I really appreciate your feedback, and I agree. I had very mixed feelings about the audio, and I'll be sure to keep a close eye on my levels for the next game that I create!
I was stuck on the last day without any way of communicating to the player how meals could be prepared, and I ended up rushing the design of the cookbook. To your point, I think that a trial-and-error cookbook would have been the most enjoyable, but I simply ran out of time.
Thank you for the thorough review!