Looking for Stories with a Female Lead Who Can Cook All Kinds of Delicious Food. Thanks! 求女主会做各种美食的文，谢谢！

1. 1 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Building a Fortune and Raising My Kids 重生八零之发家致富养崽崽 Mu Muzhi木木枝Modern Romance996k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + no awful characters + food + adorable kids + period setting] In her previous life, after Li Heng accidentally fell off a cliff and was left disabled, Qiao Xi abandoned her husband and child, ultimately bringing the Li family to ruin. Given another life, she looks at her gentle, doting husband, then at her adorable, lively son, and swears to make it up to them and never let the tragedy happen again. With food and clothing businesses, Qiao Xi takes things one step at a time, gradu 4.5kReads9.1Score284Shelves

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   I highly recommend these books! 🌸The female leads are all excellent cooks, and their food is incredibly fragrant. The children love it, and later, they even open shops and stalls using their culinary skills! 🌸🌸The vibrant red fish is topped with emerald green herbs, mint, and scallions—a feast for the eyes, nose, and palate. Mr. Li, holding his chopsticks, hesitated to even pick them up. Qiao Xi, oblivious to this, grabbed a large wooden spoon and scooped a generous spoonful of fish for each of them. Mr. And Mrs. Li looked at their bowls of fish and slowly began to eat. Once the fish entered their mouths, they forgot all about saying anything. The fish was incredibly tender and delicious, with a subtle numbing spiciness, the unique aroma of the herbs, and the flavors of the mint and scallions fully infused into the broth and the fish. One bite, and they felt like they were in heaven. Li Heng ate a piece of fish, then scooped up another large spoonful, eating it bite by bite, unusually lacking his usual refined manners. Josh was delighted to see them enjoying their meal. Glancing at Li Xingchen, who was also eating with gusto, she smiled, gently stirred the fish roe in the pot with a wooden spoon, and quickly scooped out a large spoonful of broth-soaked fish roe into the little one's bowl. Li Xingchen paused for a moment, then tilted his head back and gave Josh a bright smile, "Mommy's so good!!" Josh just thought he was adorable. "Good boy, eat up, this fish roe is delicious! There's only so much from one fish." "Hehe, okay!"

