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

1. 351 嘀 Ding! The God of Cooking Is Being Held Hostage by the Time-Space Cuisine System 嘀！厨神他被时空美食系统硬控了 A Wealthy Home家有富贵Urban584k WordsCompleted [A wild idea] + [System] + [Gourmet] + [comedy] + [time travel] (plot-driven, not mindless feel-good Gourmet fiction) When Zhou Yang wakes up, he discovers that he’s somehow been bound to a high-tech system called the “Time-Travel Gourmet System.” A windfall from the heavens: his max-level cooking skills are unlocked! But before he can even celebrate, he discovers that the restaurant he spent his entire fortune building has been knocked back to square one overnight. The luxurious restaurant and 18Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 352 美 Gourmet: A Street Stall in Ice City, Making the Little Potatoes Drool! 美食：冰城摆摊，小土豆馋哭了！ Brave Warrior, Please Stay壮士请留步Urban112k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [Perfect with Rice] [Heartwarming] [Healing] [Laid-Back Everyday Life] [Funny] [No Romance] After transmigrating to a parallel-world Harbin, Lin Tao awakens a Gourmet System and gains a Spirit Spring Space. Each week, he sets up a street stall at a random location and cooks with random ingredients selected by the System. Guo Bao Rou, grilled cold noodles, stuffed rice balls, crispy pork strips... Every dish leaves people drooling and unable to forget the taste. Just as the big brothers 3Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 353 末 Doomsday Island: I Pick Up a Big Shot and Start Farming Together 末日孤岛：捡个大佬一起来种田 Left and Right, Just Right左宜右有Sci-Fi & Apocalypse468k WordsOngoing [Island Farming] + [Slow Pace] + [Max-Level Expert] + [Cozy and Healing] + [Good Food] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm struck Earth, leaving the world with nothing but countless isolated islands. Floods, scorching heat, extreme cold… Humanity has been reduced to primitive farming and hunting. While survivors fight over half a moldy loaf of bread at sea, Mu Yao is reclining on a beach chair on her own island, enjoying chilled lychees from her refrigerator. She pos 2kReads8.4Score217Shelves

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   Highly recommended! A must-read for those looking for something to read. A heartwarming and healing story about farming on a post-apocalyptic island. The female protagonist slices breadfruit, fries it until golden brown on both sides, spreads it with wild strawberry jam, and adds chicken breast. Food appears in almost every chapter.

4. 354 失 After Losing My Job, I Got a Barbecue System and Now Earn Millions a Year 失业后获得烧烤系统，我年入百万 A Foodie's Appetite吃货的吃Urban761k WordsOngoing [Late-Night Gourmet] [Mouthwatering] [Easygoing Daily Life] On the eve of his barbecue shop’s closure, Su Yan binds himself to the [Barbecue King System]. Top-tier Ningxia Yanchi Tan sheep plus spices supplied by the System: the aroma of the skewers drives the whole street wild... Lamb skewers for 18 yuan each draw a line so long the traffic police have to close the road, and the owner of the neighboring barbecue shop comes over in tears to steal his secrets! A loan shark comes to collect and 622Reads—Score109Shelves
5. 355 我 I’m a Head Chef at Hengdian 我在横店当大厨 Cakehead Y蛋糕脑袋YModern Romance197k WordsCompleted 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!) 751Reads6.5Score—Shelves
6. 356 病 After the Frail CEO Moves to the Countryside, a Little Farm Girl Spoils Him Rotten 病弱霸总下乡后，被小农女娇宠了 Zhi Ying枝莺Modern Romance422k WordsCompleted Li Sui'an is a poor farm girl with no parents. All she wants is to find a husband willing to marry into her family and settle down to a cozy life with a man, children, and a warm bed. But every man she meets is a scumbag. Then one day, she sees the new neighbor. He has a slim waist and long legs, and he's delicate and handsome, a rare beauty among men. Li Sui'an falls for him at first sight. Smitten by his looks, she decides to marry him and bring him home. He can be the pretty one, while she ea 14.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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   This book is about healing through food, it's so good!!! The male protagonist is sick and goes to the countryside where he meets the radiant female protagonist, it's really super good.

