How to complete A Taste for Literature in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Who could the mysterious chef be?

Characters gathered for a picnic in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Screenshot by Dot Esports

Remy noticed a strange cookbook while exploring the valley, but it’s too big for him to pick up. It’s up to Disney Dreamlight Valley players to lend a helping hand. This book unveils interesting secrets as you work your way through the A Taste for Literature quest.

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If you want to add Tiana to your village, completing this quest is essential. Here’s how to complete A Taste for Literature in Disney Dreamlight Valley.

A Taste for Literature guide in Disney Dreamlight Valley

A cookbook on the ground in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Who could this recipe belong to? Screenshot by Dot Esports

To initiate the Taste for Literature quest, you need to visit your mailbox and open the letter from Remy. This letter mentions a cookbook he spotted in the Glade of Trust and he asks you to fetch it for him since it’s far too big for him to carry.

To complete this quest, here are all of the steps you need to work through.

  • Find the cookbook.
  • Bring the cookbook to Remy.
  • View the memory.
  • Talk to the villagers from the memory.
  • Cook the mysterious Cajun dish.
  • Give all the villagers from the memory a taste of the dish.
  • Welcome the mysterious chef to the valley by placing their house.

How to find Remy’s cookbook in Disney Dreamlight Valley

The cookbook for Remy can be found on the ground in the Glade of Trust biome. It spawns randomly in this area which means you need to look around the entire biome until you find it.

Once you have the book, locate Remy and give it to him. This uncovers a lost memory, so pick up the memory to view it. In this image, Moana, Mickey Mouse, Merlin, and Remy are gathered for a picnic. There’s a mysterious hand reaching slightly into the frame with a delicious-looking dish, but neither you nor Remy can recall whose hand it is.

To solve this mystery, you now need to locate the villagers from the picture and talk with them to see if they can remember anything useful.

Talking with Mickey about a Cajun meal in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Hopefully, teamwork can help solve this mystery. Screenshot by Dot Esports

How to talk with the villagers from the memory in Disney Dreamlight Valley

The villagers featured in the memory you need to talk with for the A Taste for Literature quest are Moana, Mickey Mouse, and Merlin. Each character remembers a specific ingredient featured in the dish that the mysterious hand is holding.

  • Moana recalls the mysterious dish had Onions.
  • Mickey Mouse remembers that the dish in the picture had Rice.
  • Merlin recalls that the dish used a special kind of Chili Pepper variant called Dreamlight Pepper that he gives directly to you.

None of them have any idea who made the dish, so your next goal is to cook it to see if cooking the Cajun dish can jog your memory.

How to cook the mysterious Cajun recipe in Disney Dreamlight Valley

You can cook the mysterious Cajun recipe by combining Shrimp, Milk, Onion, Rice, and the special Dreamlight Peppers Merlin gave to you. These ingredients combine to make Enchanted Shrimp Étouffée.

Enchanted Shrimp Etouffee in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
This delicious meal is the key to saving Tiana. Screenshot by Dot Esports

After you make this dish, bring it back to each villager from the memory to see if you can piece together who cooked it.

  • Mickey Mouse recalls how the person who cooked it was savvy at business and a great singer too.
  • Remy remembers she really liked jazz music.
  • Moana recalls she loved the Glade of Trust biome because it reminded her of home.
  • Merlin remembers lending the unknown chef an enchanted cookbook and wonders if the magic may have gone wrong and trapped her inside.

Talking with all the villagers and sharing the recipe with them breaks the curse of the enchanted cookbook which frees Tiana, the mysterious chef you’ve been searching for. You can welcome her to the valley by offering her a taste of the Enchanted Shrimp Étouffée.

Tiana arriving in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
The queen of cooking has arrived. Screenshot by Dot Esports

How to place Tiana’s house in Disney Dreamlight Valley

The final step in the A Taste for Literature quest is to place Tiana’s house so she has somewhere to live. You can place her home just like you would any furniture item, but you then have to visit the Scrooge McDuck sign in front to pay 5,000 Star Coins to build it.

Once her house is built, bring Tiana the Mysterious Cajun Recipe Book you found to kick off this quest so she can hold onto it. After this, Tiana is officially a resident of the valley and the A Taste for Literature quest is now complete. There’s still lots to uncover after unlocking Tiana, so make sure you review the Dapper Delights update patch notes to figure out what to do next.

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Kacee Fay
Staff Writer at Dot Esports covering new releases and a wide array of topics including Minecraft, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Phasmophobia, general gaming, streaming, and more. She has been avidly writing and gaming her whole life and now spends her time combining the two. Kacee graduated from San Diego State University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Certificate in Creative Editing and Publishing. She then joined Dot Esports as a Freelance Writer in 2022 before transitioning to a Staff Writer in 2023. In her spare time, she enjoys buying more books than she can read, gaming alone or with friends, drinking too much tea, attending concerts, fangirling over movies and television, listening to music, and spending time with her family, friends, and pets, who are the most important parts of her world.