2. 2 八 Fiery Military Romance in the 1980s: The Fake Heiress Becomes a Stepmom and Raises the Kids 八零热辣军婚，假千金当后妈养崽 Charcoal-Grilled Mandarin Duck炭烧鸳鸯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + stepmother + raising children + adorable kids + everyday family life + fake and real heiresses + spatial powers + contrasting characters] Fang Xiaoluo transmigrates into the 1980s as a fake heiress and becomes the apple of her military officer husband's eye. With a space containing a spiritual spring, Fang Xiaoluo can raise children, make money, and farm with ease. Her life is so happy it feels like she has a cheat code. Xu Yaqiu is reborn. In her previous life, she married a m 8.6kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
3. 3 七 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 Li Jia Qiqi黎家七七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 22.2kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
4. 4 七 Seventies Island Military Marriage: A Stepmom's Daily Life Raising Kids After Remarrying 七零海岛军婚：二婚后妈养娃日常 Achoo Achoo啊啾啊啾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military Marriage + Stepmother + Second Marriage + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Food + Everyday Life + Love After Marriage When she opens her eyes, Song Shiwei discovers she has transmigrated into a book! Worse, she’s become the female cannon fodder with a tragic ending! To save her life and escape the plot’s control, she impulsively marries Zhou Tingyue, a cadre ten years her senior! She thinks she can now enjoy a carefree little life of her own! But when she arrives, she discovers that the f 3.4kReads8.9Score318Shelves
5. 5 白 The Army Wife and Her Child Join the Troops: Her Cooking Takes the Compound by Storm 白月光带娃随军：靠美食风靡大院 Xiaobai Sells Xiaoxin小白卖小新Modern Romance594k WordsCompleted [Delicate Beauty + Tough Military Officer] (Alternate History + Food + Military Wife + Raising Kids + Reborn + First Love + Family Life) When Cheng Yuewan opened her eyes, she had returned to the day in her previous life when she abandoned her children and ran away. In her previous life, she resented Song Huaisheng for ruining her life, and disliked their two children because of him. Only at the end of her life did she realize she had blamed the wrong person. Given another chance at life, all sh 2.8kReads7.2Score199Shelves
6. 6 漂 The Beautiful Army Wife Is So Alluring, Even the Ice-Cold Commander Has Fallen for Her 漂亮军嫂太撩人，冷面首长沦陷了 Jia He Yue嘉禾岄Modern Romance465k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Face-Slapping + Sweet Romance + Heroine's Entrepreneurship] When Fu Xueyao wakes up, she discovers that she has transmigrated to the 1980s. Here, she's a lazy girl who's willful, spoiled, rude, and crude, and even her newlywed soldier husband was tricked into marrying her. Since she's here, she might as well make the best of it. Fu Xueyao, who has been single her whole life, thinks this bargain husband isn't bad at all. A slim waist, long legs, a great figur 2.3kReads9.0Score186Shelves
7. 7 七 The Military Wife’s Farming Life in the 1970s 七零军嫂种田忙 A Floating Fish in a Dream一梦浮鱼Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted Lin Yunxi wakes from a nap and discovers that she has transmigrated into the body of a military wife in the 1970s. She got married young and already has an adorable son. In an era when people don't have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, Lin Yunxi isn't worried at all: her pocket dimension for growing crops came with her! Watch as she wins the country's support, opens factories, starts businesses, and builds a business empire of her own. She hears that a courtyard house in the capital co 9.3kReads9.0Score732Shelves
8. 8 八 The Spicy Girl of the 1980s: I Made My Fortune with Food 八零小辣媳：我靠美食发家致富 Siyuan嗣源Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Rebirth + Food + Feel-Good + Fiery Wife + Love After Marriage] A spirited food blogger who transmigrates into the past VS a calculating, loyal-dog hero who was once a technical whiz and later becomes a powerful tycoon Su Ning transmigrated to the 1980s and became a young wife with a terrible reputation. Her husband treated her with indifference, the neighbors gossiped about her, and her birth family kept finding ways to bleed her dry. Make a fortune, take down scumbags, deal with 518Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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   These two books are great! [Drooling emoji] 🥥 First book: The female lead goes to an island to join the army and can cook all kinds of delicious food, especially seafood [shy emoji]. She can cook oysters, clams, abalone, etc., Very well… 🥥 Second book: The female lead was a chef in her past life and also has a portable space. She can cook all kinds of food and later even starts a business…

9. 9 八 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 56.1kReads9.4Score7.3kShelves
10. 10 娇 The Sweet Military Wife Is on Top, and Her Officer Husband Can't Take It 娇娇军嫂在上，军官老公顶不住 First Frost霜初Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Sweet Years, is now streaming~ The second short drama adaptation, Let Me Dwell in Your Heart, is now streaming~ [Military marriage + food + supermarket space + devoted couple + everyday life + love after marriage] Ye Muqi had just become a seven-star chef when a car accident transported her to the 1980s. From the start, she was married, and her husband was a soldier with a slim waist and long legs. For Ye Muqi, who had been single for 29 years, that was a huge plus! T 9.5kReads9.1Score857Shelves
11. 11 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 7.9kReads8.7Score497Shelves

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    🍒🍒 Chapters ① and ② both feature food-themed titles. Chapter ① tells the story of a female protagonist who, by chance, transmigrates to a small town in a fictional dynasty, possessing a special advantage. With her exceptional culinary skills, she works tirelessly with her mother and sisters, starting from a roadside stall, selling sweet milk tea, tender fish balls, crisp pickled bamboo shoots, and fragrant braised dishes, eventually building her own shop. Chapter ② tells the story of a female protagonist who transmigrates into a book while pregnant with a child of unknown father. She transforms herself into a construction site lunchbox beauty thanks to her culinary skills. Spicy chicken, garlic sprouts with cured pork, sesame sauce noodles, and sweet and sour fish are all easily prepared. Chapter ③, with its captivating title, promises incredibly appealing food, and the interactions between the male and female leads are also very engaging. The author's writing is excellent. Chapters ④ and ⑤ are both period-themed sweet romance novels featuring food. ④ The author's portrayal of the love between the male and female protagonists, the love between the grandparents, the brotherhood, and the harmony among the people in the small town is heartwarming. The female protagonist transmigrates into a book and becomes the cannon fodder ex-wife of a powerful figure, starting with her thug husband being beaten up and hospitalized. The female protagonist declares, "Tell Gu Lin I'm pregnant. If he doesn't come home and stay put, I'll beat his son. After that, he can go wherever he wants, save whoever he wants. If I say another word, I'm a pig." Cold noodles, crayfish, barbecue, fried skewers…

