[quote name='SneakyPenguin']Well, the trainer does warn you that cooking is tough and expensive. But when higher levels have the ability to craft dyes it needs to have a barrier of entry.[/QUOTE]
That is true and I think the dyes is the only thing that really redeems the whole profession. Selling Onion Rings for 10 bronze per is not bad, but considering the cost and effort required just to level, let alone MAKE money, selling food items rarely does a whole lot but slightly cushion the mass losses of cooking.
When you can make Master Dyes that will be nice though. Although, it does take about a million of hard to find ingredients to make though.