It seems that half that I do in my game now is having them cook meals...Otherwise they're all wondering around looking for snacks. However I'm sure he changed it because of someone thinking they should be all the time working in the kitchen.

I have noticed the same thing! Hungry and preparing several meals a day. I praised them to sit and eat together but dang!

Lesa, I wouldn't mind if they cooked the meals on their own, but they don't. They get hungry and start looking for snacks. Also if your peeps are in their late 50's or older you can hardly get them to cook. If they do it takes them forever, because the peeps are 80 and 90 in their 50's and 60's.

Mine do prepare meals on their own. My 17 year old made breakfast for the whole family

Just praise them when they do so. I didn't see their fed bar decrease a lot, but they do need breakfast and dinner, or else they'll go looking for snacks

I do praise them, and sometimes they will fix meals on their own, but more often they'll all just go around looking for snacks.

Are those kids? I noticed that kids with a low fed bar tend to look for snacks, while adults will prepare a meal. I usually drag everyone over when that happens, but I've also seen several kids just grabbing the prepared meal at some point, and of course, the parents ordering their kids to eat

Edit: Here's a useful thread

Thanks Sweetheart! I have praised them for making meals using the praise glove, fruit, and candy. Still most of the time I'm having to make them cook. It seems that mostly all I've done in my game play today...Not so much fun. Maybe it'll get better.

Dang, I can't get my people to prepare meals. If their career is in the kitchen, then they will not cook, only look for snacks. So I started 3 other games with no kitchen career and they prepared ONE meal each and then nothing! If they prepare latte on their own (2 did) then okay, but if they never have, then I can't get them to do that either, no matter how many times I drop them on the stove or the coffee pot!

If you drop an adult on the table (where the eat their meals) they will always fix a meal if there's enough food available.

I have found putting people with kitchen careers at the table helps encourage preparing meals more than putting them at the stove or counters.

I personally prefered NOT preparing meals so often.