Cook-'likeish'...

Plate of soup: made at home,

like to have - one's not alone;

best start to meal you'll meet;

opening course, then a sweet.

Someone's taste may set menu -

​at your home, or seek good venue;

balance leans one way, or other:

cook or bake: sister or brother.

Fare: home, friends and visitors,

'Sit and dine?' As ask inquisitors -

do feed the body and the mind;

the nicest offers one could find!

However, raise not hopes, yet;

courtesy - maybe all you'll get!

Some hosts make all welcome -

with 'eats'...they're wholesome?

A 'good-feed', the anticipation:

range of shades, hues, descriptions...

meals: utmost desire & dream -

 'plain-blanket' to get, may seem!

No Sweet?