Quote Originally Posted by Aleo View Post
The biggest problem is the water/fire shard cost, unlike other professions you typically make multiple food items at once, (like 10-20+). The actual ingredients are not so bad, but the shard costs (6 fire+water for one 45+ food) are much too high, on top of the shards required for the "base" ingredients like salt/oil/sauce.

I guess the same should go for alchemy potions also.
This times 100. ONE COOKIE SHOULD NOT REQUIRE 8 SHARDS. ITS ONE COOKIE. EIGHT SHARDS. /sigh