Are There Any Foodie Novels on Tomato? 番茄还有美食文么?

1. 151 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 67.1kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves
2. 152 穿 Transmigrated into a Tragic Novel as Cannon Fodder, I Turned the Tables with Food 穿成虐文炮灰，我靠美食逆风翻盘 White Mountain Jade白山碧玉Ancient Romance632k WordsOngoing [Food + System + business + healing each other + obsessive, scheming male lead] Yun Shu, a descendant of imperial chefs, opens her eyes to find she has become a doomed cannon-fodder character in an old-fashioned tragic romance. Not only did she spend her life giving the heroine resources and taking the blame for her, but even after her death, she became part of their PLAY. They really used her to the very end. Why should the whole world’s lives be sacrificed just so their love story can be passi 30Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   In this book, the female protagonist is a descendant of imperial chefs and a food blogger. She is skilled in the eight major cuisines of China and abroad and can also talk about various culinary knowledge. She transmigrates into the book as the eldest daughter of the Grand Tutor's family who was kidnapped. At this time, she is a peasant girl fleeing famine. She meets a group of young generals and they travel together to Lingnan.

3. 153 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.3kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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   The first book is amazing, highly recommended! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up] It's incredibly interesting. The female lead travels back to the 70s or 80s, possessing both wit and a rich romantic storyline (the female lead has no romantic partner). The second book describes food in a super vivid and realistic way; every time I read it, my mouth waters! 🤤 The third book is very enjoyable, with a tight plot that flows smoothly from beginning to end—super satisfying! [Sparrow's Masterpiece]

4. 154 一 One Person, One House, One Mountain 一人一屋一座山 Listening to Lotus in the Night Rain夜雨听荷Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted (This is a sentimental book, written for my own enjoyment. If you’re looking for dramatic conflict or feel-good stories about lying flat, you can stop here.) After growing tired of city life and marriage, Wang Nan decided to stay in the mountains and live alone after arranging his grandmother’s funeral. From then on, it was one person, one house, three meals a day, and all four seasons: farming and good food, with a calm and unhurried life. 5.6kReads9.1Score487Shelves

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   The first book is a food-themed novel with no romantic pairing. The female protagonist gets divorced, quits her job, and returns to the mountains to start a farming life. The second book doesn't have a romantic pairing yet. It focuses on farming life in Guangxi and mentions a lot of delicious food.

5. 155 我 I Serve Manchu-Han Banquets at Kindergarten, Making the Whole City Drool 我在幼儿园做满汉全席，全市馋哭 Fairy Pond Koi仙池锦鲤Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted 23.5kReads9.2Score2kShelves
6. 156 四 Food for Every Season 四季有粮 Olive榄角Ancient Romance743k WordsCompleted [Transmigration to an alternate historical setting + pure farming story + cozy everyday life + no cheat abilities + no generals or royalty + romance appears late + little focus on the romance + illustrated guides to plants and animals, including mushrooms, food, and handicrafts] Main characters: Li Dongzhi, Li Qiuyuan, a loud goose, and a talking myna The story follows the premise in the synopsis, with everyday farming, plenty of details, and lots of educational information. Not your cup of tea? 3.9kReads8.8Score509Shelves
7. 157 我 My Card-Based Cuisine Conquers the Interstellar World 我的卡牌美食征服全星际 Mu Mu Meng木木梦Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted Gourmet healing + raising card spirits + farming and management + no romance Reborn in the interstellar era, master chef Su Miaomiao was saddled with an enormous debt and left to tend an abandoned, uninhabited planet. Then she activated her ancestral bracelet. A spirit spring irrigated the wasteland, and an ancient Earth seed bank reappeared. Even more unexpectedly, she bonded with a Gourmet Card System. Every dish that brought happiness could generate its own card, with random drops of seeds, 206Reads—Score102Shelves

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   Food-themed healing + card-collecting sprite raising + farming management + no romance. Reborn in the interstellar era, renowned chef Su Miaomiao is burdened with enormous debt, guarding a desolate, uninhabited planet. Until she activates her ancestral bracelet—a spiritual spring irrigating the barren land, the ancient Earth's seed bank sees the light of day again. She also unexpectedly becomes bound to a food card system; every dish that brings happiness generates a unique card, randomly dropping seeds, interstellar coins, and rare ingredients. As the space upgrades, even more magical creations are born—round berry sprites hum songs while watering the orchard, soft European-style bread sprites crawl into the oven to control the heat; they replicate dishes, purify pollution, and assist in cooking. From then on, Su Miaomiao's interstellar restaurant becomes a hit, and her food cards sweep the universe. Major powers offer sky-high contracts for cooperation, and food lovers cross galaxies to check it out. Only Su Miaomiao calmly carries the newly born sprite in her arms.

