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