12. 12 旗 One Flirt from the Qipao Beauty, and the Strongest Officer Blushes 旗袍美人一撩，最强军官羞红脸 Luo Zili洛梓璃Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Super-sweet military marriage + pocket dimension + stepmother raising kids + seductive cheongsam beauty and cool, restrained officer + everyday food + healing] Jiang Zhining has had a rough time. The real heiress pushed her off a cliff, and she nearly ended up in a snake’s jaws, but then she unexpectedly met the toughest officer in the book. When she was thrown out of her home and left homeless, Jiang Zhining turned and stopped the abstinent officer. “Comrade Song Yuzhou, I can never repay you 2.3kReads9.2Score284Shelves
13. 13 年 The Villainous Tycoon's Wife, Who Died Young in a Period Novel, Is Reborn 年代文反派大佬的早逝前妻重生了 Wild Radish狂野萝卜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Sweet-looking black-hearted flower x cold on the outside, warm-hearted, pure-hearted little stray dog” After dying, Zhou Yu unexpectedly learns that she is merely a cannon-fodder side character in a book, while Gu Ye is the story's biggest villain. In the book, she dies in childbirth, and Gu Ye raises their child alone at the bottom of society. Later, Gu Ye makes his fortune and becomes one of the richest men in Shenzhen. Zhou Yu feels reassured when she reads this. Though she and Gu Ye married 6.4kReads8.7Score558Shelves
14. 14 穿 I Became the Powerful Man's Fussy Ex-Wife, and His Whole Family Dotes on Me 穿成大佬作精前妻，我被全家团宠 Here Comes the Money, Here Comes the Money财来咯财来咯Modern Romance874k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + beloved by everyone + groveling to win his wife back + marriage before love + a stern, devoted military officer with perfect husbandly virtue VS a beautiful, easygoing woman] (The rating just came out and will go up, dear readers~) Shen Anlan died one day from stomach cancer, then transmigrated into a book. She was the male lead’s expendable ex-wife, a selfish woman who caused him endless trouble and finally ended up divorced. After arriving in the story, Shen Anlan happened 11.8kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
15. 15 摆 Selling Egg Fried Rice at a Street Stall, Wielding My Spatula Until the Wok Smokes! 摆摊卖蛋炒饭，抡得锅铲都冒烟！ Riding a White Dog骑只白狗Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Food + Games + Challenges + Comfort Food + Heartwarming + Showbiz + No Romance After her contract expires, Shi Yi chooses to leave showbiz. By chance, she is selected by a food game, which requires her to take a little three-wheeled cart out to sell food every day. Level One: Sell ten-yuan boxed meals and throw in a bottle of water! The customers can’t believe what a bargain it is! “Boss Shi, I’ll have an order of braised ribs!” “Oh my gosh, you’ve even got king crab?!” “Boss Shi must be running 3.9kReads7.5Score407Shelves

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    The first book has no romantic pairing. I don't know what you guys think, but I thought it was pretty good.