8. 158 我 I Set Up a Street Stall in Ancient Times, and the Big Shots Are Obsessed! 我在古代摆地摊，大佬们馋疯了？ Yao Shujin尧书锦Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + food + everyday street-stall life + farming + cozy + no romance + alternate world] Gu Yanxi had lived in ancient times for three years when an accident left her with amnesia. A bout of high fever brought all her memories back. From the start, her father was a cripple, her mother was constantly sick, and her younger brother was a compulsive gambler. Luckily, she was a great cook and knew a few martial arts moves. No matter how tough the situation, she could handle it! Sizzling gri 5.3kReads8.0Score411Shelves

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   Food article, lots of delicious food.

9. 159 全 Interstellar Cuisine: The All-Round Spirit Chef Who Went Viral on the Star Network 【星际美食】全能灵厨在星网火了 Lou Twenty楼二十Two Male Leads442k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Interstellar + Food + ABO + Zerg + Mecha] Couple: Cheerful spirit chef omega Lin An × S-rank military alpha, scheming seme Shi Xiao Lin An, a spirit chef from the twenty-first century, wakes up to find himself in an interstellar age where food has fallen into decline. He has also gone from being a chef with a job and a home to a penniless omega celebrity with no prospects. Hoping to get famous, his predecessor begged his agent to book him on a wilderness survival variety show fil 2.6kReads8.8Score379Shelves

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   These food-themed novels are all quite well-written. Personally, I think Tomato's writing is the most appetizing. The second one is a dual male protagonist novel. JJ also has many food-themed novels, but I mostly read the farming-themed food novels.

10. 160 随 I Set Up a Random Stall, and Every Customer Goes Quiet After One Bite! 随机摆摊，顾客一吃一个不吱声！ Prosperity Little Shark旺旺小小鲨Urban1.0M WordsCompleted The novel is complete! [Food + healing + villain + slice of life + cozy + delicious reads + comedy] No romance The spoiled rich kid Lin Mo is told by the System that he's actually a fake young master, and even worse, a villain in a book. To change his fate, the System assigns him a street-stall quest. This outgoing rich young man sets out on the path of running a street stall. Selling baked flatbreads at a cemetery, fried chicken at a psychiatric hospital? Stinky tofu at the marriage registry? R 6.8kReads8.6Score760Shelves

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    I'm currently reading the first one, and it's alright. I've been reading the second and third ones overnight; they're really good.

11. 161 豪 Rejected by My Rich Birth Family, I Became a Viral Taotie Mukbang Star! 豪门认亲被拒后，饕餮吃播爆红！ Seven Parts Sugar Frost七分糖霜Two Male Leads2.3M WordsOngoing [Livestreaming + Feel-Good Payback + Gourmet Food + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Wealthy Families + Ghost Hunting] The real young master of the Jiang family, who had been living outside the family, has returned. Everyone thinks he’s ignorant, timid, and unfit for polite society. But one day, they go online and discover that the very Jiang Xingnian they looked down on is the celebrity streamer with tens of millions of followers, famous for his mukbangs and fortune-telling. One caller says he w 36.6kReads8.8Score6kShelves

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    Some of them, while not primarily known for their cuisine, are still quite good.

12. 162 给 A Little Taste of Chinese Cuisine to Spice Up Food Wars! 给食戟之灵来点小小的中餐震撼 Zhongxi仲系Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing [Food Wars! fanfic + No romance + Serious cooking + Lighthearted] Shen Mo, a somewhat well-known Chinese chef, transmigrates by accident. In this world, it seems that cooking skills can determine just about everything? I’ll try to keep all the recipes grounded in reality, and describe the cooking process in fairly complete detail. This is a free platform, after all, so feel free to use them as recipes if you like. If not, you can just skip those parts. 3.7kReads9.3Score258Shelves

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    This is a fanfiction, an original story with a male protagonist and no romantic pairing. The author must have been a chef, as the food descriptions are very detailed. So far, the book flows very well overall; it's worth checking out.

