The Love of Cooking
🟡 Updated this year⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #23 of 382 Gameplay Mechanics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
1. Download Content Patcher and SpaceCore,
2. Add the Love of Cooking to your Mods folder along with all dependencies,
3. Ensure all players in multiplayer have this mod installed!
+ All features are optional and can be enabled or disabled via the config menu.
+ To change features in-game, use Generic Mod Config Menu.
+ To uninstall this mod, simply remove it from your Mods folder.
Update the Cooking Menu with a new look!
Find and filter for foods on the left page, and add your ingredients on the right page.
Choose the right ingredients, set the amount to make, and click the Frying Pan to cook!
Mom's Cookbook and Frying Pan will arrive by mail after a couple weeks..
.. or whenever you get a kitchen, whichever comes first.
They'll be added to your ✮ Special Powers tab when received.
Use the Backpack/Fridge inventory button to pick your ingredients.
Use the Auto-fill Ingredients inventory button to cook with convenience.
+ Comes with full gamepad usability, controls visible in the config menu.
+ Keyboard users can change recipes, inventories, and cooking quantities by scrolling the mousewheel.
x Cooking animations can be disabled in the config menu.
Level up with the new Cooking Skill and Recipes whenever you make food!
Earn more experience by cooking each day, rather than in bulk.
Modest XP bonuses are given for crafting new and complicated recipes.
Professions improve results when cooking, eating, and gifting food.
Cook 35 delicious recipes learned with each new level!
Clear out the fridge with a few tasty recipes that put a twist on some less-used ingredients.
Admiral Pie — Wheat Flour, Milk, Fish (2)
Apple Pie — Wheat Flour, Sugar, Apple (2)
Arancini — Spring Onion, Rice
Baked Lobster — Lobster, Garlic
Baked Potato — Potato, Cheese
Beet Burger — Bread, Beet, Red Cabbage
Berry Waffles — Wheat, Blueberry, Strawberry
Braised Leeks — Leek (3), Tomato
Burrito — Tortilla, Rice, Hot Pepper
Carrot Cake — Carrot (2), Wheat Flour (2), Egg
Cherry Pie — Cherry (2), Wheat Flour (2), Sugar
Coconut Cocktail — Coconut, Milk
Cray Mornay — Crayfish (2), Artichoke
Crepes Suzette — Wheat Flour, Orange, Maple Syrup
Curry Diablo — Cactus Fruit (3), Hot Pepper (2), Rice
The Love of Cooking is a gameplay overhaul for Skyrim that introduces a new cooking menu, a cooking skill with an upgrade path, unique buffs, recipes, and seasonings. With over 10,000 endorsements and 618,000 downloads, it's a popular choice for players seeking deeper culinary mechanics.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 10,208 endorsements
- Massive download count (618,742) shows it's widely used
- Adds a whole new gameplay layer for food lovers
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated October 2025 – might not be compatible with the latest Skyrim patches
- Potential conflicts with other cooking or survival mods – check compatibility patches
For Skyrim players who want to turn cooking into a meaningful skill with buffs and progression. If you enjoy survival or roleplay elements and want more depth in food preparation, this is for you. Skip if you prefer combat-focused mods or don't care about culinary mechanics.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install and manage load order easily.
- Check for compatibility patches if you use other cooking or survival mods.
- Start a new playthrough or save before installing to avoid potential conflicts.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Stardew Valley Mods
- Author
- blueberry
- Version
- 2.0.8
- Downloads
- 618,742
- Endorsements
- 10,208
- Category
- Gameplay Mechanics
- Created
- 1/2/2021
- Updated
- 10/23/2025
🔗 Required By 3 Mods
These mods list this mod as a dependency.
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