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Please predict whether this patent is acceptable.PATENT ABSTRACT: A cooking apparatus includes a recipe obtaining unit that obtains recipe information for a dish, a preference obtaining unit that obtains preference information for a user, and a recipe modification unit that, based on the obtained preference information, modifies a value of a cooking parameter, which defines a manner of cooking, to provide modified recipe information, the cooking parameter value being included in the obtained recipe information. The preference information is, for example, information indicating taste preference of the user. In that case, the recipe modification unit modifies the cooking parameter value in a direction in which the taste of the dish is more closely fit to the taste preference indicated by the preference information.