| It’s not that I thought cooking was hard or | | | | the trainers will also supply a limited number of |
| mysterious, it’s just that I never appreciated | | | | common recipes, you’ll find many exotic and |
| the many advantageous that cooking can provide | | | | hard-to-find recipes located all over Azeroth, sold |
| - even for a Mage. After all, why to learn cook | | | | by a wide variety of vendors - not just cooks. |
| when I could simple conjure up a tasty cinnamon | | | | Recipes are also supplied as rewards for quests |
| roll? | | | | and these can be a useful way to help you grind |
| Learning to cook from an early level can have | | | | and level your cooking skill at the same time. An |
| many advantages - especially for those classes | | | | example is the quest for Thelsamar Blood |
| that cannot create their own food. By having a | | | | Sausages obtained from Vidra Hearthstove at |
| handy supply of high energy nosh in your old kit | | | | Loch Modan. The reward is of course the recipe |
| bag you’ll spend less time healing and reduce | | | | for Blood Sausage (Cooking 60, Health 243, |
| the downtime between grinding sessions enabling | | | | Stamina +4, Spirit +4). As you travel around the |
| you to grind for longer, increasing your hourly rate | | | | Loch you can’t help run into all the necessary |
| of gold production as a result. | | | | wildlife necessary for the quest. |
| Cooking also has the advantage of adding buffs | | | | But if you’re really stuck for a recipe then |
| to food in the form of additional stamina and | | | | why not head back to the Pig & Whistle, |
| spirit, provided you stay seated for at least 10 | | | | Stormwind. There you’ll find the famous |
| seconds while eating. These buffs increase in | | | | Kendor Kabonka, Master of Cooking Recipes. |
| value and longevity the higher the cooking skill you | | | | Kendor sells around 13 recipes - many of which |
| reach and the range of exotic food that you’ll | | | | are also supplied as quest rewards such as the |
| be able to cook; this is in addition to the amount | | | | recipe for ‘Westfall Stew’ and Redbridge |
| of health per second the food supplies. | | | | Goulash. |
| This fact was taught to me by my old friend | | | | Now, here’s the thing: very few people know |
| Stephen Ryback who is also the cook at the Pig | | | | of Kendor and his recipes so why not snap up |
| and Whistle, Stormwind. In between practicing | | | | several for a few silver and auction them for |
| with his throwing knives (makes me think he | | | | several gold. Many folks will bite your hand off to |
| wasn’t always a cook), Stephen will also | | | | obtain them! |
| show you how to cook a mean ‘Spider | | | | I have written at great length on the profession |
| Sausage’ and a lean ‘Coyote Steak’. | | | | of cooking in my gold guide which is still free to |
| The steak only requires a cooking skill of 50 and | | | | subscribers for a short time. So snap up a bargain |
| restores 243 health over 21 seconds; in addition, | | | | and follow the link below for your copy today. |