This is not an all inclusive post by any means, all of the information was gathered from other sites and brought to one place for ease of  reference particular to healers.  A link-back to the specific sites will be provided

Previously I posted about the cooking specializations in Mists of Pandaria in regards to healers.  Today I’m going to make you a short and easy cheat sheet so to speak, of what fish are beneficial for leveling your cooking in both the Intellect specialization and Spirit specialization, so that you can know what to bank while leveling/farming.  As well as where you should go to get started on your specialization.  For the most part, you are going to want to read the guides I am linking from to fully understand what is going on, as many dishes require more than just meat.  The majority of this information is from El’s Anglin and WoWhead News and none of it is from my own work.  At the time of this publication, the MoP expansion is in beta, so it could very well become outdated information.  All disclaimers out of the way now, here we go!

For Spirit specialization:

Once you reach at least 530 Cooking, you are going to want to learn Way of the Steamer: Spirit. Taught by Yan Ironpaw. (see link for location)

You’re going to want to keep the following types of meat/fish for this specialization:

• Emperor Salmon
• Jewel Danio
• Giant Mantis Shrimp
• See Also:  Steamed Crab Surprise

For Intellect Specialization:

Again, once you are at 530 or higher cooking, you’re going to want to train Way of the Pot: Intellect. Taught by Mei Mei Ironpaw

You’re going to want to keep the following types of meat/fish for this specialization:

• Jade Lungfish
• Emperor Salmon
• Raw Turtle Meat
• See Also:  Mogu Fish Stew

Keep in mind, you can only level one specialization at a time.  I’m thinking most of us will level spirit first, as generally at the beginning of a new expansion that is the buff we need the most, you’ll need to max out your rep with Way of the Steamer before you can begin to max out Way of the Pot.  If you start with Intellect first, you’ll have to max it out to get to Spirit food.

Cooking is Serious Business!

While doing the quests on the beta myself, there was a daily quest to turn in stacks of vegetables to the cooking award vendor (they are turned into grocery packs via a basket bought by the basket vendor) which rewards you with a cooking award.  I do not know if this will make it into live, but I’d suggest holding on to all “used for cooking” materials until you are sure you can’t use them!

For more indepth information please visit the El’s Anglin guide to cooking as well as the wowhead guide mentioned above.  They also cover all specializations, as well as guides to leveling cooking and links to all the recipies and foods that are needed that have been datamined/verified on the beta servers.

Don’t worry, once MoP goes live, I’ll have a cheat sheet for your (healing) consumable needs!