16. 16 让 I Sent You to Kindergarten, and You Say You Can Cook Six Dishes? 让你上幼儿园，你说能炒六个菜？ Tinpot Guokui铁皮锅盔Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Su Wan transmigrated in the most bizarre way imaginable. In her previous life, she was a chef. Now she's the director of a kindergarten on the verge of closing down. She also received a Food System, and from then on, the whole kindergarten's atmosphere changed completely. Mom: Son, what did you learn at kindergarten today? Son: I don't want to talk about work after I get home. Dad: Sweetie, did you have fun with your friends at school? Daughter: How should I put it? They don't know how to pitch 10.4kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
17. 17 拜 Goodbye, I'm Going Home to Run a Stall 拜拜了您，我回家摆摊了 Miss Steak牛扒小姐Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Gourmet + Slice of Life + No Romance + Heartwarming] Shen Huan was an ordinary office worker. The company was rife with cutthroat competition, and her direct boss kept making things difficult for her. After working diligently overtime for half a year, she'd finally had enough of his torment and quit. Who cared about this lousy job? In a fit of anger, Shen Huan quit without another job lined up, packed her things, and went back to her hometown. When she decided to start a street food stall, she 3.3kReads8.6Score243Shelves
18. 18 吃 Eat, Eat, Eat! Come and Eat! 吃吃吃，都来吃 Hua Zhengrong花峥嵘Modern Romance621k WordsCompleted [Unconventional Food Story + Improving the Nation’s Health + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + System Pocket Dimension. Chasing Dreams, and the Heroine Means Business!] Wu Shuang, who grew up in an orphanage, had just graduated from college when a speeding car sent her flying. The good news: she was in great shape and wasn’t hurt. Even better news: she got a food System and a pocket dimension! Wu Shuang sighed: at last, the thread of her fate had grown thicker!!! From then on, Wu Shuang’s hot pot res 228Reads—Score106Shelves
19. 19 我 How Did I, Heir to a Legendary Chef, End Up as a Suffering International Student? 我堂堂神厨后人竟沦为命苦留子？ Call Me Teacher Bao叫我爆老师Modern Romance181k WordsOngoing [Don’t make me cook!! → Cooking is so satisfying] [Gourmet fiction + System + farming pocket dimension + hilarious and heartwarming] Ning Tangtang comes from a family of master chefs, but she has no desire to inherit the family business. Her lifelong dream is to escape the kitchen. What good is a perfect knife technique when milk tea smells so good? No matter how brilliant your cooking is, nothing beats lying flat! Her family thinks she’s “neglecting her proper duties,” so they pack her off abro 18Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 美 Gourmet System: A Street Food Stall from the Start 美食系统：开局一个路边摊 One Bite of Pan-Fried Buns一口生煎包包Modern Romance336k WordsOngoing [You have activated the Gourmet System. Would you like to bind it? Yes; No] During graduation season, Jiang Tiantian, an ordinary university student, hadn’t received a single suitable job offer and had only her last 500 yuan left. As she wondered what to do, she activated the [Gourmet Business System]. -New User Starter Pack-: Congratulations, Host! You’ve received a shop and unlocked your starting dish, sweet-and-sour cold noodles. Sell 10 portions to unlock the next dish. -Special Rewards-: Ev 3.4kReads—Score406Shelves
21. 21 明 I'm a Culinary Genius, So Why Does Everyone Call Me a Heretic Cultivator? 明明厨艺天才，怎么都叫我邪修？ Reckless Fury肆意狂澜Urban434k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Comedy] [Slice of Life] Lin Xiaoyan is a rookie food blogger who, in an age when food bloggers are locked in a fierce struggle for clicks, has opened up a new path by learning as she cooks. But Lin Xiaoyan's videos never go the way you'd expect. She gets every step wrong, yet somehow the finished dishes turn out brilliantly! “Wait, if you don't know how to caramelize the sugar for red-braised pork, you can just use cola instead? And it still comes out so glossy and red. Are you sure 4.5kReads8.9Score318Shelves
22. 22 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Starting with Selling Noodles 重生80年代，从卖面条开始 Loves Coconut Water c爱喝椰子水cUrban189k WordsOngoing [Made Entirely by Hand] [Period Novel + Food + Cozy Everyday Life + System + Farming] Jiang Jue unexpectedly is reborn in 1989 and takes over his family’s restaurant from the start! In an era short on good food, he’ll give diners a taste of culinary wonders! Noodles with shredded pork and green peppers, noodles with fried pork, Yangzhou fried rice, sea cucumber braised with scallions, Wensi tofu, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, mapo tofu, dry-fried rice noodles with beef, ginger duck... From nort 180Reads—Score105Shelves

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    This is a period food story, focusing on the warm and cozy everyday life, and meticulously depicting various Chinese delicacies. I hope you enjoy reading it. If you like this book, please add it to your bookshelf and give it a like. Your encouragement is my biggest motivation to keep writing! [Makes a face]

