Furnace

A furnace is a block which lets you cook food, ore and more things. This one thing which is needed quite alot, along with the crafting table. It is quite easy to craft although you will need a picaxe.

Crafting
To craft this you need 8 cobblestone blocks. Put the cobblestone in every box exept from the middle.

"It would be a good idea to have some items, like coal to cook the items"- Minecrafthelp (talk) 18:35, October 25, 2013 (UTC)minecrafthelp

Info
Most of the items you can cook is:

Cactus, gold ore, iron ore, wood, stone , porkchop , Chicken and quite a lot more.