Everyday Food Stories, Nothing Too Over-the-Top 偏日常的美食文，不要太夸张

1. 251 总 The CEO Has Had a Secret Crush on Me for Ten Years 总裁暗恋我十年 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance340k WordsCompleted In the tenth year of secretly loving Song Zhiyi, He Yanzhou became her client. They met again at a product launch. He was calm and composed, just “a business associate who seemed a little familiar” to her. No one knew that his memories of high school were filled with her. She was the only girl he had ever pranked, and the focus of all his secret attention for ten years. Using work as an excuse, he drew closer step by step, playing the perfect gentleman with admirable restraint. That was, until 78Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 252 快 Quick Transmigration: Mission, Spread Gourmet Food Across the Universe! 快穿：目标，将美食传遍全宇宙！ A Lemon Candy for You送你一颗柠檬糖Modern Romance129k WordsCompleted [Food + ensemble cast + a stronger nation + no romance] Shen Muqing was bound to a food System and returned to her previous life. Her mission was simple: make delicious food in different worlds and bring happiness to her customers through the pleasure of eating. In her first life, she was reborn as a wealthy heiress who kept losing money every time she opened a shop, yet persevered in pursuing her dream. Shen's father and mother: “Sweetheart, why don't you just come home and inherit the family f 108Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 253 我 My Takeout Shop Somehow Became a Hit Across the Internet 我的外卖店竟然火爆全网 Candy Pile and Ice Cream糖堆儿和冰淇淋Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Food + Golden Finger + Career + System] [System Introduction] After transmigrating back, Lin Xiazhi smacks her sleazy boss and quits to open a restaurant, then unexpectedly binds herself to a food System. When a rookie System meets a true food expert, life after the binding is nothing but chaos. The System exclaims, “I really am a lucky charm! No need to worry about tasks, I’ll be the boss in no time.” Lin Xiazhi is crestfallen. “I’m the unlucky one. I’m staring at heaps of gold and silver, but 1.7kReads9.0Score159Shelves
4. 254 什 What? The Management Game Became Real! 什么？经营游戏成真了！ Super Jabei超级加贝Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted [Mainly business and progression + no romance + leisurely daily life + healing + pocket worlds] From the start, all she had was a tea egg, and it launched a whole street of gourmet food. What? Her tea eggs boost your health? What? Her hot pot makes you look younger? What? Her milk tea keeps you from losing sleep? … Feng Zhu had been an orphan since childhood. She had spent twenty years doing her best to get by, only to be diagnosed with cancer and given less than a year to live. Just as she was 720Reads8.7Score102Shelves

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   Jiang Tingyun arrived at the competition somewhat nervously, carrying a large sack full of homegrown radishes and cabbages. She had brought them all the way from Phoenix Town to Suzhou. Having previously worked in Suzhou, she had many colleagues and friends there, and she wanted to bring some local produce as gifts. The vegetables filled two sacks, more than enough for the competition. Moreover, homegrown vegetables tasted quite good, much better than those bought in the market, and Jiang Tingyun was very pleased with her foresight. Upon entering the kitchen, Jiang Tingyun discovered it was small, with only three stoves for the chefs. There was no special arrangement whatsoever; the organizers had simply set up a long table and a few plastic stools for the judges. This rough and simple scene contrasted sharply with previous skills competitions, showing how little importance was placed on this culinary competition. Although the competition time was approaching, participants and judges were still arriving one after another; not everyone had arrived yet.

5. 255 都 Urban Spirit Planter: I Grow Immortal Fields in the CBD 都市灵植师：我在CBD种仙田 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban550k WordsCompleted When the urban jungle of steel and concrete devours the last patch of farmland, he inherits the legacy of an ancient spirit-plant cultivator. Atop a skyscraper, he carves out a celestial garden, nurturing hearts with the spirit of plants and rebuilding the city’s veins with the grace of flowers. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 256 文 Text Invasion: The Villains I Write Go on a Killing Spree 文字入侵：我笔下的反派杀疯 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban574k WordsCompleted Near future, 202X · Sporadic reports of “text anomalies” have appeared around the world, but most are dismissed as mass hallucinations or a new kind of scam. · The online literary industry is booming. Writing ten thousand words a day is standard for professional authors, and a huge number of works are slapdash and poorly made. · Three months before the Jiang Jinyue incident, a well-known author died suddenly. The key item “Eternal Pocket Watch” from their unfinished novel appeared at an auction 1Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 257 良 My Beloved Has Waited So Long 良人久候 Autumn Colors Enchant秋色撩人Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + whirlwind marriage + sweet mutual devotion + everyday life + romance and marriage + love that grows over time] (The leads aren’t exceptional prodigies, princes, or princesses. They’re ordinary working stiffs: no wish fulfillment, no grand romance, just a realistic story.) A sweet romance that starts bitter and ends sweet. After setbacks at work leave Bai Zhanying physically and emotionally exhausted, she returns to her hometown, only to face her parents’ relentless pres 13.1kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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   It's beautiful; it has a strong sense of everyday life, a feeling of simple, ordinary existence. The whole thing has a warm and comforting feel. [Shy][shy][shy]