13. 163 我 I Conquered the Good-for-Nothing Protagonist with My Cooking 我靠做饭征服废柴流男主 Clock Tower时钟塔Two Male Leads257k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads] [Food] [Cultivation] [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Wish Fulfillment] Li Qiu, a pitiful soul from the Apocalypse, transmigrates into the nameless cannon fodder of the male-oriented wish-fulfillment novel An Elephant Is Formless. After enjoying eighteen happy years, he gets an orphan's starter pack, is adopted by his parents' friend, and somehow ends up in a sect. He never expected his senior brother to care for him in every way, like an older brother and father rolled into one. Whe 2Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 164 美 Gourmet: Taking Over the Bear’s Prison Canteen 美食：从承包毛熊监狱食堂开始 Quill Pen羽毛笔Urban1.3M WordsOngoing After a disastrous blind date, Tang Lei flees overnight, only to bind himself to a Chef God System that randomly assigns him a place to run: the cafeteria of a prison in a nation of tough fighters! Pork stewed with potatoes, red-braised pork, stuffed eight-treasure duck, sweet-and-sour ribs… Homestyle dishes! State-banquet cuisine! Every delicacy imaginable! Bring a taste of the culinary kingdom to Siberia, a barren wasteland of food! The vicious, unruly inmates: “Boss, do you need anyone to was 2.8kReads9.2Score309Shelves

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    All are 9 points or higher 😘 1. It's set in an alternate ancient world, mainly focusing on food. There's no dragging plot, and the characters are all quite good. There's no romance in the main story, and the author is currently updating side stories. 2. It's an urban food stall story, and it's well-written, but I initially felt the prices were a bit unreasonable. 3. It's an urban story where the protagonist works as a chef in a Russian prison. The plot and food are about equal, with some face-slapping moments and a bit of fantasy system. There's also a female lead.

15. 165 穿 Transmigrate into a Book and Raise a Child, With a Pocket Dimension to Make Money Like Crazy 穿书养崽，手握空间嘎嘎搞钱 Qing Ling青棂Ancient Romance370k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + farming + spatial dimension + gourmet food + lighthearted wish fulfillment + building wealth + 1v2] Jiang Hua unexpectedly transmigrates into an ancient farming novel as the wicked supporting female character. She originally planned to keep a low profile, make lots of money, eat and drink well, and become fabulously wealthy. But, of all things, she unexpectedly gets bound to a System? Think that’s a good thing? You couldn’t be more wrong! Damn it, this System belongs 197Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! A magical space where you can farm and raise your pets, with all sorts of delicious food available: snail rice noodles, braised pork offal, egg pancakes, poached chicken, boneless chicken feet, stir-fried snails, spicy crab, and barbecue that will make your mouth water! Set up a stall, open a shop, and make a fortune! Build a house, flirt with handsome men, and be a pure tool for the male lead, while tormenting your awful family members and staying away from scumbags!!

16. 166 穿 After I Became a Hunter, I Raised the Future Chief Minister 穿成猎户后我养了未来首辅 Qing Jiuru卿九如Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + farming story + no third gender (ge'er/fu lang) + slow-paced, steady romance + personal space + bottom is Ji Yizhou] Ji Yizhou transmigrates into the body of a hunter living halfway up a mountain in Ningjia Village, a man who shares his name. Before transmigrating, he'd just stocked up a whole space with supplies after being reborn from a world ravaged by natural disasters, and now he'd ended up somewhere else again. So what if he transmigrated? He had a space full of supplies, 4.9kReads9.0Score929Shelves
17. 167 闺 After My Best Friend Cheated, Her Brother Spoiled Me Rotten 闺蜜劈腿后，我被闺蜜哥哥宠上天 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted 👇 This book has it all: melodrama, catharsis, and sweetness! Wen Yining had been dating her boyfriend for three years. They bought a home together and were preparing to marry. She saved her first time for their wedding night and treated her best friend like a younger sister for six years. Then she opened the door to their marital home and found her boyfriend tangled up with her best friend on the lavender bedsheets she'd laid out herself. She slapped them both and went out drinking. Through 620Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Chapter 10: Food and Farming

