The Little Farm Girl, God of Cooking: Winning Over the Ancients with Food

She was once the God of Cookery in the Ninth Heaven, but her obsession with prepackaged food from the Celestial Court enraged the Jade Emperor, who banished her to the mortal realm. Reborn as Mu Lan, a farm girl, she forgot her past and retained only the instinctive sense of taste etched into her soul. With only bare walls at home, she uses wild greens to create imperial-cuisine flavors. When competitors try to crush her, her innovative dishes set the whole city’s taste buds ablaze. From a roadside stall to the greatest restaurant in the world, she goes from being scorned to adored by thousands. When a lost dish from a thousand years ago reappears in the world, she finally realizes: The finest food has never been in the heavens. It has always been here in the warmth of everyday life. “This time around, I won’t be a god. I’ll be the one who conquers the mortal world’s appetite.”