8. 258 被 Bought Home by a Rough Country Man, the Sweet Wife Brings Him Endless Luck 被糙汉买回家，娇软媳妇超旺夫 This Cutie Is Called Guagua本萌叫呱呱Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted to each other + marriage first, love later + no awful relatives] [Cozy farming + adorable child + alternate world + pocket dimension] Luo Ge, a petite and soft-hearted food blogger who blushed easily, unexpectedly transmigrated. As an unregistered nobody, she found it impossible to get by in this unfamiliar ancient world. To survive in this era, she found herself a husband on the cheap. She only meant to stay alive, but never expected to gain an unexpected happiness. Who 10.3kReads9.3Score1kShelves
9. 259 当 The Cannon Fodder Wife Gets Obsessed With Making Money 当炮灰原配沉迷搞钱 Xu Yuanbao许元宝Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into an imperial-examination novel as the vicious cannon-fodder wife who claws her way into the male lead’s bed, Li Xu promptly tosses aside the tools for seducing him. She has no intention of being divorced after the cold-hearted, ruthless male lead and his destined heroine join forces against her. Better to cling to the male lead and focus on making a little money~ Once Li Xu gets hooked on making money... Wei Qu’s first reaction: “Bah! You think you can win me over with m 3.6kReads8.3Score359Shelves

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   This one is worth a look, it's alright (don't be fooled by the low score, it's still pretty good. "Chang'an Little Restaurant" is also good, but I think it's not by Tomato).

10. 260 画 Painted Evil 画煞 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Eastern Fantasy480k WordsCompleted I was once the youngest imperial painter of the Sheng Dynasty, but a forbidden painting got me stripped of my rank and reduced to a commoner. Strangely, anyone I painted would die a violent death within seven days. I put down my brush and retreated from the world, thinking I could escape the curse. Then, on a snowy night, the unfinished portrait of a lady I had never completed knocked on my door. The woman in the painting came to me in dreams night after night, weeping blood as she cried, “My lo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 大 The Blacksmith and the Tofu Maker 大铁匠与豆腐娘 A Shark with One Hand一只鲨手Ancient Romance397k WordsCompleted [Farming story + everyday life + food + raising a child + cozy + no pocket dimension or System for the protagonist + seemingly fierce but actually endlessly worrying, devoted dad-like man x free-spirited pampered sweetheart + face-slapping satisfaction] (The leads are both natives. They'll keep living their own quiet lives and won't suddenly become marquises, prime ministers, or emperors.) Of the three hardest livelihoods, there's boat hauling, ironworking, and selling tofu. Mian, a tofu seller 13.7kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    It's good, watch with confidence.

12. 262 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 9.7kReads9.0Score726Shelves

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    This is great! The female lead is a soldier, a great cook, has an adorable baby, and is incredibly kind to the local children and relatives' babies—every child loves her!!! Plus, the male and female leads share a space!! [Eating melon emoji][laughing emoji]

