Tales of Graces F

So if you keep collection book info, does that mean you can put food in the Eleth Mixer without making it? (in that file)

Yeah, you don't have to have any of the food/material/book to use it assuming you had it at some point in the previous playthrough. I was using Miso Stew since the beginning of my NG+ (which is a bad idea unless you carry over money by the way -- I didn't have enough gald to refill it).

Because I worked hard to collect every item in the game and don't want to have to do it again.

It really wouldn't be so bad if requests (and the grade attached to them) didn't reset every time. I think that's the only reason I end up making so much crap.