Lately, I've been stewing over the best cooking games. Why? The likes of Legend of Zelda; Tears of the Kingdom and Red Dead Redemption 2 are partly to blame. I currently have both games on my plate, with most of my free time split between exploring the Old West as Arthur Morgan or Hyrule as Link. Both have earned a place among the best open world games around right now, and while they're distinctly different from each other, they do have one thing in common: cooking.
From frying up meat at a campfire to chucking ingredients into a pot and seeing what happens, I enjoy the act of it in both RPGs. So it got me thinking about my all-time favorite games for cooking. Whether it be experiences solely focused on the culinary arts, to side-quests in sprawling adventures with minigames that let you combine ingredients to rustle up tasty meals, I've always had the appetite for cooking in games.