23. 23 随 Week One of My Random Street Stall: Selling Beer Duck at a Driving School 随机摆摊第一周：驾校卖啤酒鸭 Yi Que弋缺Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [Random Street Stalls] + [Perfect with Rice] + [Healing] + [No Romance] The warmth of everyday life is what soothes the human heart most. Lin Chuan, an overworked office worker who died suddenly from exhaustion, unexpectedly awakens the Gourmet Healing System. Every week, he sets up a stall at a random location and serves random dishes. Completing tasks earns him amazing rewards. But the System's very first weekly task leaves Lin Chuan completely dumbfounded (⊙_⊙) Selling beer-braise 1.4kReads6.0Score132Shelves
24. 24 靠 Nourishing the Land with Food: My Fruits and Vegetables Have Come to Life 靠美食养地：我的瓜果通灵了 Jingli惊理Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Urban fantasy + food + slice of life + no romance + random street stalls + perfect mealtime reading] Fresh out of college and already unemployed, Gao Lin unexpectedly binds to a Food System and decisively heads home. Each week, he randomly sets up a stall to sell food, and in return his fruits and vegetables receive a huge upgrade. Tiny tomatoes can be prepared in a hundred different ways. A whole field of rotten tomatoes gets a new lease on life, and even college students who can't live withou 986Reads7.4Score102Shelves
25. 25 美 Gourmet: Touring the City with My Food Stall, Making Diners Drool 美食：全市巡摆，馋哭食客 A Fish That Swam Ashore一条游上岸的鱼Modern Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Gourmet + System + No Romance + No Female Lead + Heartwarming + Hard Work] Yan Qing, a minor actor who had spent his career playing corpses, quit the entertainment industry. To his surprise, he accidentally became bound to a Chef God Gourmet System. Before long, strange sights began appearing all over the streets of S City: the CBD, university gates, outside the film studio, by the cemetery... The lines stretched as far as the eye could see... A top star became his loyal customer and shamelessl 10.4kReads7.5Score825Shelves
26. 26 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Used Food to Save a Kindergarten 穿越后，我用美食拯救幼儿园 Hu Baicai胡白菜Modern Romance770k WordsOngoing After transmigrating as the principal of a bankrupt kindergarten, Lin Xiaoxia takes one look at the rundown courtyard and nearly blacks out. She’s a Michelin-level backup chef, and now she has to look after kids, clean, and sing nursery rhymes? Then she hears, “Ding! You have been bound to the Chinese Little Chef Pro Max System.” Three months later “Mommy, I used the molecular gastronomy machine to make rainbow cloud marshmallows today!” The adorable four-year-old pulls out a piping bag. “The p 69Reads6.4Score—Shelves
27. 27 美 Gourmet: I Sell Lunchboxes at a Kindergarten, and Everyone Craves Them 美食：幼儿园卖盒饭，全都馋哭了 A Little Baby Cabbage一颗娃娃菜Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Haoze took in the little tyke left behind by his big brother and sister-in-law. To support the family, he opened a small lunch spot outside a kindergarten. Who would’ve thought he’d end up bound to a Gourmet System! Braised lion’s head meatballs, chicken tofu soup, Dongpo pork, sweet-and-sour ribs, cola chicken wings... Dish after delicious dish won over not only the children, but also a whole crowd of parents. “Boss, do you sell meal plans?” “I want 5.4kReads7.3Score411Shelves
28. 28 谢 I’m a Grade-Schooler, and I’ve Become a Culinary God! 谢邀，我，小学生，已成厨神！ Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Slice of Life]+ [No Romance]+ [Heartwarming]+ [Healing]+ [Comedy] “The only thing an elementary school student should be doing is studying hard... But I think Master Fang going to school is neglecting his proper work.” “I’ve finally made it to the front of the line... Master Fang, can we put your homework aside for a bit? Could you fry me some rice first?” “You think I’m waiting outside the elementary school to pick up my own kid? I’m actually here to pick up Master Fang after schoo 24.5kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
29. 29 穿 Transmigrated as a Kitchen Maid, I Win Over the Devil Prince with Viral Dishes 穿成厨丫，网红美食拿捏魔鬼殿下 Wasabi Seed Squid芥末籽鱿鱼Ancient Romance312k WordsOngoing A food blogger transmigrates and becomes an obscure kitchen maid in the Third Prince’s household! Her immediate superior is the notoriously fussy and difficult Third Prince, a devil who beats and berates the staff whenever a dish fails to please him. No problem! This modern food blogger’s skills are the real deal! Milk tea, cream-filled pastries, and creative snacks make their way to the table one after another, and before long she has the icy Third Prince completely wrapped around her finger. H 20Reads—Score182Shelves

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    Vietnamese beef pho, Korean sweet and spicy fried chicken, typhoon shelter-style stir-fried crab...

