Since cooking made a return in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with a handy in-game cookbook to keep track of hundreds of recipes, Nintendo now has the opportunity to expand the feature even further for future Zelda games. Though it wasn’t one of the more ambitious changes Breath of the Wild made to the series' formula, Zelda's introduction of cooking and useful recipes allowed players to both heal and benefit from secondary effects. As a substitute for the traditional collectible hearts and health potions, it was virtually inevitable that cooking would return in Tears of the Kingdom.