Guild Wars 2

I have a level 400 chef and have every item available in my cooking materials. However, when I go to my discovery tab, many of these items are missing. I specifically went to make a “Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup.” Unless it has been discontinued…..I am unable to discover it even though I have all the ingredients. I made the butternut squash soup but it does not show up in the discovery window, neither do bay leaves, nor bags of starch. Is this a bug? If the recipe was discontinued, is there a list of discontinued recipes somewhere for reference? Thank you!

Once you have learned a recipe it is no longer able to be ‘discovered’. You may, however, find it in your list of learned recipes.

Good luck.

The food you’re trying to make requires a recipe (the consumable recipe item, that is). If it requires a recipe, then it won’t be made in the discovery tab. If you have the recipe, consume it on your Cooking character, and then make the recipe in the Production tab. If you don’t have it, you’ll have to buy it on the TP (and it’s pricey). https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Recipe:_Bowl_of_Sweet_and_Spicy_Butternut_Squash_Soup

Thank you….was not aware it was a non discoverable recipe…but that does not explain why my bay leaves do not show up unless all recipes using them are non discoverable too?

According to the wiki, bay leaves are only used in a few recipes, and only one of those is Discovered rather than automatically available. You might have just already done that one. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bay_Leaf