Fair enough. Some players enjoy the challenge of figuring things out, and the game is designed so things often aren't immediately obvious.
The walkthrough is outdated. The early parts (including getting a key for Alice) are fan-written, and the later portions provided by Tinkerer are quick-and-dirty. In the original version you had to get steaks from Jenny at the Store...dunno if you could make things at a kitchen at all back then, before my time. In later version you could make steaks yourself in a kitchen from Day 1. Maybe a couple years back, the crafting system was updated. Part of THAT was not being able to make steaks yourself until after you got steaks from Jenny at least once. (Killer isn't the only time you need steaks.)
Any specific quests/tasks you're having issues with? Something might have changed like how it was with Killer.
M3ntir, could Tinkerer adjust the dialogue for Alice's key quest & other situations needing a steak to point the way? "I need to keep him quiet! Maybe a nice juicy steak would do the trick?" Similar to when the Mayor's dialogue about the goblin ears bounty added speaking to Gabriel.