I really, really like the concept. Combining monster hunting with the cooking works really well. The art is also really nice.
The gameplay itself definitely needs some work. In particular attacking in the direction that the mouse is pointing instead of the last direction that you moved in would make the combat much smoother, along with perhaps putting the attack onto the left mouse button instead of space. Then you could move the pick up item to space, which would then allow you to both pick up items and attack without having to take your fingers off of WASD, which would make that part of the game much smoother.
Well done with the idea, though.