Cooking past 225: Clamlette Surprise and the road to 300

Dirge stands in Gadgetzan, next to the inn. Take Clamlette Surprise from him first: he wants 12 Giant Eggs, 10 Zesty Clam Meat and 20 Alterac Swiss.

Big birds drop Giant Egg. In Tanaris, hunt the Searing Rocs in the west of the zone: they are level 47 to 49, and about four in ten drop an egg. If you are short of level 47, bring a friend or buy the eggs. Higher-level players find them faster on the Ironbeak owls of Felwood and the owls and owlbeasts of Winterspring, where close to half the birds drop one.

The meat comes out of clams. Kill the Giant Surf Gliders along Tanaris's southern shore, or the Murk Threshers in Dustwallow Marsh if you are closer to Theramore: about half of them drop a Big-mouth Clam. Open the clams for Zesty Clam Meat. The young threshers on the shore just south of Theramore are level 39 to 41, the easiest of the lot.

Alterac Swiss is cheese sold by a handful of innkeepers and food vendors, not in every capital. Pick up 20 on your way: in Stormwind or Theramore for Alliance players; for the Horde, from the innkeepers in the Swamp of Sorrows, Arathi Highlands, Desolace or Thunder Bluff. Humanoids in their 50s drop it too, but buying is quicker.

Go back to Dirge with everything. He cooks a batch while you watch, teaches you Artisan Cooking and hands you 20 Clamlette Surprise: food for level 40 that gives 12 Stamina and Spirit for 15 minutes. Before you leave, buy Recipe: Tender Wolf Steak from him: it is the first recipe on the way to 300.