13. 263 白 White Moonlight? No, I’m Just Your Mosquito Blood 白月光？错，我只是你的蚊子血 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance646k WordsCompleted The System wants me to win back my ex? I refuse on the spot. He cheated on me with a rich heiress while studying abroad, and now he’s back hoping to rekindle things? Sorry, I’m worth tens of billions. I don’t need that weed in my garden. But then there’s that junior of mine, three years younger than me. He looks about eighty percent like my ex, yet he insists on following me for five years. I focus on my career, build an empire, and make my custom furniture company the best in the industry. H 17Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 264 傻 Once the Silly Girl Smartens Up, the Wen Family’s Ancestors Must Be Smiling from Their Graves 傻女不傻后，老闻家的祖坟冒青烟 Ink-Dyed Green Wound Tears墨染圊殇泪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + food + farming + sweet romance + doted on by the whole family + devoted husband + badass heroine + no golden finger] In her previous life, Wen Zhenyi was a top chef in public and a bounty hunter in secret. After a car accident, she transmigrated into the body of a dim-witted young woman in an alternate dynasty. She thought she had transmigrated to another world, but it turned out her soul had simply returned to its rightful body. Her family had spent everything they had and pil 6.8kReads9.0Score640Shelves
15. 265 随 Random Street Stalls: I Use Food to Lure Snakes Out of Their Holes 随机摆摊：我用美食引蛇出洞 AAAA Prosperous BloomsAAAA花开富贵Urban889k WordsOngoing [Food + undercover work + comedy + catching criminals + System + no heroine + no romance] Also known as Food: The Undercover Cop Sets Up a Street Stall, and Fugitives Beg Him to Get Back to Work Xiao Lan transmigrated into the body of a police officer in a parallel world and was assigned to pose as a street-food vendor while keeping an eye on a suspect. As it happened, he’d been a cooking genius in his previous life. This was right up his alley. The next day, a tricycle loaded with top-tier food 10kReads9.4Score879Shelves

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    These three are alright.

16. 266 种 Farming: I Became the Landlord Who Commands the Three Realms 种田：我成了号令三界的土老板 The Tangerine Who Loves Spicy Stir-Fried Meat爱辣炒肉的橘Two Male Leads718k WordsCompleted [Farming + two male leads + sweet romance + mythology + gourmet + building wealth + comedy] The characters are not based on real people!!! Song Yunle failed to make any money in the big city and nearly died from overwork. He packed his bags and headed back home to start over. Song Yunle clenched his fist. “If we want to get rich, first we have to...” The immortals shouted in unison, “Plant trees!!!” “What benefits do we get?” “Room and board included!!!” And so, amid their rousing slogans, the “ 1.1kReads9.3Score141Shelves

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    Both are food-themed novels; the first one has two male leads, and the second one has only one male lead. They're both quite funny.

17. 267 厨 After Mastering the Culinary Arts, I Opened a Chain Restaurant in Ancient Times 厨艺满级后，我在古代开连锁 Minty Qian DuoduoMinty钱多多Ancient Romance272k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Food + Farming + No Romance] One day, Shen Lingxi transmigrates from the Michelin-starred culinary scene into a poverty-stricken life. Her family is so poor they can barely afford to eat, and the pork they have smells like it has a thousand years of fox stench. As a former top-tier star food blogger, she can't take it anymore. It's time to show the ancients what a technological downgrade looks like. From the start, one bowl of red-braised pork brings the whole family to tears. 139Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books are pretty good.

18. 268 你 You Take the Imperial Exams, I Farm: A Paper-Thin Couple Braving the Famine 你科举我种田，塑料夫妻闯荒年 Bai Jiuhuan白久欢Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + food + pocket dimension + stockpiling grain + fleeing famine + business + sweet romance + everyday life] After Jiang Qingyue’s soul is mistakenly taken, she receives the ultimate transmigration starter pack. She thought she’d get to live a cheat-powered life, railing against heaven, earth, and everything in between. Instead, she transmigrates into the body of a fat, lazy, greedy, slippery woman and marries a man who hates her to the bone. Song Yan died unjustly in his previous life an 48.9kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves

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    A farming and food-themed novel, every chapter features delicious food that will make your mouth water! [Laughs]

19. 269 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

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    Every single one is a food-themed novel, and I especially love food-themed, sweet stories [admiration]. I wholeheartedly recommend them all; each one features delicious food. The fourth book has the most food descriptions, set in an interstellar world, but not outlandish. It's very good; if you don't like it, you can blame me [eating melon emoji]. 1. 3 Ancient farming and food novels, where the protagonist becomes rich through food and conquers everyone. 2. A heartwarming everyday food novel set in the 1980s, where the protagonist transmigrates into a book and loses 20 years of their lifespan—definitely worth reading! 5. Transmigration + raising children, supporting the family with food, bringing lunchboxes to the father and brother, and gaining prestige in the court—the food descriptions are very appetizing. I also remember reading one with very detailed descriptions, where the protagonist even runs a pastry shop; I'll add more when I remember [thinking emoji][smirking emoji]