30. 30 这 This Boss Is So Sneaky, He Takes His Street Stall Everywhere 这老板真苟，摆个地摊还到处走 Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Random Gourmet Stall is now available on major platforms] [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Comfort food] [Cozy] [Healing] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to a Random Gourmet System. Every week brings a random location, random food, and different customers. He sells buns at the park entrance, century egg and lean pork congee on a mountaintop, and candied hawthorns outside a school. Every dish is mouthwatering and 83kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves
31. 31 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 6.6kReads8.6Score737Shelves
32. 32 我 I Just Set Up a Stall, but My Customers Beg Me in Tears to Feed Them 我就摆个摊，那些食客哭着求投喂 Soft Whispers浅语潇潇Urban1.4M WordsCompleted The novel is complete! Dive in with confidence. Gourmet, doting dad, one heroine, heartwarming, slice of life, food to enjoy with your meal, and catching criminals. In his previous life, Yan Qingzhou married the village chief's daughter so he could escape the mountains. Relying on his good looks, he charmed a rich heiress, only to end up abandoned by everyone. Then he was reborn on the night before he eloped! He had not yet made a terrible mistake. His daughter had not been kidnapped, and his 2.9kReads8.3Score284Shelves
33. 33 I An Introvert Runs a Stall Everywhere, and the Customers Lose It I人摆摊到处跑，顾客崩溃了 Meowblade喵刃Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Food + healing + System + no romance] The ups and downs between food-loving customers and a heroine who loves to run away from her delicious food. (Not romance, just foodies’ pure love of good food.) The finest cuisine calls for the best ingredients and outstanding technique, brought together with customers’ ravenous stares, mouths watering, and an overwhelming craving to create a truly exquisite feast. Zhou Lin is an independent woman with exceptionally strong boundaries. Thanks to 4kReads8.2Score340Shelves
34. 34 我 I Run a Cafeteria in the Interstellar World to Feed My Whole Family 我靠在星际承包食堂养活全家 Qin Yuli秦鱼里Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted Setting: Interstellar. Social issue: The rat race. Theme: Food. Ingredient level: Moderate. This novel is complete, so feel free to enjoy! The Qin family’s parents were scammed into taking out a loan to run the unpopular cafeteria at Star University. The original owner was a lovesick fool, obsessed with chasing the Lu family’s young master, to whom she was betrothed as a child. She drank, smoked, and got a perm that made her hair stand on end. After her parents suddenly died, the person who woke 3.2kReads8.9Score295Shelves

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    These are all books where the female protagonist is a food enthusiast. The first is an interstellar food novel, the second is a modern food novel where she teaches kindergarten children to cook, and the children's dishes are very popular. The third is an ancient food novel.

35. 35 绑 After I Bound Myself to a Gourmet Game, Diners Started Chasing Me Down 绑定美食游戏后食客狂狂追 Thousand-Strand Soul千丝魂Modern Romance158k WordsCompleted [Food System] + [Pop-Up Stalls in Random Locations] + [No Romance] + [Heartwarming] Xu Youyou had just graduated from college and was unemployed from day one. After striking out with company after company, she was at her wit's end and decided to post online looking for work. She wasn't expecting much. But to her surprise, she actually found a job. The other person said, “Type 1 and I'll give you a job that pays a million a month.” At first, she didn't believe it. She thought some elementary scho 358Reads—Score135Shelves
36. 36 策 I Turned My Simp Against His Goddess and Got Rich with My Spirit Spring Space 策反舔狗，手握灵泉空间嘎嘎暴富 Qing Ling青棂Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + making a fortune + natural disasters + brainless wish fulfillment] An all-around female special agent from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of a doomed supporting character? Everyone around her is evil, and they all want her dead. Three stepchildren give their mother a hard time? She teaches them a little martial arts, and soon they’re crying for their parents and begging for mercy, never daring to do it again! Awful relatives scheme against her? She turns the poc 13Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    This one is a must! This one is good too! Braised pork ribs, crispy fried pork, braised pork intestines, pickled fish, grilled fish, steamed fish fillets with garlic, bubble tea, grass jelly, boiled beef, candied chestnuts, hot pot!!! The female lead gets rich through food!! She opens a hot pot restaurant, a pastry shop, and even a cosmetics shop!!! A barbecue shop!!!