18. 168 美 Gourmet: The Truth Is, I'm a Max-Level Chef 美食：摊牌了，其实我是满级厨师 Sili Yangjiang四里阳江Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Illustrated throughout] Xu Lai was a max-level chef who transmigrated to a parallel world, only to end up as a one-star vegetable washer. The restaurant got shut down? No big deal! My cooking is out of this world. I can make it anywhere. Worst comes to worst, I’ll open another restaurant! Buried in debt? No big deal! Win a cooking competition and you get a ten-million-yuan prize! Lost my sense of taste? No big deal... Wait, what? You’ve got to be kidding me. How can a chef lose his 3.5kReads9.1Score335Shelves
19. 169 穿 After Transmigrating, I Became a Planetary Lord 穿越之我成为星球主的日子 Poor Lad贫穷小子Two Male Leads309k WordsCompleted Two male leads + interstellar + food + adorable kids + farming + sweet romance, 1v1 The rating has only just opened, so it will gradually rise. There are lots of food livestreaming scenes. Li Qingyan opens his eyes and discovers he's become an unlucky nobody in the interstellar age. The moment his bound “I'm a Planet Owner” System speaks, it starts making grand promises: “The System will help you build the most beautiful planet and reach the peak of life!” Then he looks at his account balance an 402Reads7.6Score109Shelves
20. 170 绑 After Binding to the King of Hell's Sign-In System, I Gave Up Trying 绑定阎王签到系统后，我摆烂了 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban637k WordsCompleted A laid-off office drone gets bound to the King of Hell System. In endless instance worlds, he becomes a god by signing in and slacking off, only to discover that everyone is waiting for him to return and serve as a judge of the dead. But all he wants is to give up and coast. Xuanhuan, system novel, infinite flow, underworld, lighthearted Slacking off, overworked employee, sign-in, subverting expectations, power fantasy, comedy, wild imagination, modern city, past and present lives, mystery One-l 48Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 171 开 From the Start of a Famine, I Feed My Whole Family Like Kings 开局荒年，我带全家吃香喝辣 Qing Ling青棂Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted [Farming + fleeing famine + pocket dimension + slow and steady + family life + one-on-one romance] The moment Xia Yunxi opens her eyes, she finds herself transmigrated to another world. But isn't this taking things a little too far? From the start, she's fleeing famine, with people trading children for food? All right, all right. So that's how we're playing it? [Master, there's a transmigration starter pack waiting for you!] Guided by her useless pocket dimension, Xia Yunxi takes her adopted fam 16Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 172 末 Random Stalls in the Apocalypse, Snapped Up by Every Major Base 末世随机摆摊，我被各大基地疯抢 Sweet Peach Cheese Iced Tea甜桃芝芝冰茶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented] [Apocalypse management + invincible, no romance + top-tier hotties + lighthearted] Natural disasters + zombies A food-focused business story. Not fully automated in the early stages! Not a superpowered heroine! * Xie Purou had just finished her last mission and hadn't even had a chance to enjoy herself when the System dumped her into the apocalypse. She has to draw cards just to unlock food? From the start, all she has is a run-down little inn and a food truck, and she has to g 19.6kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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    The first book, *Fengshen*, I finished almost entirely; it's the best food novel on the site. The second was a business-themed food novel, very enjoyable. I've read about half of the third one.