20. 270 混 Running a Restaurant in Ancient Times: All Tricks and No Shortcuts 混在古代搞餐饮，全是科技与狠活 Bookish Cat本本猫Historical1.3M WordsCompleted What do you do when you accidentally get a kitchen that can travel between ancient and modern times, but you can’t cook? No problem! We crooked cultivators run our restaurant with nothing but technology and additives! Open the fridge, take out some scissors, snip open the package, pour it into a bowl, and put it in the microwave. Defrost for thirty seconds, heat for three minutes. Ding! Your kung pao chicken is ready, honored guest. What? You want a bowl of chicken soup? Coming right up! I’ll ad 24.7kReads7.8Score3kShelves

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    Extremely exaggerated

21. 271 美 Food Frenzy! My Snack Stall Is Taking the Internet by Storm! 美食暴击！我的小吃摊火爆全网！ Have a Bite of Carrot胡萝卜来一口Urban144k WordsOngoing “Opening a food stall on a dead-end food street? Have you lost your mind?” Zhao Feng’s whole family is against him, but he insists on taking over the family’s bankrupt food street. Then, from the start, he binds to the [God of Cooking System] and gains: The Hand of the God of Food (MAX cooking skills) A Divine-Grade Ingredient Space (freshness permanently locked) Enhanced Taste Buds (one bite and you’re in heaven) The aroma of his pan-fried buns explodes through the street the moment they come o —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Of these three novels, I actually like the first one the most. I almost missed it because of its title; I thought a grand feast in the countryside wouldn't be interesting. But after reading it, I was absolutely drooling! The author is truly amazing at writing about food.

22. 272 一 A Bowl of Lard Rice Had the Entire Army Drooling 一碗猪油拌饭馋哭大军 Lazy Little Darling小懒宠Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No System + Food + Farming + Business and Development + Frontier] Su Qingwan worked herself to the bone for half her life to support her husband's civil service exams, only to receive a letter of divorce and hear him say, “You're not worthy of being the wife of an official.” She didn't cry or make a scene. She took her meager settlement and headed for the rough-and-tumble frontier. The winds here were fierce, and people died often, but the locals were straightforward and fiercely loyal. She 2kReads8.1Score254Shelves

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    I'm begging you all to read this! It's truly amazing. It's the kind of story where the female lead is incredibly cunning, and it exposes all the filth and corruption of the old society. It's incredibly captivating. Although it doesn't go into detail about all the delicious food the female lead eats, she's absolutely mesmerizing. Please, please take a look! I can't believe how low the rating is. I think the writing is truly excellent, so very good. Please, please check it out!

23. 273 美 Gourmet: A Street Stall Owner Tours the Nation 美食：地摊老板，全国巡摆 Banana Stir-Fried with Strawberries香蕉炒草莓Urban233k WordsCompleted Zhang Feng is a model young man who transmigrates to Blue Star in a parallel world and binds himself to a Gourmet System. From then on, a man as legendary as a myth begins appearing all across the country. Cumin lamb skewers, late-night egg fried rice, fragrant braised beef, crispy fried chicken frames... From big cities to small towns, a legend begins to spread: On some street, you may come across a man in a chef’s uniform. If you meet him, you’ll get to taste the most delicious food in the wor 67Reads5.6Score—Shelves
24. 274 美 Food Stall Diaries: Call Me Boss Su 美食摆摊：请叫我苏老板 Lu Qiyao Guang鹿蹊爻光Modern Romance688k WordsCompleted A gas explosion kills Su Mo. Then Su Mo successfully transmigrates, and it turns out she’s transmigrated into a book, too. The good news: she isn’t the heroine or a supporting character, just an inconspicuous background character. The bad news: the background character’s mother is “crazy,” and the original owner has been emotionally manipulated all along. As transmigration stories go, Su Mo gets a Food System. And so begins her life running a food stall. Outside elementary schools, at hospital e 6.4kReads8.1Score866Shelves
25. 275 小 The Little Florist’s Maid Wife 小花匠的丫鬟妻 Rain Boat Journey雨舟行至Ancient Romance632k WordsCompleted The rating has just been posted, and it will gradually rise! This story is set in an imaginary dynasty. [Historical Romance] + [Farming] + [Gourmet] + [Building a Fortune] Li Dongqing, a young maid in the Tongpan Prefect's residence, learned to cook exceptionally well through a stroke of good fortune. She was cautious and diligent in the Tongpan Prefect's residence, constantly honing her skills. By the time she finally left, she found that everything at home had changed beyond recognition. Later 2.2kReads8.4Score180Shelves

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    This book is about everyday life, lots of delicious food, the kind of book that's slow and steady. Go check it out! 👀

