Baking requires precise measurements and an adherence to instructions, an understanding of the chemical processes underlying certain reactions which will allow for repeated experimentation to find the best results for your desires.

[ He nods in approval. It's not a bad choice, not only on a conceptual level, but he recognizes its value as a skill that produces one of the pleasures of life: food. ]

If I had more time to myself, that is a skill I would like to pick up as well.

[ Too bad he doesn't know enough people to foist his results upon, because he would not be able to consume all of it on his lonesome. Well, perhaps he could always share with his fellow teachers, or with other researchers when with the Intelligentsia Guild? He banishes the thoughts out of his mind. It's a silly little fantasy that won't happen, busy as he is. ]