Don't worry, meal prep gets easier as you go. Spend enough time with one of the game's followers and you'll unlock speed cooking, which allows you to chef it up without losing any of your precious time.
The great thing about Metaphor's archetypes system is that any character can assume any role with the right prerequisites. While it might feel a little nerve-wracking at first to experiment with new, low-level archetypes you've just unlocked, each tree has a variety of skills worth trying out.
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