I got a sweet deal for the N3 Sou Matome books at $2 per book during the last known "Free Books Days" @ the Japan Foundation Los Angeles a few years back along with some free older reading books. I don't have the listening section but that shouldn't be a problem since listening sources are easy to find. 
As for kanji, I'm not at all knowledgeable except for basics and like the minimal readings for a kanji (1 on and 1 kun). Basically very elementary! A strong kanji book seems like the best solution and from how you describe the kanzen master kanji book, seems like the best bet.
I haven't cracked open the Sou Matome books in a while but I do remember very cute drawings, and yes the kitchen vocab! Some of those words I know thanks to my occassional dabbling in reading recipes in Japanese and watching one of my favorite animes last year called 食戟のソーマ with Eng subs (season 2 is coming up this summer). Though fair warning, it can be a bit graphic (characters clothes come off when eating food...an epic foodgasm) which the main chacater causes when people taste his cooking lol
As for kanji, I'm not at all knowledgeable except for basics and like the minimal readings for a kanji (1 on and 1 kun). Basically very elementary! A strong kanji book seems like the best solution and from how you describe the kanzen master kanji book, seems like the best bet.
I haven't cracked open the Sou Matome books in a while but I do remember very cute drawings, and yes the kitchen vocab! Some of those words I know thanks to my occassional dabbling in reading recipes in Japanese and watching one of my favorite animes last year called 食戟のソーマ with Eng subs (season 2 is coming up this summer). Though fair warning, it can be a bit graphic (characters clothes come off when eating food...an epic foodgasm) which the main chacater causes when people taste his cooking lol