7. 357 美 Gourmet: I Inherit a Little Shop and Take the Whole Country by Storm! 美食：继承小店的我火爆全国！ Lucky Carp Fairy锦鲤小仙Urban632k WordsCompleted [No female lead romance + laid-back daily life + opening and upgrading a restaurant + lovingly detailed food descriptions and steady growth!] Su Baihang took over a restaurant from his parents. It was located inside a tourist attraction and was on the verge of closing. Luckily, the Strongest Culinary God System activated! Who says the food at tourist attractions can’t be delicious? Homestyle cabbage stir-fried with vinegar: sweet and sour, and even helps you lose weight! Red-braised pork: tender 1.2kReads8.7Score104Shelves
8. 358 侯 The Marquis's Household Wants Me Back, but the Whole City of Diners Is Losing Its Mind 侯门要迎我回府，全城食客急疯了 Caramel Rose焦糖玫瑰Ancient Romance175k WordsOngoing Gourmet + System + daily life + heartwarming + transmigrate into a book + romance + ancient-style fantasy Xue Leyi, who came from the apocalypse, transmigrated into a book. As the vicious fake heiress and villainess, she’d done every rotten thing imaginable for wealth and status, constantly brought disaster upon herself, and ultimately died abandoned and destitute. When Xue Leyi first arrived, she discovered she’d been thrown out of the Marquis’s estate. The entire capital was waiting to laugh 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Food + ensemble cast + slice-of-life + has a main character's career 🔥🔥

9. 359 我 I'm a Delivery Driver, Yet I Become a God with One Dish at the Battle of a Hundred Chefs 我送外卖的，在百厨大战一饭封神 Big Brother Elephant88大象哥哥88Urban109k WordsCompleted [System] + [Food Business Startup] + [Love Triangle Mayhem] + [Everyday Comedy] The System makes a food delivery rider enter Culinary God Showdown. He competes against a hundred chefs, wins the title of Culinary God with one dish, and takes the championship. But nobody told him registration had already closed! Then he joins a cooking variety show, where a cool and capable director takes him under her wing, a sharp-tongued campus beauty sees him as a rival, and a talkative art student treats him 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is probably a secondary account of a popular author on a certain platform. The pacing is a bit slow, so you need to watch carefully. It's especially not recommended to watch at night. You'll laugh until your stomach hurts, and you'll also get hungry—the food descriptions are amazing. I watched it twice last night and ordered tons of takeout both times. The interactions between the male lead and several girls are also fantastic.

10. 360 穿 I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Became a Widow, So I Raise Kids with My Pocket Dimension 穿到荒年成寡妇，我靠空间养娃 Feng Tianxiang凤天祥Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + Famine + Adorable Kids + Pocket Dimension + Infrastructure + Grand Ambitions] (The story hits its stride after chapter 15) After years of being single, Shen Qingyun wakes up to find she's become a married woman in ancient times, with three sons of her own! Worst of all, famine has struck. Not a blade of grass grows, and corpses litter the land! Eldest son: “Mom, this is the last of our money!” Second son: “Mom, this is the last pound of millet in the house!” Youngest son: “Mommy, here 4.4kReads9.0Score557Shelves

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    Making a fortune by cooking

11. 361 穿 Transmigrate to Be by Your Side Forever 穿越之永伴此生 First Kiss in Jianghu初吻江湖Two Male Leads653k WordsCompleted They were just arguing and bickering, and in a fit of pique, he left home on the first day of the Lunar New Year. But he really did “leave home,” and even managed to “leave” Earth! Waaah!!! This world has really turned fantastical! 639Reads9.1Score106Shelves

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    These books are all super good! The first one is about a male protagonist who transmigrates to ancient times to cultivate immortality, but he lacks the talent. To support himself, he has to sell snacks. If you like fluffy things, you should check this out; they're incredibly cute! The second one is about a female protagonist who transmigrates to the 1970s. She's an amazing cook, and she and the male protagonist have three children. The first child, named An'an, is the male protagonist's comrade-in-arms, but the female protagonist dotes on An'an and pays close attention to her feelings. The writing is excellent. The third one is about a male protagonist who transmigrates to a beast world and meets the male lead. He then returns to his tribe with the male lead, where he showcases his culinary skills and begins his daily culinary adventures.