37. 37 美 Random Food Stalls: Boss, Don’t Run! 美食随机摆摊，老板不要跑！ What Candy Are You Hiding?揣什么糖Modern Romance345k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [Great with a meal] [System] [Street vending] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Romance] Gu Muxi finally completes the System's ten-lifetime mission and earns the chance to return to the modern world. But the System unexpectedly malfunctions, trapping her in a black hole with no one to talk to. Then one day, she hears a voice calling her. It turns out to be the Main System. To make it up to her, the Main System binds her to a new System and gives her the chance to return to the modern world. 1.3kReads—Score100Shelves
38. 38 包 The Struggles of the Baozi Beauty 包子西施奋斗史 Honey-Brewed Osmanthus蜜酿桂花Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Food + Building a fortune + Cozy everyday life + Life among ordinary people] Shen Yu transmigrates, but her start couldn’t be worse: she’s unlucky enough to have broken off an engagement and become a jinx, and she’s poor and miserable. Give up now? No way! She takes odd jobs, sets up a stall, and opens a little eatery. The whole family works together to build a fortune, and life gets sweeter by the day! But whose son, with a county magistrate for a father, can’t even get meat a 3.3kReads8.8Score341Shelves
39. 39 绑 Bound to a Gourmet System, I Become the God of Food by Opening a Restaurant 绑定美食系统，我靠开店成食神 Dean Xiang香院长Urban829k WordsOngoing The rating just came out! Feel free to start reading~ (Food + no romance + System + lighthearted comedy + everyday healing) Boss Xie will never get a partner!! Your System and my System don’t seem to be the same~ Other people’s food Systems: max level with one click, instant culinary godhood, become the God of Food without lifting a finger! Xie Yan’s food System: start from scratch and unlock things one step at a time. Xie Yan spread his hands. It’s fine, it’s fine. Having one is better than hav 24kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves
40. 40 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 3.8kReads9.0Score504Shelves

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    ①🌟Lin Qinghe transmigrated into the body of a military wife in the 1960s, raising three children. She used her spatial ability to cook delicious food every day, making her little ones ravenous. ②🌟Tang Xi returned to the 1980s with a wordless book, and became famous for her food stall thanks to her food system.

41. 41 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 5.2kReads8.0Score410Shelves

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    A foodie's paradise. A food-themed novel where the female lead can cook all sorts of delicious food: braised pork intestines, braised pork belly, crayfish… ① Pure street food story, no romantic pairings. Grilled potatoes, pickled chicken feet, crayfish, braised pork knuckle, Sichuan-style boiled chicken, dry-pot pork intestines… attract a horde of hungry diners. Even nobles in the palace would make peace over the food at the street stall. Court officials would rush to the stall before even taking off their official robes, only to be caught red-handed by the Prime Minister, who would then become one of the foodies himself.

42. 42 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Making It Big in Shanghai 重生八零，我在沪市发家了 Miaoyiyi妙仪仪Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted No CP!! She has a golden finger, and this is a lighthearted, everyday food story. Back in the 1980s, Lin Yueru finally understood how to live her life. Men may betray you, but the money you earn and put in your pocket never will! This time around, she kicks her freeloading scumbag boyfriend to the curb and uses a food sign-in System to build a culinary empire in Shanghai. Sign in every day, and all kinds of legendary recipes for Shanghai cuisine are hers for the taking. From pan-fried buns sizz 21Reads—Score112Shelves

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    Food articles of this era

43. 43 偷 After They Heard My Thoughts, the Country’s Biggest Foodies Were Shocked 偷听我心声后，惊动全国吃货大佬 Yu Shengsheng余苼升Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Beloved by the Whole Family + Food + Heartwarming + Feel-Good + Intangible Cultural Heritage Cuisine + Distinctively Regional Dishes] Shen Huazheng transmigrates into the beloved darling of the Shen family. She has no System, no medical skills, and can’t turn out elegant prose, so she might as well lie flat and be a pampered little couch potato who spends every day eating and drinking. Shen Huazheng watches her father, Minister Shen, prepare to go out to a banquet. [What a shame. 15.4kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    These are culinary masterpieces! Absolutely amazing! The first book features a female protagonist who can cook countless dishes, even bringing meals to court for her father and brother, making all the officials and the emperor drool. She even opens a food street, and the three most powerful figures in the palace frequently sneak out to sample the food. [Already hooked] The second book—don't be fooled by the title, this is a food-themed novel. The female protagonist can cook a wide variety of dishes, mostly snacks. [Already hooked] The third book is a quirky, randomly set-up stall story: selling stinky tofu outside a prince's gate, boxed lunches at a deserted dock, and snacks outside a coffin shop—all of which sell out instantly… [Already hooked] The fourth book features a female protagonist who transmigrates into a 200-pound (100 kg) overweight woman, cooks diet meals, and brings meals to her father, who then gives her a huge food box… These four food-themed novels are highly recommended—each one is a gem!

