Hey, I'm Out of Books to Read. Could You Recommend Some Food-Themed Stories? 姐妹,书荒了,可以求求来点有关美食文吗
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From the Start, I Was Dumped in a Garbage Dump, So I Scavenge to Make Gourmet Food 开局被丢垃圾场,我捡垃圾做美食
[System golden finger, gourmet food, foraging by the sea, raising a child, slow-paced slice of life] Ye Bufan died after tripping while walking. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself dumped in a landfill, surrounded by trash. No, wait, it was all natural ingredients. Unfortunately, his family was poor and had no seasonings. Just as he was worrying about what to do, a System appeared from nowhere. During the new-user promotion, seasonings were free to claim. Points unlocked awesome feat
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Gourmet: I'm a Post-2000s Boss, Starting with Fried Rice 美食:我01后大老板从炒饭开始
After Yu Xun's parents died in a car accident, he suddenly became a child with no one to look after him. But he inherited the little restaurant his father left behind. Just when he had no idea what to do with the place, he discovered that he had somehow been bound to an Ultra-High-Level Chef System. "Hey, kid, your buns are so plump and fluffy!" "Yu Xun, hurry up and make me five thousand buns!" "Yu Xun, please... would you sell me your recipes? I can give you a hundred million!" "I wouldn't t
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Gourmet: Setting Up a Stall with My Cat, I Have the Soldiers Chasing After Me 美食:带猫摆摊,引兵哥哥狂追
Lin Yan, unemployed the moment she graduates, unexpectedly gets a Gourmet System. Teaming up with an intelligent AI plush cat, she reaches the pinnacle of life by selling street snacks. Today, she sets up a stall outside an elementary school, drawing a swarm of students that packs the entrance. The security guard hastily puts up barricades, while the principal cries for help. Tomorrow, she sets up beside a light-rail station, attracting crowds of office workers on their way home. The traffic cop
87Reads—Score—Shelves
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I’m a Head Chef at Hengdian 我在横店当大厨
The heroine, Wei Shengyu, has a System space, which she uses to chase after celebrities in Hengdian. In Hengdian, Wei Shengyu gets to see many of the stars she likes. It would have been very difficult to make this happen otherwise, but with the System, it becomes easy. (The author is sensitive, and welcomes feedback, but please don't insult me. If you don't like it, feel free to leave. Thank you!)
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Gourmet: The Chef’s Food Stall Goes Viral on a Variety Show 美食:厨娘在综艺摆摊爆火
Gu Liuyan, a former imperial chef, opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder actress on the variety show Celebrity Kitchen. She can’t cook, has a bad temper, and has been saddled with a mountain of bad press. With an astronomical breach-of-contract fee threatening to end her career, Gu Liuyan slaps the table. “Who says I can’t cook?” And then the entire show discovers what it means to cook like a culinary god... An actress on the show wails, “I’ve already gain
58Reads6.3Score—Shelves
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Gourmet: Starting with Selling Braised Dishes in the Countryside! 美食:从下乡卖卤味开始!
[System Golden Finger + Gourmet + Everyday Business + Farming] Ji Yanming quits his job and returns to his village to care for his elderly grandfather and start a business, never expecting to bind to a Gourmet System. The god-tier braised-food recipe he gets in the beginner’s gift pack sends him soaring right from the start. So Ji Yanming begins selling braised food in the countryside, traveling from village to village and becoming a favorite with adults and children alike. Before long, his fame
2.2kReads5.8Score—Shelves
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My Kindergarten Went Bankrupt, So Instead of Giving Up, I Started a Street Stall 幼儿园破产,我不摆烂选择摆摊
[Comfort Food] [Master Chef System] [Adorable Kids and Their Dad] [Unlucky Diners] [No Romance] Eight years after transmigrating to a parallel world, Li Qilin already has a three-year-old kid, and the “Master Chef cheat” that had been overdue for years has finally arrived. The good news: the struggling daycare can stay afloat. The bad news: starting a daycare inevitably leads to “commando-style street vending.” … Whether they’re little rascals or young villains, they’re all adorable food lovers
3.1kReads8.4Score280Shelves
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Gourmet: This Is Crazy! People Queued for Three Blocks Just to Eat 美食:疯了!为口吃的排了三条街
[Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [Everyday Life] [Comfort Food] [Lighthearted] Xia Ning unexpectedly awakens a random Gourmet Shop System. Each time, he opens a shop in a completely random location, serving randomly selected delicacies to all kinds of customers. He sells sweet and spicy duck neck on Gourmet Street, and Tongguan roujiamo on the pedestrian street... While countless customers are still fretting over being unable to buy his food, Boss Xia has opened yet another shop... “Boss, could you op
