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The fastest way to level up would probably be through neighbors/gifts as those are items you don't have to spend time cooking. There is certainly no shortage of people who want to be your neighbor or just start asking on walls. Then send/receive gifts as often as possible (you can gift each neighbor once every 24 hrs but you can only receive 20 gifts per day). Once you have more than 20 neighbors, you can be more selective about the gifts you receive, accepting only stew for example to maximize your gifts.