If you relish a challenge, jump out of the frying pan and into the Cooking Dojo, where it's high- steaks action all the time: with no on-screen instructions to help you, one slip-up and you're toast!

Following the instructions of the titular " Mama", the player uses the stylus or finger to chop vegetables, slice meat, flip food in pans, and arrange the final items on the plate. Cooking Mama [a] is a cookery simulation-styled minigame compilation video game for the Nintendo DS, and it was later ported to iOS as Cooking Mama: Lets Cook! Even better, you only need one copy* of the game between you, so it's a piece of cake to get playing! In this mode, players can take the recipes which have been unlocked and combine them to make something new. Intuitive controls make cooking easy for everyone: just slice, mix, grill and flip with the stylus to see your dish come together before your eyes.

Please note: Download Play requires each player to have a Nintendo 3DS family system, sold separately. If you can muster up a high percentage, a new dish will open up, eventually resulting in dozens of recipes to try out. The premise for Cooking Mama is simple enough: under the direction of a middle-aged woman (“Mama," presumably), you’ll prepare a variety of Japanese-themed dishes. Under the watchful eye of Mama, you’ll have to stir, slice and simmer your meals on the Touch Screen, creating dishes from all over the world and learning from your mistakes as you go. Mama's Gallery: The player can change the colors of their utensils, select Mama's background and the kitchen, and change Mama's appearance.

Get friends and family together for a heated cooking battle in the fun-packed multiplayer mode, where up to four players can go head-to-head in 15 minigames available right from the start. It's a good game if you have only a few minutes to spare, but if you are looking for something to pass the time in hospital, or travelling over long distances, then I would suggest that you take more games with you as this won't help you pass the time. Cooking Mama and her family have gone on a camping trip to Adventure Island, and they’d love for you to join their fun! As a budding chef, you must first prepare foods and then combine raw ingredients while cooking them on the stove of the Cooking Mama game.A Facebook game released on January 13, 2011 where users can make recipes with the items they earn or purchase with the use of real money. o. doesn't understand much english, but this hasn't prevented her from having lots of fun with Cooking Mama - sometimes she's not really sure what she is cooking, but she makes up her own name for the recipe and is able to follow the instructions and enjoy just the same.