26. 276 这 This Restaurant Gets Nothing but Bad Reviews, Yet the Owner Makes a Fortune Every Day 这饭馆全是差评，老板却日进斗金 Don't Say Studying Is Too Hard别说读书太苦Urban396k WordsCompleted Qin Shuyang is bound to a food-promotion System. As long as he promotes food, he can earn rewards. To boost his fame, Qin Shuyang made a video documenting two snakeheads as they met, got to know each other, and fell in love. The camera work and filters made viewers feel moved and envy their romance. Some even found themselves reminiscing about their own past relationships. But in the very next moment, the camera cut to one of the snakeheads being turned into fish stew with pickled cabbage by Qin 2.1kReads8.5Score131Shelves

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    Food + system, netizens and haters alike are always saying "it's so good!" [Smirk]

27. 277 江 A Taste of Jiangnan 江南小食记 Braised Pork红烧肉Ancient Romance203k WordsOngoing Jiangnan water-town setting + laid-back daily life + gourmet business + no romance + adorable little sister After transmigrating into a family in a Jiangnan water town, Jiang Yun decides to lie flat and make the most of eating and having fun! She runs a little shop by the river and enjoys the slow, easygoing rhythm of life in Jiangnan. At home, she makes soft, chewy osmanthus rice cakes, pork belly braised with bamboo shoots, and fragrant beggar's chicken that draws people from every corner of 2.2kReads—Score203Shelves

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    A freshly released food-themed novel! The female lead's cooking is incredibly tempting, and there's also an adorable little sister. The story is set in a relaxed and comfortable Jiangnan water town atmosphere, with lighthearted everyday moments and no awful arguments. It's perfect for listening to and helps you fall asleep easily. √

28. 278 临 The Riverside Little Chef 临水小厨娘 Taro Ball Taro Pie芋圆香芋派Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted [Farming and Food + Lighthearted + Daily Life + Romance + A Fictional Jiangnan Water Town] Su Mo, a modern culinary prodigy, transmigrates into the daughter of a small eatery owner in Linshui County. When she opens her eyes, the restaurant is on the verge of closing, and her parents are weighed down with worry. Watching her father ruin the ingredients with his cooking, Su Mo silently picks up the family's heirloom iron ladle. Just wait and see: she'll make this eatery bigger and better! 6.6kReads8.2Score650Shelves

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    This book! It's really good, a very heartwarming and gentle story. The emotions are also very delicate.

29. 279 厨 The Cook Takes Charge: I Use Food to Crush Villains and Become a Legend 厨娘当家：我靠美食虐渣封神 Lucy Menghui露西梦绘Ancient Romance211k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Su Qiaoqiao, a twenty-first-century chef, wakes up in the body of a girl from a poor farming family in ancient times. From the start, she's in an “epic” mess: her parents want to sell her sister to pay for her brother's education. Faced with her self-important brother's disdain and her parents' obsessive devotion to their son, she lets out a cold laugh and goes berserk on the spot. “Sell my sister? Think bigger! Why not sell off you, the tender-skinned scholar, to become a 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story that begins with a chaotic battle over selling one's sister? A 21st-century chef's soul transmigrates to ancient times: selling his brother to a rich woman to become her son-in-law! He makes a fortune in three days, stunning the whole family with his spicy hot pot, and his culinary empire starts from a stall at the village entrance!

30. 280 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

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    These are all fairly common dishes. It's a story of cultivating immortality and enjoying delicious food, but with two male protagonists.

31. 281 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 11.9kReads8.8Score822Shelves

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    For everyday food-themed novels, I highly recommend these three! They're absolutely amazing!!! The first one features a female protagonist who prepares a different meal for her family every day. She even runs a food street with hot pot, fried skewers, barbecue, duck blood soup, cake shops, milk tea shops, and more… Even the three most powerful figures in the palace sneak out to check out the food street. She even brings meals to court for her father and brother, and the emperor is mesmerized by the aroma of roast duck and spicy crayfish. The second one is also a pure food novel disguised as a domestic drama. The female protagonist makes many snacks, and everyone fights over her cooking—who needs to fight then? The third one features random and bizarre street vending locations: selling stinky tofu outside a prince's door, snacks outside a coffin shop, boxed lunches at a deserted dock, and ice cream on the highest mountaintop of a temple… You really have to check it out, it's incredibly good!

