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What is The Queen Of Sauce Cookbook?

Stardew Valley is a game that has a relatively expansive cooking mechanic, with as many as 80 dishes that can be made in the game. From classic American-style comfort food to Fern Islands curry, you can become a chef lover and stay healthy and energetic throughout your journey as the valley's biggest farmer.

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There are several ways to learn recipes in the game, such as trusted friends, celebrity icons, and the natural skills you learn along the way on your journey. We've detailed how to get every single recipe in the game and what ingredients you need to make them. Happy cooking!

Updated December 26, 2024 by Jacqueline Zalace: Still looking to collect all the Stardew Valley recipes? We've updated this guide with some holdover links for each dish, as well as information about the Queen of Sauce cookbook, which is a great way to learn late-game recipes.

The Queen of Sauce Recipes

The main way to learn recipes is by tuning into the Valley's favorite cooking show, The Queen of Sauce. You can learn a new recipe every week from herso it's important to check the TV (or simply use this guide) to determine when a new recipe or a repeat you missed airs.

New recipes are broadcast every Sunday for the first two years of the gameand a random replay will be played on Wednesdays.

Here are all of The Queen of Sauce's recipes in chronological order as they appear on air.

Dish	Queen of Sauce Air Date	Ingredient(s) needed to make	Unique buffs
Stir-fried steak	Spring 7 year 1	1x oil	N/A
		1x regular mushroom
		1x Cave carrot
		1x kale
Coleslaw	Our 14 year 1	1x red cabbage	N/A
		1 x vinegar
		1 x vinegar
Radish salad	Spring 21 year 1	1x Radish	N/A
		1x oil
		1 x vinegar
Omelette	Spring 28 year 1 You can also buy it at Stardrop Saloon for 100g	1 x egg	N/A
Omelette		1x milk	N/A
Baked fish	Summer 7 year 1	1x sunfish	N/A
		1x bream
		1x wheat flour
Pancakes	Summer 14 year 1 You can also buy it at Stardrop Saloon for 100g	1x wheat flour	+2 Foraging
Pancakes		1 x egg	+2 Foraging
Maki Roll	Summer 21 year 1 You can also buy it at Stardrop Saloon for 300g	1x fish of your choice	N/A
		1x Pliers
		1x rice
Bread	The summer of 28 years 1 You can also buy it at Stardrop Saloon for 100g	1x wheat flour	N/A
Tortilla	Autumn 7 year 1 You can also buy it at Stardrop Saloon for 100g	1 x corn	N/A
Trout soup	Autumn 14 year 1	1x rainbow	+1 Fishing
Trout soup	Autumn 14 year 1	1x algae	+1 Fishing
Glazed Yams	Autumn 21 year 1	1x Yam	N/A
Glazed Yams	Autumn 21 year 1	1 x sugar	N/A
Artichoke Dip	Autumn 28 year 1	1 x artichoke	N/A
Artichoke Dip	Autumn 28 year 1	1x milk	N/A
Plum pudding	Winter 7 years 1	2x Wild Plums	N/A
		1x wheat flour
		1 x sugar
Chocolate cake	Winter 14 years 1	1x wheat flour	N/A
		1 x sugar
		1 x egg
Pumpkin pie	Winter 21 year 1	1 x pumpkin	N/A
		1x milk
		1 x sugar
		1x wheat flour
Cranberry candy	Winter 28 years 1	1 x cranberry	N/A
		1 x apple
		1 x sugar
Pizza	Spring 7 year 2 You can also buy it at Stardrop Saloon for 150g	1x wheat flour	N/A
		1 x tomato
		1 x cheese
Hashbrowns	Our 14 year 2 You can also buy it at Stardrop Saloon for 50g	1x potato	+1 Agriculture
Hashbrowns		1x oil	+1 Agriculture
Complete breakfast	Spring 21 year 2	1x fried egg	+2 Agriculture and +50 Max Energy
		1x Hash Browns
		1x pancakes
		1x milk
Happy lunch	The spring of 28 years 2	1x sea cucumber	+3 luck
		1 x Tortilla
		1x Blue Jazz
Carp Surprise	Summer 7 year 2	4x carp	N/A
Maple Bar	Summer 14 year 2	1 x maple syrup	+1 Agriculture, +1 Fishing and +1 Mining
		1 x sugar
		1x wheat flour
Pink cake	The summer of 21 years 2	1x wheat flour	N/A
		1 x egg
		1 x sugar
		1x melon
Roasted hazelnuts	The summer of 28 years 2	3x hazelnut	N/A
Fruit salad	Autumn 7 year 2	1x blueberry	N/A
		1x melon
		1 x Apricot
Blackberry Cobbler	Autumn 14 year 2	2x Blackberry	N/A
		1 x sugar
		1x wheat flour
Crab cakes	Autumn 21 year 2	1 x crab	+1 speed and +1 defense
		1x wheat flour
		1 x egg
		1x oil
Fiddlehead Risotto	Autumn 28 year 2	1x Fiddlehead Fern	N/A
		1x oil
		1x garlic
Poppy seed muffin	Winter 7 years 2	1 x Poppy	N/A
		1 x sugar
		1x wheat flour
Lobster bisque	Winter 14 year 2 You can also get it from Willy after reaching nine hearts of friendship	1 x lobster	+3 Fishing and +50 Max Energy
Lobster bisque		1x milk	+3 Fishing and +50 Max Energy
Bruschetta	Winter 21 years 2	1x bread	N/A
		1x oil
		1 x tomato
Shrimp cocktail	Winter 28 years 2	1 x tomato	+1 Fishing and +1 Luck
		1x shrimp
		1x wild horseradish

