I couldn't cook anything either. I threw some rat fur and a few feathers into the cauldron, but nothing happened afterwards. This has potential tho. Also, nice graphics and sounds.

Great art and interesting idea! Couldn't really cook anything though unfortunately.

Wished I could play the game, I think that it is missing some bunch of things:

I think for a game like this that is not intuitive to play should have some kind of manual or tutorial. After much trial and error I could find that I needed to click on every cursor and, for me, the only that worked correctly was the magnifier which would let me see the items.

The graphics are nice, the only problem is that I was trying to search if I needed to lit up some fire before playing, you said something about the font but I really believe you should use a clearer font to read, take a look into Soul Sacrifice(PS Vita) gameplay, the entire game situates inside a book with a dark atmosphere but there's not really fancy font.

With that things being said, your game has much potential for being awesome!