44. 44 我 I Set Up a Food Stall in the 1980s and Became a Sensation 我在八零摆摊卖美食，火出圈了 A Leaf in the Chill一叶微寒Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted Tang Xi dies and returns to the age of fifteen, carrying the wordless book her master gave her years ago: All the Food Under Heaven. That year, the Tang family’s biological daughter is finally found, and Tang Xi is left behind by her adoptive parents. Feeling guilty toward their real daughter, Tang Xi gives in to her at every turn, only to earn her adoptive parents’ resentment and the disdain of her childhood sweetheart and fiancé... On top of that, she falls ill and misses the college entrance 160Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 她 After She Died, the Coldhearted Powerful Official's Hair Turned White Overnight 她死后，冷冰冰的权臣一夜白头 Mu Mianmian慕绵绵Ancient Romance641k WordsCompleted [Not an angst novel + heartwarming + no logic + read it to see if it suits your taste] After transmigrating into a book, Hua Zhao had her memories erased and became a tool whose job was to give the heroine a golden finger. To top it off, she was also the infamous, short-lived first wife of the villainous minister. Luckily, she regained her memories and cut her losses in time. The heroine’s golden finger? Sorry, that’s a family heirloom that came with me when I transmigrated into the book! Her in 135.8kReads9.4Score10.5kShelves
46. 46 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86kReads9.5Score9.9kShelves
47. 47 随 Random Stallkeeping: The Fake Legitimate Daughter Gets Tormented by a Rotten System 随机摆摊，假嫡女被烂系统坑惨了 The Kitten Doesn't Eat Oranges小猫不吃橙子Ancient Romance526k WordsCompleted (A very different random-stall story, with a funny and witty style and no angst at all.) Yu Zhizhi got horribly tricked by a terrible System. She closed her eyes and transmigrated into the body of a spoiled, domineering young noblewoman in ancient times. To top it off, she was a fake legitimate daughter. Things went badly from the start, but she was lucky enough to get a System. Then she realized it was a terrible System. Each time, the System only gave her a random location for setting up a sta 11.9kReads8.8Score801Shelves
48. 48 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Open a Cafeteria in the Cultivation World 穿书后我在修仙界开食堂 Yue Qing刖清Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Unconventional Cultivation Story] Jiang Sheng never expected to transmigrate into a cultivation novel whose protagonist only wanted to fall in love. In the original story, she was a minor character who bullied the heroine. Not long after she died, the heroine's lovesick simp even dug up her grave. Staying alive is important, sure, but... the food in the cultivation world is awful! After crying over the terrible food in her sect's dining hall, Jiang Sheng resolves to t 218Reads6.3Score103Shelves

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    Sheng Sheng, who had been brought to tears by the terrible food in the sect's dining hall, picked up her spatula and decided to teach these people who had never eaten fine food a lesson. [She'd learned something new!]

49. 49 开 A Villainess from the Start? I'll Turn the Tables With Gourmet Food 开局恶毒女配？我靠美食逆风翻盘 Please Call Me Classmate Xiao He请叫我小何同学Ancient Romance979k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + rebirth + food + sweet romance + wish fulfillment + nation building] Shen Tianjiao wakes up one morning and gets slapped. What? She's the youngest daughter of a general's household, doted on since childhood. Why is she being hit? What? Her fiancé, Crown Prince Qi Chenyu, has just broken off their engagement in front of everyone? Fine, fine! So that's how you want to play it! From that day on, the mood in the capital changes. Shen Tianjiao gives up her lovesick-puppy act: Breaki 11.1kReads7.3Score861Shelves
50. 50 大 The Great Yu Female Tutor 大禹女师 Guanglin Tricycle广林三蹦子Ancient Romance289k WordsCompleted (Also known as: After Becoming the Matriarch, I Became the Whole Dynasty's Mentor) Qian Yixiang, a female professor of Chinese literature, worked through the night on her dissertation and died suddenly. When she opened her eyes, she had become the matriarch of an ancient marquis's household. The good news: she was alive. The bad news: she was on her third burial shroud. No golden finger, no System, and a whole family of wolves circling her. After working herself to death through cutthroat compet 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Although she is the matriarch of the Dayu Marquis's household and a first-rank imperial consort of the dynasty, there's nothing she can't make: braised pork intestines, chicken, hot pot, crab stuffed oranges, and jade cakes. There's nothing she can't cook, only things you can't imagine.

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