Just want to add that the poaching rules are ESSENTIAL if playing with 4 or 5 people. Otherwise there often aren’t enough guests for anyone to meet the win conditions
Great review Zee. To the point about the icons being a lot to take in your first few rounds, the ingredients in the dessert fit the name of the dessert. For example the Pumpkin Pie card has pie and veggie symbols. I've played this once with a four player group sine GAMA and that eased the learning curve for one of the players.