Some are there for the journey, others for the destination. But you can't deny most recipes aside from fish are annoying. Culinarian is the only craft that forces you to gather multiple ingredients (some from different zones even), have multiple subcrafts to make said ingredients, and then to top it off takes nearly all crafting slots to make one item. You either have to pick what's easier to grind, or like you prefer make things that you can profit off of/give to friends. Neither is wrong.