23. 173 种 After Unlocking Cheat Skills for Farming, I Was Spoiled by an Exiled Prince 种田开挂后，我被流亡王爷宠爆 Qian Jingling浅镜灵Two Male Leads340k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Farming + Dual Male Leads + Devoted Couple + System + Cute Pets] Lin Jiahe, a hapless agriculture student, transmigrates on a stormy night and wakes up as a prisoner? Mutated fields from the start, with starving corpses everywhere? Luckily, he gets bound to an adorable System named Xiaobai. What? This dog has to kiss the prince to upgrade the spirit spring?! Lin Jiahe's head spins. "We want to revitalize agriculture, but first I have to win over a man?!" The aloof beauty he pic 5Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 174 相 After a Blind Date, the Egg White Girl Falls for the Egg Yolk CEO 相亲后，蛋白女孩爱上蛋黄总裁 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted Blind Date + Mutual Devotion + She Pursues Him + She Pursues First, Then He Chases Her + Elite Families + Love at First Sight At a blind date her grandmother had forced her to attend, Qin Xi only planned to go through the motions. Then a hard-boiled egg in her salad made her lose her composure on the spot. She picked out the yolk and left it uneaten. The man across from her said calmly, “I like egg yolks. Give it to me. Don’t waste it.” Egg white and egg yolk: a perfect match. She fell for 178Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 175 林 Lin Yu’s Farming Diary 林瑜种田记 A Doodle一朵朵拉Two Male Leads314k WordsCompleted A novice dad working hard to make money × a gentle, cunning prime minister fallen on hard times (There's no business-building or money-making in this story. It's just a cozy tale about raising a child and falling in love.) Love at first sight or love that grows over time, it makes no difference. As long as it's him, that's all that matters. After all, no one knows where love begins, but once it does, it runs deep... 425Reads9.2Score—Shelves
26. 176 抽 Card-Drawing Management: From a Run-Down Flat to the World's Number One Restaurant 抽卡经营：从老破小到天下第一楼 Jiang Jiang Jiang Jiang Shi姜姜姜姜时Ancient Romance710k WordsOngoing [Food + System + Inn Management + Transmigration + No Romance + Building Wealth + Light Comedy] A slow-paced story! Gradual progression! Heartwarming! Even with its leisurely pace, the author loves throwing in hilarious punchlines! If you prefer fast-paced power fantasies, think twice before reading! Thirty taels in debt from the start, and the System wants me to draw cards to cook? After Meng Qinghe died from staying up all night gaming, she transmigrated into the body of a young innkeeper in 3kReads6.2Score314Shelves
27. 177 三 A Three-Year-Old Prodigy Shows the Way: Mom’s Welding Machine Leads to Immortality 三岁萌宝指路：妈妈的电焊机通仙 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted Three-year-old Gu Tiaotiao squatted on the threshold of a hardware store, pointing at an empty alley. “Mommy, there’s a leak in the alley.” She looked up. A crack split the wall, and a man covered in golden fissures stepped out of it. He said she was the unfinished crack from a thousand years ago. The eighty-yuan secondhand welding torch in her hand lit up. The man was called Lu Beiyin. When he took his first bite of noodles, he froze: for the first time in a thousand years, he could taste som 14Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 178 村 The Village Chief's Wife Is Wild and Unhinged, and I'm the Strongest in the Village 村长夫人癫又狂，制霸全村我最强 Cat Who Loves Houttuynia折耳根的猫Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + The 1970s + Family Life + Elderly Couple Reborn Together + Food and Farming] After her children drove her out of the house and she froze to death, 63-year-old Zhao Ailan was reborn. She returned to the year her son stole money to support a widow and her daughter planned to elope with a freeloader. Fine, fine, fine. All four of them are ungrateful brats, are they? Zhao Ailan went straight to the hospital and made sure her unborn youngest son was sent back to be reborn first. The 1.8kReads8.7Score150Shelves

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    I absolutely love this food novel! It's a newly discovered collection of rural cuisine stories!! It's so relatable, and it even has pictures—green glutinous rice dumplings filled with pickled mustard greens and bamboo shoots! Stir-fried mixed mushrooms, pork blood vermicelli soup, abalone and free-range chicken soup, toon sauce, locust flower buns… This is a story about an old lady who's been reborn, filled with childhood memories of all the food—some of which I'd almost forgotten what they looked like!

