Food

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Food: Food is any substance, usually composed primarily of carbohydrates, fats, water and/or proteins, that can be eaten or drunk by an animal or human being for nutrition or pleasure.

For the Sims it's a lot easier. No food = low hunger = starvation = death.

Food is most often taken from a refrigerator and must be prepared or cooked before a Sim can eat it.

The Sims

The Sims featured only a few types of food. Sims with a fridge can have a snack, or can prepare a meal. The meal will be either steak and beans, a salad, or a can of beans, depending on what else is available. If the Sim doesn't have, or can't get to, a stove, microwave, or toaster oven, the meal becomes a salad. If the Sim doesn't have, or can't get to, a preparation surface, the meal becomes a can of beans. Sims can choose to have a 'quick meal', which does not need to be prepared, but does need to be cooked. Sims can use the BBQ grill to cook a plate of hamburgers. Sims do not have to buy food, but are charged each time they prepare a meal or have a snack. They are charged §20 for a group meal (which serves six), §10 for a single meal, and §5 for a snack. (If Unleashed is installed, they are not charged for meals prepared from a pantry.) Sims can also use the phone to order pizza, which will cost them §40.

Later expansion packs provided more food for Sims to eat, including a birthday cake, cookies, and turkey. This food is bought from the Buy catalog, and is ready to eat when bought. Livin' Large added Servo, which will produce food when told to serve a meal. It's not very good food, but it is free. The most significant upgrade was that of Makin' Magic, which provided a baker's oven which allows Sims to cook more types of food, as long as the required ingredients were in the Sim's inventory.

The Sims 2

Food in The Sims 2 is more complicated, featuring many new choices, like Mac and Cheese, Lobster Thermidor and Baked Alaska. Food is even classified into three types: Snacks, Meals and Dessert, with meals also broken down depending on the time of day: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. (Open for Business added the ability to Make any type of food the Sim is able to prepare, except for a TV Dinner, at any time, but the Sim usually won't eat or serve that food unless the player directs them to.)

The types of food Sims can prepare depends on their level in the Cooking skill. Also, some foods require certain equipment to make, e.g. needing a microwave to make Cup O' Ramen

One difference from The Sims is that it's possible for a Sim to become distracted while waiting for their food to cook, especially if they're using an oven. This can result in a burned meal, or even a fire. Even if the Sim doesn't get distracted, they can still burn a meal, as even the best cooks don't always get it right. Another difference is that cold foods, such as cereal and lunch meat sandwiches, are available, so Sims with little Cooking skill can eat without risking fire. Also, The Sims 2 fridges occasionally have to be restocked, which means that it's necessary to buy groceries once in a while via the phone, computer, or grocery store.

Children can only prepare food using the toy oven, which makes a muffin that is fairly filling. Like adults, they can get distracted while cooking.

Later expansion packs such as Holiday Party Pack, Open for Business and Seasons added more foods for Sims to cook. Bon Voyage adds special foods that can only be eaten on vacation.

The Sims 3

Food in The Sims 3 can be moved out of the fridge by clicking on it and clicking "open". Unlike The Sims 2, foods can be chosen when bought from a grocery store. Food can be made into meals by Sims that have enough cooking skill. As in The Sims and The Sims 2, Sims can burn food and start fires. There are also "quick meals" which are filling, but don't give your sim any mood benefit (Such as good meal).Like The Sims 2, children can use the toy oven to make muffins and other sweets. These were later broken down into vanilla, chocolate, and other goods for the bake sales in The Sims 3 Ambitions.

==Breakfast and Brunch Recipes==
Recipe Name	Ingredients	Base Quality	Learned From	About this Food	Picture of Dish
Waffles	Egg	Normal	Level 0	Level 0
Pancakes	Fruit (even Life Fruit!)	Normal	Cooking Level 1
Peanut Butter and Jelly	Fruit	Normal	Cooking Level 1	Cold Cooked
Fruit Parfait	Apple and Grapes	Nice	Recipe Book (level 4)	Cold Cooked
Eggs Machiavellian	Watermelon, Egg	Very Nice	Recipe Book (level 7)
French Toast	Two Apples and an Egg	Great	Cooking Level 9
Ambrosia	Death Fish and Life Fruit	Perfect	Recipe Book (Level 10)	Always perfect, can be cooked at any time in single serving. Read up onAmbrosia

There are a few meals that can only be eaten for brunch and lunch..