32. 282 穿 Canceled After Becoming a Villainess, I Set Up a Food Stall and Make the Whole Internet Drool 穿成恶女被封杀，摆摊馋疯全网 Glutinous Rice Dumpling糯米团叽Modern Romance462k WordsCompleted [Food System + Lighthearted Comedy + Cozy + Heartwarming + Transmigration into a Food Story + Functional Ingredients + Comfort Food + Beautifully Plated Dishes + Romance] The male lead is more of a background character, just one part of our heroine’s play~~ (*^3^) /~☆ Transmigrated into a disgraced, scandal-ridden nobody, with her role stolen, her contract locking her in, and the entire internet telling her to get lost? Jiang Li tears up her contract and makes a run for it on the spot: “Let the 292Reads5.6Score100Shelves
33. 283 只 As Long as the System Pays, I'll Work 996 to the End 只要系统出得起，996也干到底 The Last Gleam of a Dream梦尾流光Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted [Food-focused (not purely a food story) + a touch of interstellar flavor + no romance + extremely laid-back and ambition-free] Lu Wei graduated from a mediocre university and found a nine-to-nine, six-days-a-week job. After working overtime for far too long, she eventually died suddenly from exhaustion. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in a strange world and become bound to a peculiar thing called the Food System. “Starting today, Host must go to the area beside Hope Elementary Sc 1.3kReads8.7Score102Shelves

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    I searched for her a thousand times in the crowd, then suddenly turning around, I found her there, in the dim light. "Woman, you stop right there!"

34. 284 萌 A Little Genius Chef Turns the Kindergarten into a Canteen in Seconds? 萌宝当大厨，幼儿园秒变炊事班？ Mo Yilan莫一镧Urban543k WordsCompleted They say children are the flowers of the motherland. To better understand the environment these little buds grow up in, Mango TV specially prepared the show A Visit to Kindergarten. The program selected several kindergartens at the provincial, city, and district levels for filming. Provincial-level elite kindergarten: strictly follows the education bureau’s guidelines and takes meticulous care of the children. City-level kindergarten: raising high achievers starts now. They’re studying by lampli 1.8kReads8.6Score144Shelves
35. 285 全 Server-Wide Food Announcement: You Can Trade Orange Gear for Fried Chicken! 全服美食公告：橙武可换炸鸡了！ A Glimmer of Light一点幽芒Two Male Leads967k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out, it'll go up!][Two male leads + food + cozy everyday life + a catboy bottom who loves stockpiling and is an ace cook VS a laid-back, do-nothing gluttonous silver dragon top whose genes have awakened] Lou Wangyue survived alone for three years in a disaster-ravaged world, but in the end, he still starved to death, drooling two li before he passed. When he opens his eyes again, he's in a beastfolk interstellar world 3,000 years in the future, having become a timid, scrawn 15.6kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves

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    It's not bad, but there are a few too few words.

36. 286 穿 Transmigrating to the Beast World to Raise Cubs with a Black Panther 穿越兽世之和黑豹养崽子 A Plump Potato圆润的大土豆Two Male Leads628k WordsCompleted [Cozy Romance + Raising Cubs + Food + A Slow-Build Story + Sweet Romance] Mo (black panther, top) × Bai Ze (lynx, bottom), monogamous 1v1 [Full-cast audio version now available] Bai Ze transmigrated, and even got the premium version: transmigration of the soul. He woke up in a cave in a primeval forest, with not only a mate but also a cub. Unfortunately, his predecessor had treated his mate badly and behaved even worse toward the cub. But transmigrated Bai Ze looked at the two black panthers bef 54.5kReads9.4Score8.6kShelves

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    This is pretty good, I personally recommend it, but it's still being serialized.

37. 287 一 One Dish a Day: Building a Culinary Empire 一天只卖一道菜，我打造美食帝国 Watching the Moonlight看风月Urban1.6M WordsOngoing (The rating has just come out, but it will rise later) [Gourmet] + [System] + [One heroine] + [Dad raising a child] + [Everyday life] Chen Qiu's business venture fails, leaving him a million yuan in debt, and he's forced to take over the little restaurant his parents left behind. Just when he has nowhere else to turn, he awakens the [God-Tier Gourmet Sign-In System]! His first sign-in rewards him with “God-Tier Pork Stir-Fried with Chili Peppers”! When he puts up a sign advertising it at “88 yua 40.6kReads7.8Score2.4kShelves

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    This is really good, I just finished watching it [smirk]