29. 179 我 I Run a Fish Farm in the Apocalypse 我在末世开鱼塘 Fox Dares to Pin Down Dragon狐狸敢压龙Two Male Leads331k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads] [Sweet romance] [A little goofy] [Apocalypse] [Farming] In his previous life, Lu Ling'an was framed by villains. They not only took his core but also mercilessly drove him out. In the end, he was made to take the fall for the leadership and died as a sinner beneath the terrible tide of corpses. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the time before the Apocalypse. Not only had he inherited a fishpond that could be expanded without limit, but there was also…a half-de 125Reads8.7Score—Shelves
30. 180 绑 Bound to a Gossip System, I Was Made a County Princess by the Emperor 绑定吃瓜系统后，我被皇帝封郡主 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Ancient Romance495k WordsCompleted On Gu Yunshu's sixteenth birthday, she was bound to the “Gossip System.” At a palace banquet, the System suddenly delivered a shocking piece of gossip: the children born to the Noble Consort were actually fathered by the head of the Imperial Medical Academy! The words slipped out of her thoughts: “The emperor's been cuckolded!” The entire court heard her, and the emperor immediately ordered a blood test to confirm their parentage. The Noble Consort fell from power, the chancellor turned out 18Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 181 重 Reborn as a Food Lover 重生之美食爱好者 Cappuccino Rina Ice卡布奇诺瑞纳冰Two Male Leads722k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Ye Lan didn’t have many hobbies. He just liked cooking and reading novels. He’d been prepared from childhood to spend his whole life alone, but one day an accident happened on a plane. He thought his life was over, but when he opened his eyes, he discovered he had transmigrated to a world completely different from his own. This world was full of top-quality ingredients, and not only could he indulge his appetite, he also found himself a ridiculously powerful spirit pet. 1.4kReads8.9Score125Shelves
32. 182 汴 The Daily Life of a Real Estate Broker in Bianjing 汴京房牙的日常 Bright Green Persimmon绿澄澄的柿子Ancient Romance663k WordsCompleted The rating has only just come out, so it should go up later~~ An alternate-world tale of everyday commerce + the whole family getting rich + easygoing daily life + being content with modest wealth In her previous life, Xu Nanzhi worked in real estate sales. Then, in one moment, she was born into a rural family of bricklayers as their youngest daughter. When she turned fifteen, the Xu family brought their savings of several dozen strings of coins to Bianjing and first rented an old house in Xingh 27.3kReads8.5Score5.1kShelves

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    Some of the food articles feature novel themes!

33. 183 我 The Book I Was Reading: The Male Lead Came to Life 我追的书，男主出来了 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted The male lead of the book you've been following for three years has appeared. He's covered in blood, sitting on your living room sofa. He says, “I've come out of the book you've been following for three years.” Before you can react, your phone lights up. A line has been carved into the ground downstairs: “Shi Jin, you were following the wrong person.” Behind the window of the building opposite, a camera is pointed straight at you. A third text arrives at the same time: “He's lying to you. He 58Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 184 大 The Great Qian Dynasty's First Lady Scholar 大乾第一女先生 Bright Green Persimmon绿澄澄的柿子Ancient Romance708k WordsCompleted A new story. The System is just a tool and doesn't appear much~ A cozy, everyday tale, mostly about women. Jiang Zhi gets divorced, takes her daughter, and leaves her ex-husband's family in utter chaos. Back in Jiangzhou, she opens a curious teahouse. The pastries here are unlike anything people have seen, the rules are unusual, and the stories she tells... are even more unheard-of! A monkey causes havoc in Heaven? A scholar falls in love with a female ghost? And a dark-faced judge named Bao can 2.9kReads8.5Score325Shelves
35. 185 寒 The Poor Scholar: Getting Rich from a Street Stall and Shocking the Powerful 寒门秀才：摆摊暴富惊动权贵 So Sleepy, Yet Unable to Sleep好困睡不着Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted Between Jiangning and Jinling, Chu Lan was originally just a nobody with a younger brother to care for. To make ends meet, he studied food and ran a little shop. By chance, he caught the attention of Fuman Tower and sparked a wave of culinary innovation. He then teamed up with Meng Xuan, a young master from one of Jinling's great families, to make his mark in the bustling metropolis, creating a "two-city legend" with sausages and home-style dishes. On one side was Meng Xuan, a shrewd merchant wh 23Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 186 烧 She’s Waiting for Me Behind the Burnt Screen 烧焦的屏风后，她在等我 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Mystery305k WordsCompleted Mystery, wild imagination, horror, theater stage, continuing the play, Wu dialects There may be a lot of Zhejiang Wu dialect in this story. If you have trouble understanding it, leave a comment and I can explain. Most of it is written in a semi-Wu style, so it’s easy to follow. But to make the local flavor feel more authentic, some of the older characters speak in full Wu dialect. My mother had been insane for six years. Last month, she suddenly came to her senses for ten minutes and said three 15Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 187 王 The Princess Consort Cooks, and the Prince Follows the Smell Right to Her 王妃做菜，王爷闻着味就找来了 Li You Ning狸呦凝Ancient Romance687k WordsCompleted [Food + Storage Space + Love After Marriage + Opening a Shop] I'm Mu Jianxi, a food blogger of the new generation, known as today's little chef, with over eighty million followers across the internet. I never imagined that transmigration could happen to me. If I want to become a rich woman, opening a shop is obviously the best way to make money. With delicious food in hand, the world is mine. I'll introduce the ancients to luosifen, stinky tofu, spicy crayfish... and more. I never expected that 8.7kReads8.5Score945Shelves

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    This is a time-travel novel where the female lead is a culinary expert, and the male lead is later drawn to her cooking. The plot and food elements are well-integrated, but the food aspect takes precedence.