==Lunch/Dinner Recipes==
Recipe Name	Ingredients	Base Quality	Learned From	About this Food	Picture of Dish
Autumn Salad	Lettuce	Normal	Level 0	Cold Cooked, for Brunch, Lunch and Dinner
Grilled Cheese	Cheese	Normal	Level 0	Lunch only
Hot Dogs	Links	Normal	Level 0	Grilled in Group Portions
Mac and Cheese	Cheese	Normal	Level 0	Lunch and Dinner
Ratatouille	Tomato	Normal	Recipe Book (level 1)	Lunch and Dinner
Goopy Carbonara	Onion	Normal	Cooking Level 2	Lunch and Dinner
Cheesesteak	Cheese and Steak	Nice	Recipe Book (level 5)	Can be Grilled for Lunch and Dinner
Hamburger	Onion, Patty	Very Nice	Cooking Level 6	Can be Grilled for Lunch and Dinner
Dim Sum	Three Fish	Great	Cooking Level 9	Food for Brunch and Lunch only

==Dinner only Recipes==
Recipe Name	Ingredients	Base Quality	Learned From	About this Food	Picture of Dish
Fish and Chips	Fish	Nice	Recipe Book (level 3)	Can be Grilled
Spaghetti	Tomato	Nice	Cooking Level 4
Sushi	Fish	Nice	Cooking Level 4	Cold Dish
Stu Suprise	Two of Any Ingredients	Nice	Cooking Level 5
Grilled Salmon	Garlic, Potato, Salmon	Very Nice	Cooking Level 8	Can Be Grilled
Tri-Tip Steak	Potato, 1 Vegetable and Steak	Very Nice	Recipe Book (level 8)	Can be Grilled
Stuffed Turkey	Two Vegetables and a Roast	Great	Recipe Book (level 9)	Only available in group portions.
Lobster Thermidor	Garlic, Lobster, Bell Pepper	Great	Cooking Level 10

Dessert Recipes
Recipe Name	Ingredients	Base Quality	Learned From	About this Food	Picture of Dish
Cookies	Egg	Nice	Recipe Book (level 3)
Cobbler	Any Fruit and 1 Egg	Very Nice	Recipe Book (level 6)
Key Lime Pie	Lime and 1 Egg	Very Nice	Cooking Level 7
Baked Angel Food Cake	Flame Fruit and 2 Eggs	Great	Recipe Book (level 10)	Gives the Warm Fuzzies moodlet, which grants +15 mood for 5 hours. Flame Fruit bushes need level 7 Gardening.

The following recipes are only available with The Sims 3's World Adventures expansion. The book store in each specified travel location offers the following recipe books:

World Adventures Recipes
Recipe Name	Ingredients	Base Quality	Learned From	About this Food	Picture of Dish
Cheese Plate	Grapes, Cheese	Normal	France, cooking level 1	Dessert
Bouillabaisse	Fish, Vegetable	Nice	France, cooking level 3	Dinner
Frogs Legs	Garlic, Frog	Nice	France, cooking level 3	Dinner - unlike other recipes your Sim must have frogs in order to prepare this dish, so stock up!
Crepes	2 Fruit Varieties	Very Nice	France, cooking level 8	Breakfast, Brunch
Shawarma	Steak	Normal	Egypt, cooking level 1	Lunch, Dinner
Falafel	Onion, Lettuce	Nice	Egypt, cooking level 5	Lunch, Dinner
Egg Rolls	Egg, Lettuce	Normal	China, cooking level 2	Lunch, Dinner
Stir Fry	Garlic, Bell Pepper	Very Nice	China, cooking level 6	Lunch, Dinner

Modded Food

See also: Custom content

Modded food (Modified food) is food downloaded from sites like The Sims Resource and ModTheSims2. These sites have a dedicated "food" section, where players can download several types of food like ice cream, Chinese chicken and French bread. Earlier versions of food for The Sims 2 have had many problems which creators tried to overcome, such as food not disappearing when eaten, among other things.

Downloads for The Sims 3 can also add new recipes, make recipes more complex, and increase the price for ingredients if a Sim doesn't own them.