38. 288 硬 Tough Mother-in-Law: Earning Foreign Currency With One Hand, Charming the Commander With the Other 硬核婆婆：左手赚外汇右手撩首长 Good Luck, Jiajia One好运珈珈一Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Life at Home and Beyond + Gourmet Restaurant + Island Version of a Parents' Love Story + Silver-Haired Fiction + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Family Life + Raising Kids) Chen Xianglan is a country mother-in-law who can turn every inch of barren soil into gold. The skills she's spent her whole life mastering are all “unorthodox”: breeding pigs, helping with childbirth, farming, making sauces, choosing auspicious dates, reading the weather, and cooking food so delicious it could make the imm 16.8kReads8.6Score826Shelves

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    Attention readers, this is not a drill! I've discovered a gem of a food novel; the author's writing is so delicate you can almost smell the food! Every dish the mother-in-law makes is brimming with life and wisdom. After reading the whole book, I feel like my cooking skills have improved! Highly recommended for everyone who loves life and food!

39. 289 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 11.7kReads7.3Score899Shelves

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    ✨Spicy hot pot, shrimp and crab stew, boiled sliced ​​pork... It smells so good... The female lead cooks for her father every day to take to court, and makes snacks for her brother who is a palace guard, but all the snacks are taken away by the emperor...

40. 290 满 The Mountains Are Full of Treasure: A Bitter Girl’s Rise 满山都是宝，苦瓜少女的崛起 Nian Xiaogao Loves Rice Cakes年小糕爱吃年糕Ancient Romance383k WordsCompleted [Farming! Feel-Good Story! Golden Finger! Food! No Romance] [Content warning: No male lead, but there is one-sided affection. A gentle, cozy story!] College student Lin Xiu wakes up as a poor orphan girl in ancient times. There’s even a tiny baby by her bed, crying to be fed! A home stripped bare, doomed from the start! She thinks heaven must be against her, but then it gives her a golden finger! The mountains are wonderful! Picking mushrooms and making delicious food! Finding medicinal herbs 2.7kReads8.2Score323Shelves

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    The female protagonist has a system; she goes up the mountain to pick mushrooms and make delicious food, uses the mountain produce to make pastries, and opens a shop. It's a heartwarming, relaxing, and food-loving story about two sisters. A lighthearted and stress-relieving read, with a few quirky characters. [Laughs][laughs]

41. 291 八 A Miserable from-the-Start Life in the Eighties: I Turn It Around with Food 八零开局惨兮兮，我靠美食逆袭 Craburger General Distributor蟹黄堡总代理Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted She wakes up as a mother, only to find herself saddled with a huge debt. What is she supposed to do? After more than a decade navigating the business world, Shen Jingshu never imagined she would wake up transmigrated to Shenzhen in 1980. The moment she opens her eyes, a group of relatives surrounds her, demanding repayment and forcing her to sell her house to pay off a debt of five thousand yuan! To make matters worse, her in-laws, who make a living reselling goods, are missing and may be dead; 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No systematic daily food articles for starting a business

42. 292 种 Who Starts Farming by Sending Three Piglets as a Gift? 种田谁家男主开局送礼送三只猪崽 Green Robe青裳Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Completed. Dive in without worry! (Farming + No golden finger + Family life + Romance + Building a fortune + Cozy + No awful characters) No System! No pocket dimension!! No golden finger!!! No awful characters!!!! (We’ve said it three times because it’s important. The male lead appears late. The story focuses on building a career, with romance as a side plot x3.) Baihua Cave is a village deep in the mountains, home to nearly a hundred households. Everyone says it’s a poor and remote backwater. S 23.3kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves

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    Slice-of-life, includes a romantic pairing, mainly focuses on the female lead's street vending and farming activities. It's quite enjoyable! [Cool][cool][cool]

43. 293 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 3.2kReads8.9Score309Shelves

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    The female protagonist is a model who nearly starved to death while dieting. At this time, she happens to be bound to a food system. Following the system's prompts, she randomly sets up a food stall in a random location. Because the food and location are randomly generated, many diners from all over the world search for her. She transmigrates to an interstellar era and takes over a university cafeteria. Penniless, she begins to save the palates of people in the interstellar era, starting with the university cafeteria and saving one cafeteria after another. The female protagonist also transmigrates from a post-apocalyptic world to a cultivation world. Because of a pot of poisonous mushroom soup, she directly enters the realm of culinary arts, creating one delicious dish after another.

