I think there's some improvements needed on the cooking tree and food spoilage times that would straighten it all out. Specifically, a waterskin with 1/200 is the same as a waterskin with 200/200 for cooking, which makes getting water to cook annoying. And for me, everything has spoiled into nonexistance if I'm logged out for more than a day (that's cooked food in a preserving bag, with preserving salt in it).
Dieing is currently easier than cooking, but I have high hopes that it will improve.