Disclaimer: FMA belongs to Arakawa Hiromu
Notes: Not quite as pleased with this one as I am with most of these theme responses. Trying to figure out why, and I'm not totally sure. It could be that the idea isn't as original as it could be - it's exactly what the title says, and I didn't think more about what I could turn the title into. Erm, and both direct and indirect spoilers for each character's family life (or what I can put together of it).
Thirty-one: Home Cooking
Riza Hawkeye could never be considered a professional in the kitchen, but the necessity of learning to cook when she was fourteen and her father could no longer afford to keep the help had taught her a few basic skills that presented themselves quite nicely in a few recipes. It was nothing to make a dinner party with, but she could survive on what she knew how to cook, and brought variety to her diet by guessing what went well together, and taking hints from handy neighbours.
Roy Mustang wasn't a promising chef either, but he had the added bonus of growing up with a foster-mother and foster-sisters who could either teach him a thing or two, or cook for him – whichever they saw fit.
With the mix of curious experimentation and learned skills between them, they made a mean Spicy Pumpkin Soup.