44. 294 七 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 Glories Unspoken不言盛景Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 15.9kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    I haven't finished reading it yet, but it's very good, and the food descriptions are excellent too 👍 Worth reading.

45. 295 她 She Makes the Entire Interstellar World Drool with Her Livestreams 她靠直播馋哭全星际 Su Wanxin苏挽心Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + food + everyone’s favorite + strong female lead] An Xingwan never dreamed she would transmigrate to the interstellar age! She started livestreaming food just to support her family. But somehow, she ended up becoming everyone’s darling across the entire galaxy? Everyone in the galaxy was waiting for her to feed them. An Xingwan had this to say: No one can resist delicious food. And if they can, then give them two meals. 4.7kReads9.3Score536Shelves

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    The first book was a period drama about a woman who accompanied a soldier in the military; the female lead was a gourmet in her past life. [Cool][Cool] The second book is set in interstellar space; it's not unreasonable for her to be able to smell the food while it's being cooked live. With just a little culinary skill, she completely outshines the entire interstellar world. [Admiring][Admiring]

46. 296 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 8.1kReads8.7Score496Shelves

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    The first book is about selling snacks at a street stall; the second is about cooking food via live streaming from space.

47. 297 我 I Conquered the Universe with Food [Livestream] 我靠美食风靡全宇宙【直播】 Chubby Cat馋猫Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After his soul traveled to the future, Luo Ran embarked on a career as a food streamer and, without even trying, made his food famous throughout the universe! Are insectoids poisonous? Friends, how about some spicy crawfish, aromatic chili, steamed, red-braised, or deep-fried insectoids? Potatoes are poisonous, bitter melon is bitter, lemons are sour... No problem! French fries, stuffed bitter melon, lemon honey black tea, mint lemon drinks, lemon beer, and so much more are waiting for you! What 2.4kReads8.9Score226Shelves

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    Food articles, logical

48. 298 穿 Reborn as the Villain Cub's Paternal Aunt, I Go Viral Streaming My Cooking 穿成反派崽崽小姑后，我直播美食爆红了 The Wayfarer Who Knows and Acts知行客Modern Romance891k WordsCompleted Apocalypse powerhouse Meng Nanxu accidentally became bound to the Villain Rehabilitation System. After being reborn in the interstellar era, she somehow became the villain boss's aunt! Looking at the pitiful little villain, Number One, she decides to build a fortune and raise him through food livestreams. Thanks to the irresistible charm of Earth cuisine, Meng Nanxu becomes the top streamer on the Star Network. Meanwhile, she meets the parent of Villain Number Two. Weisheng Mo: My nephew and you 3.2kReads8.8Score363Shelves
49. 299 娇 Sweet Lady Qingqing 娇娘卿卿 Spring Day Jinhe春日今禾Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted [Food + Sweet Romance + Everyday Parenting] Liang Qingyun married at sixteen. She dutifully paid her respects to her parents-in-law morning and evening, and no one could find fault with her. But she never got pregnant, and her mother-in-law spent all day making cutting remarks about her. Then, just as she finally conceived, her husband coldly handed her a divorce letter! Both husband and wife knew exactly who the child's father was, and Liang Qingyun calmly accepted the situation. But as a divor 1.7kReads9.0Score219Shelves

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    🍂🍂These are all food-themed novels, and they're all very good. 1. The female lead enters the royal palace with her son to become a cook, making all sorts of delicious food, and then raises her child. 2. After leaving the Jiang family mansion, the female lead starts by selling food from a street stall.

50. 300 开 Exiled from the Start? With My Cooking Skills, the World Is Mine 开局流放？厨艺在手，天下我有 Explosively Fried Meatballs狂炸小肉丸Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Exile + Food + Farming + Business + Rugged Hero] Exiled from the start, with her biological father missing? Song Yuzhi has just won the National Cooking Championship when she transmigrates into the body of a frail, foolish young girl in ancient times. She rolls up her sleeves and uses her extraordinary cooking skills to build a good life, even in exile! She also has a handsome hunter for a husband. He's a man of few words, but dependable wherever he goes, and he treats her like his most preciou 3.6kReads8.6Score523Shelves

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    This food-themed novel is highly recommended! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] A female protagonist with superb culinary skills x a rugged male protagonist with superb martial arts skills. The story begins with the female protagonist being exiled and her father disappearing. She single-handedly leads her mother and younger brother out of their cannibalistic family, using her culinary skills to guide them to the top. [Kiss][Kiss][Kiss] Highly recommended! [Heart][Heart][Heart]

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