Levelling Cooking - Late Game

Required Recipe Books

Caribbean Secret Dishes (San Diego, reward after 300,000D in investment)

Chef's Meat (Copenhagen, reward after 600,000D in investment)

Livestock secrets - Birds Chapter (Calvi) 8000D

Required Skills

Food trade -  (livestock trader, food trader)

Livestock trade - (livestock trader, food trader)

Spice trade [optional] -  (spice trader)

Alcohol trading  - (accountant)

Cooking  - (livestock trader, food trader)

Handicraft  - (medicine trader)

Procurement [optional] -  (fisherman, chef)

Level 10 - 12 

(Wheat >>> Flour; Flour + Fish + Cheese, + Seafood Pizza, Gratin with Cheese

Level up your purchasing skills, especially Food trade, Alcohol Trade and Spice trade, as well as have level 5 in Handicraft to make Wine and Brandy. 

In addition you want to have an Aide that adds +1 to cooking and food related Trade skills such as Livestock Trading, Food trading, Spice Trading or Alcohol Trading. You also want to equip yourself with a +1 Cooking Item 

Use the level 10 recipes to level up to level 12, or use the booster items and Aide to get your cooking to level 12. Level 12 is a threshold, as you can make Wine Braised Lamb andNuts served with Fish.

Level 12 - 14 

(3 x Fish + Nut >>> Nuts served with Fish; Wine + Lamb + Rosemary >>> Wine Braised Lamb)

Path A

Use the Caribbean Secret Dishes to make Nuts served with Fish. Nuts can be obtained either through either Procurement in grassland Landing areas in Europe or from Private farms. 

The recipe book is a reward from the Caribbean’s by investing 300,000D in San Diego. Fishcan be purchased in large quantities in most European Ports.

Path B

The Chef's Meat recipe is acquired by investing 600,000 in Stockholm. Wine and Lamb can be purchased from Bordeaux and Nantes area, Rosemary can only be purchased from Valencia.

This method involves loading 80% of ships cargo with rosemary from Valencia, and sailing toBordeaux and Nantes in the Bay of Biscay. Combining Wine and Lamb with Rosemary to produce Wine Braised Lamb

Level 14 - 15 

(Chicken Meat + Garlic + Brandy >>> Roasted Garlic Chicken)

Using the Chef's Meat acquired from Stockholm, combine Chicken Meat produced either by butchering Chickens in Lisbon or from Faro. Garlic can be purchased from Malaga, and Spice Trading skill can come in handy here. Brandy can either be bought from Lisbon, or crafted from Wine using Handicraft skill (more on wine making in my Handicraft guide). Combine the three ingredients to make Roasted Garlic Chicken