I'm making this thread in hopes that it can serve as a reference for newer players as we accumulate more questions and answers. Expert crafters, we need you!

So, I've been doing leves like a madwoman trying to get my culinary skills to surpass my combat classes. One of my linkshell members mentioned grinding fish recipes (sand, I assume) if I wanted more SP.

1) Is this really a better method than simply doing leves?

2) Also, has anyone tried abusing Hasty Hand to craft lots of mediocre SP recipes en mass for greater rewards?

As it stands, it seems horrifically more difficult to level the DoH classes than my combat-oriented stuffs.