Friendship recipe

A large part of the recipes is learned from make friends with the characters in the game. As you get closer to them, they will reveal their favorite dishes via emailas well as how to make them yourself. Start talking to your neighbors when you can!

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Level Up Recipes

Certain dishes are discovered as you improve your skillswhich includes farming, foraging, fishing, mining and combat.

These recipes usually increase stats critical to said skill's activitiesso it's good to bring them.

Dish	Recipe source	Ingredient(s) needed to make	Unique buffs
Farmer's lunch	Agriculture level 3	1x omelette	+3 Agriculture
Farmer's lunch	Agriculture level 3	1x Parsnip neck	+3 Agriculture
Survival Burger	Foraging level 2	1x bread	+3 Foraging
		1x Cave carrot
		1 x Eggplant
Moss soup	Foraging level 3	20x Moss	N/A
Dish O' The Sea	Fishing level 3	2x sardines	+3 Fishing
Dish O' The Sea	Fishing level 3	1x Hash Browns	+3 Fishing
Seafoam Pudding	Fishing level 9	1 x flounder	+4 Fishing
		1x midnight sharp
		1x squid ink
Miner's Treat	Mining level 3	2x Cave carrot	+3 Mining and +32 Magnetism
		1x milk
		1 x sugar
Roots plate	Battle level 3	1x Cave carrot	+3 Attack
Roots plate	Battle level 3	1x Winter root	+3 Attack
Squid Ink Ravioli	Battle level 9	1x squid ink	+1 Mining and Immunity to Debuffs
		1x wheat flour
		1 x tomato

Other recipes

Finally, let's look at the last recipes you can get. Recipes that does not fall under the above categories can be found here.

Dish	Recipe source	Ingredient(s) needed to make	Unique buffs
Fried eggs	Upgrade the farmhouse to get the kitchen.	1 x egg	N/A
Triple Shot Espresso	Buy from Gus at Stardrop Saloon for 5000g.	3x coffee	+1 speed
Ginger Ale	Buy from the Dwarf Shop in the Volcano (Fifth Floor) for 1000g.	3x ginger	+1 turn
Ginger Ale		1 x sugar	+1 turn
Banana pudding	Exchange 30 Bone Fragments with Island Trader.	1x banana	+1 Mining, +1 Luck and +1 Defense
		1x milk
		1 x sugar
Tropical curry	Buy from Gus' Island Bar (open Island Resort to villagers first).	1 x coconut	+4 Foraging
		1 x pineapple
		1x hot pepper

What is The Queen Of Sauce Cookbook?

Stardew Valley Animal Farmer is watching the queen of gravy

The Queen of Sauce is the channel where you learn a large part of the recipes. With the help of the bookseller you will be able to buy Queen of Gravy Cookbook
which will teach you all unlearned Queen fo Sauce recipes in the game. This means that if you're not big on watching TV, you can eventually buy this and learn everything.

Acquiring the cookbook is no easy task; in total you need to collect 100 golden walnuts and buy the book for 50000g from the bookseller when they are in town.

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