38. 188 在 I, in Short, Am Here for Laughs 在下，纯属搞笑 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted Comedy, and we mean it. Secret crush, and he’s a brooding flirt. Both leads are pure, so dive in without fear of landmines. Qian Duoduo is an entertainment reporter who became famous for writing about “The Mystery of a Certain Top-Tier Star’s Underwear Color.” Her tongue is quicker than her keyboard. Zhou Zhiheng is a dermatologist who saves every word. His biggest secret is that he’s followed her from a burner account for three years, clicking “Like” on every article. They meet again at the h 103Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 189 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 49.9kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves

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    I've finished reading these farming and food novels on Tomato (a Chinese reading platform). Personally, I think reading *Mountains Have Herbs* requires some patience; it's a good read and introduces many common Chinese medicinal herbs. Don't worry, you might forget some details after a while. *A Small Bookstore in Chang'an* completely lives up to Tomato's 9.6 Rating; it even woke my child up laughing in the middle of the night. *Changhuan Eatery* has a similar feel to *Chang'an Small Restaurant*, but it's different. This one not only has mind-bending cases but also delicious food. The male and female leads are also very good and have their own distinct styles, and the supporting characters are well-developed.

40. 190 太 Crown Prince, Your Crown Princess Says Hot Pot Is Ready! 太子，太子妃喊你吃火锅了！ Sea Salt Pineapple Beer海盐味菠萝啤Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted Food blogger Tang Xiao transmigrated into the daughter of an imperial chef in the Great Xia Kingdom. That day, the Crown Prince's eating disorder worsened. The Emperor flew into a rage and threatened to execute the imperial chef's entire clan. In a desperate move, Tang Xiao grabbed two copper pots and charged straight into the palace. The aroma of hotpot wafted through the palace, and the Crown Prince's carefully cultivated image completely fell apart. A servant came to report, "Miss, the Cr 2.6kReads6.9Score335Shelves

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    Lazy Cat is here! [Please follow] Food-themed Entrepreneurship Collection [Thinking] [Attention] Story Summary: The female protagonist sees that her mansion is too poor, so she has to sell food to make ends meet. Unexpectedly, she catches the eye of the male protagonist, so she has to get married, and incidentally win over the male protagonist's stomach. She feeds the male protagonist's family as a support, thus gaining the exclusive favor of the royal family. [Eating melon] Without further ado, let's take a look↓↓↓