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Gourmet: The School Chef Parents Never Want to Leave 美食:在小学当大厨,家长不愿走
[Stop nitpicking, everyone here is just a tool] [No romance] [Heartwarming] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Chen binds himself to the [Culinary Excellence System]. Every time he makes a delicious dish, he unlocks a new recipe, so he decides to become the head chef at an elementary school. He cooks one limited-edition dish after another, and the kids aren’t happy about it. “This big brother’s food is so good, I’d marry my big sister off to you!” “...” “Wow, it really is delicious~”
726Reads6.1Score102Shelves
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Gourmet: I'm the Company Chef, and Everyone Wants Overtime 美食:我公司掌勺,全员要求加班
[The male lead’s career path: employee → self-employed → employee → self-employed → employee → ... an endless cycle...] Su Bin, an outstanding soon-to-be graduate, was about to start an internship at a major company when a jealous classmate secretly changed his assigned position, turning a white-collar job into a late-night restaurant cook position. As it happened, Su Bin unexpectedly acquired a Gourmet System. Inside the company shuttle-bus drivers’ break room: “It’s past nine at night. Why is
694Reads5.9Score—Shelves
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She Survived in the Cultivation World With Food and a System Until She Ascended 她靠美食和系统在修真界苟到飞升
[Transmigration + System + food + spirit pets + spirit fields + no romance] Xingchen kindly saved someone, then transmigrated to the Blue Star Continent. Her father had died before she was even born? Xingchen thought the story she'd gotten was... a tale about dressing as a man, making a fortune, and working her way toward a comfortable life through farming... But when she was ready to throw herself into the work... she discovered this was a cultivation novel... Cultivation... Fine, then, she'd c
646Reads8.8Score106Shelves
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Bringing a Tiny Kitchen to Cook for an Entire Ancient Army Camp 带小厨房在古代军营做大锅饭
Yun Shu, a modern food blogger, had finally worked hard for years to buy an apartment in the big city. But on the very first day after moving into her new home, she inexplicably transmigrated to a dynasty called Great Yan. The food here was plain. People only knew how to boil or steam their ingredients, making it a veritable culinary desert. Having grown up immersed in Chinese food culture, Yun Shu had no choice but to cook for herself and make sure she had enough to eat. To survive, she found a
10.2kReads8.2Score722Shelves
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The Young Imperial Chef Becomes the Green Tea Girl's Sister in the Eighties 小御厨在八零给绿茶当妹妹
[Food + Marriage Before Love] Shen Qinglan was an ordinary young woman living in 1986. After unexpectedly transmigrating into an ancient food novel, she honed her cooking skills. But when she transmigrated back, she discovered that her life had changed. Her father, who used to dote on her, now hated her. Her mother, once devoted to her father, had left home and filed for divorce. And she herself had become a foolish girl who did nothing but obey. The entire Shen family was under the control of h
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The Liu Family's Little Restaurant 柳家小餐馆
Transmigration + food + everyday family life + adorable kids (maybe) A palace cook's maid transmigrates into the body of Liu Yan, a modern girl whose parents have both passed away. Her grandfather has just died, leaving her to depend on her grandmother. See how she puts her culinary skills to use in this new era.
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Gourmet System: The Top Chinese Chef Overseas 美食系统:海外第一中华小厨娘
[Food + Everyday Life + Comfort Food + No Romance] Lin Xinyue, an international student from Country A, a culinary wasteland, dreams above all else of getting a good Chinese meal every day. “Ding! The Host’s craving for delicious food has reached 100%, meeting the requirements for binding. Congratulations, Host, you’ve received the Food System.” !!! Cola chicken wings, spicy diced chicken, sweet-and-sour ribs, soup dumplings, a full Manchu-Han banquet... Here I come! Her fellow international stu
474Reads6.8Score—Shelves
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Su Yao’s Food-Stall Challenge 苏瑶的美食摆摊任务
My new book is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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The God of Cooking Brother Raises a Future Scholar from His Street Stall 厨神哥哥从摆摊开始养出个女状元
[Male protagonist + Coming-of-age + Golden finger + Food-focused story + A few awful characters early on] He wakes up to find himself transmigrated into ancient times as Jiang Ling, the exceptionally handsome eldest son of a farming family. His father is drowning in gambling debts, his mother is bedridden with a serious illness, his older sister has been sold off as a sacrificial bride, and his younger siblings are starving and gaunt. He quietly brings out his golden finger: an all-purpose pocke
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