bilbosorc wrote:
I actually did this quest last night (Smoked Desert Dumplings). I had managed to get my cooking to 289 off the bear flanks from Felwood.
The quest to get the recipe involves picking up a book from the Twilight camp nearest to the Cenarion Circle base. Depending on your level (I was on my 70 warlock), the most you will have to fight is 3-4 mobs. Then return the book to the Innkeeper and she will give you the recipe.
The difficult part is then gathering enough sandworm meat to take you to 300. The drop rate is not great, but as you need only six, it shouldn't take too long.
This is indeed the way to go. The dumplings should be orange to you all the way to 300. You could level up a bit more if you have extra worm meat on you, but once you do the quest in Outland and get the recipe for Buzzard Bites you’ll be able to level up much faster on those as the buzzard meat drops frequently and you need to kill them for another quest anyway. So save any buzzard meat you loot.
You can also buy the recipe for Ravager Dogs from the inn keeper in the first town in Outland, which also requires 300 cooking skill. Between the two recipes you should get a good boost to your cooking skill.