41. 191 离 I Became a Millionaire Overnight After My Divorce 离婚后我一夜暴富 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted My husband held up our property settlement agreement and said, “You’re not good enough for me anymore.” I calmly signed, then used all my savings to buy a lottery ticket. The next day, he clutched his new lover on TV and screamed, “Who stole my jackpot?!” I linked arms with his business rival and waved the lottery ticket at the camera: “Let me introduce you to my new husband.” 76Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 192 斩 Cutting Spring 斩春 Chinese Loropetalum in the South南有檵木Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted ༆ Original title: "Slaying Spring", courtesy title: "Three Thousand Miles of Floating Light", also known as "A Little Bookshop in Chang'an" . "The audiobook is now available. Give it a listen!" . [Historical fantasy, farming, ancient romance, healing, opening a bookshop, romance, with a strong focus on the love story.] · [Heroine: Xu Jiang ★ Hero: Lou Yunchun] · [Other characters: Hu Xu ★ Song Li, Zeng Zhui ★ Lin Hongchu, Lin Qinnian ★ Madam Lin, Lou Jing ★ Madam Lou. Du Hui, Yuan Zuzu, Wu Zhi, 19.8kReads9.5Score3kShelves
43. 193 疯 This Is Crazy! The Entire Court Blocks My Way Over a Bite to Eat 疯了！为口吃的，满朝文武来堵我 Picky Ou Zai挑食的欧仔Ancient Romance596k WordsCompleted I just transmigrated into the Marquis's household as the legitimate daughter everyone looks down on, and now they're going to bundle me off to be the plaything of Prince Ning, the Living King of Hell? I fire back with a firm "No!" I'm bound to the [Support Lottery System]. All I have to do is set up a stall to become an immortal! I'm sold! From then on, a mysterious queen of street vendors appears in the capital. "Have you heard? The new top scholar got into a street fight over a bowl of stir-fr 93Reads6.0Score—Shelves
44. 194 世 The Heir Apparent Is Craving Something Again Today 世子今天又被馋哭了 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Ancient Romance623k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name, The Young Lord Got Tempted by Food Again Today, is now available. On the very first day Duanmu Ying transmigrated into the body of a minor official's daughter, her half-sister shoved her into a corner and cracked her head against the wall. The good news: She brought the skills of an outstanding New Oriental culinary school graduate with her. The bad news: This backwater has no chili peppers, no wok, and even soy sauce is a rare luxury. But who is Duanmu Yi 148Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 195 王 The Princess Consort's Cooking Is So Good, All of the Capital Begs Her to Open a Restaurant 王妃做菜太香了，全京城跪求开店 Li You Ning狸呦凝Ancient Romance246k WordsCompleted As the only legitimate daughter of a century-old family of chefs, Jiang Yi received the baton from her father three days ago and formally became the new head of the Jiang family. She is determined to seek out rare ingredients from across the land and rediscover the flavors of long-lost dishes. She travels to the Great Yan kingdom with a time-traveling bracelet. While searching far and wide for ingredients, she unexpectedly meets a handsome man. She made the mistake of saving his life, and now he 740Reads6.9Score102Shelves
46. 196 镇 The Legitimate Daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo Rises to Greatness 镇国公嫡女的青云路 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Ancient Romance858k WordsCompleted Su Qing, a top surgeon aged twenty-eight, transmigrates after a car accident into the body of Shen Qingci, the frail legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, who is constantly bullied. Her birth mother died young, her stepmother makes life difficult for her, and her half-sister even steals her mother’s keepsakes and pushes her into the water, leaving her to die. When she opens her eyes again, the timid girl has become a bold soul of a doctor. The unassuming wooden bangle on her wr 10Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 197 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    This book is definitely a must-have; it's a great introduction to various delicacies, starting with self-service porridge.

48. 198 说 Whatever Happened to the Prince Who Couldn’t Eat? Now He Eats Everything I Make 说好的厌食王爷呢？怎么做啥吃啥 All-Sugar Hand-Torn Bread全糖手撕面包Ancient Romance646k WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name is now streaming. “A cheerful, outgoing apocalypse survivor who transmigrates into a book and flirts without realizing it × a reserved, aloof, picky-eating, scrawny mute prince” “A foodie story in a sweet romance, and a sweet romance in a foodie story.” Tang Zhixia, whose brains had been eaten by zombies, transmigrated into a book. She landed in an old-fashioned romance novel she had read shortly before she died. She wasn’t the heroine or even a supporting charac 3.6kReads8.6Score493Shelves
49. 199 诡 Eerie: I Became the PM for Every Unscientific Project 诡异：我成了所有不科学项目PM Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban749k WordsCompleted From philosophical questions to the fate of civilization: Is humanity worth saving? Mu Shiyu's answer: That isn't for one person to decide. It's worth finding out together. In 2056, humanity collectively admitted something for the first time: this world no longer played by the rules. It all began thirty-two years earlier. One ordinary morning in 2024, a door appeared out of nowhere at an intersection in Shibuya, Tokyo. It wasn't a metaphor or an art installation. It was a real door, floating in 6Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 200 后 My Stepmother Has Delicious Food, So Surrender, Prince Daddy! 后娘手中有美食，王爷爹爹快投降 The Red in Brown Sugar红糖的红Ancient Romance584k WordsCompleted [Food + devoted one-on-one romance + adorable child + imperial palace + princess consort] Lin Youyou's greatest passions in life are gossip, food, face-slapping, and making money. Little Doudou has a wish: to find a beautiful wife for her exceptionally handsome prince father, someone who will dote on her, love her father, and be gentle and kind. But this young lady can cook delicious food! Really, really delicious food, including all kinds she has never even tried before. Little Doudou is torn. 1.5kReads8.5Score115Shelves

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