12. 362 睁 I Opened My Eyes to Find Myself Selling My Niece? The Vicious Aunt Brings Fortune to the Whole Family 睁眼就在卖侄女？极品小姑旺全家 Call Me A Gu叫我阿骨Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [System + Beloved by All + Famine + A Real Piece of Work] Chen Qianqian transmigrated one day and opened her eyes just in time to see someone selling her niece. The original owner was lazy, greedy, and shameless. She had three older brothers and a younger brother, and as the family's only daughter, she'd been spoiled into a complete menace. She relied on the men in her family to throw her weight around the village, and now she was even planning to sell her niece just to get some meat! Wasn't she 11.3kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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    Braised pork belly, chicken stew with bamboo shoots, cold noodles with minced meat sauce [angry][angry][angry] How did the author manage to make all the descriptions so tempting? [Angry][angry][angry]

13. 363 绝 The Peerless Chef: Darling, Please Come into My Bowl 绝世妙厨，相公请到碗里来 Spirit Fire灵火Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Some man: “Miss, do you believe in love at first sight?” “Sorry, I’m already a married woman.” Ever since the brilliant and mighty Rong Xuan fell for the Ninth Miss of the Jiang family, his intelligence has been in serious decline. In her previous life, Jiang Miao was married off to Leng Bufan, the iron-faced general no one else wanted. She never knew the taste of love, and died young with a thousand arrows through her heart. Another lovesick man became a regular visitor to her grave. Reborn a 34Reads8.6Score—Shelves
14. 364 囤 I Stocked My Fridge and Transmigrated into a Book, Then Married the Fiercest Chief Minister 囤满冰箱穿书，我嫁了最猛首辅 Mu Qiao Qiao木乔乔Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One, and the Heroine Is the Original Owner of Her Body, While the Hero Has Not Been Reborn] Wen Nuannuan recently discovered that her refrigerator was malfunctioning: any food she ate would automatically replenish itself! Thinking she was about to strike it rich, Wen Nuannuan did everything she could to stuff the refrigerator full. But the very next day, she transmigrated into a book in spectacularly disastrous fa 63.2kReads9.0Score7.2kShelves

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    All food-related articles, a must-read for a ten-year avid reader, absolutely reliable!

15. 365 春 Springtime in Chang’an 春色满唐 Beyond the Mountain山的那边Historical782k WordsCompleted (Winner of the National Library’s “Explore Ancient Books, See History” writing contest) Zhang Chuanbai is an utterly ordinary young man living in the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan era. Because he is good at dreaming, he knows plenty of things from later generations. As Zhang Chuanbai grows into a child prodigy, he discovers that his whole family is made up of main characters. His father: mysterious and a professional pie deliveryman; His mother: whatever she raises gets nice and plump, and sh 4.1kReads9.2Score404Shelves

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    It's not exactly a food novel, but it devotes a lot of space to describing various delicacies. Every time I see the protagonist, a child, sincerely and genuinely flattering the emperor, I find it hilarious. He does it so skillfully and without being cheesy. 😂

16. 366 乐 Happily Back to Country Life 乐归田园 The Ning in Lemon柠檬的柠Ancient Romance802k WordsCompleted Li Qingyue: “I want to grow our little family shop into a major business and turn our village into the next Huaxi Village.” Everyone else: “We don't know what village Huaxi is, but we'll roll up our sleeves and work with you.” Qi Yi: “Wife, what can I do?” Li Qingyue: “Just study hard and let me become the wife of an official. After all, money is good, but power matters too.” Qi Yi obediently nods. Tuantuan: “Then what should I do, Mother?” His eyes sparkle. Li Qingyue: “You? Your job is to eat 141Reads8.4Score—Shelves
17. 367 深 A Hunter’s Home in the Deep Mountains: His Spunky Little Wife Has a Pocket Dimension 深山猎户家：空间小媳火辣辣 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Ancient Romance318k WordsCompleted [Transmigration in person + pocket dimension + rugged hunter + sweet farming romance + wholesome relationship] She takes a bath and ends up in the arms of a rugged man in ancient times... Mmm, what a great physique. Time to flirt! Flirt for all she's worth! 13.1kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    Sweet and heartwarming farming romance novel, featuring food, seduction, wealth accumulation, and everyday family life.

18. 368 为 The Bigwigs Go Wild Fighting over a Bite to Eat 为了一口吃的，大佬们抢疯了 Sword Across Autumn Waters剑横秋水Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [laid-back daily life] + [no System] + [comedy] Li Heng is a chef who accidentally transmigrates to a cultivation world where culinary skills have fallen into decline. He discovers that his dishes are not only delicious, but can also improve cultivation and strengthen the body. One day, while Li Heng is cooking, a passing sect’s saintess spirits him away to work as their chef. As Li Heng serves up dish after delicious dish, the entire sect goes wild. The disciples go crazy competing 2.2kReads8.8Score163Shelves

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    Fantasy food novel, casual slice-of-life story.

19. 369 辞 After Quitting My Job, I Got Rich as a Househusband 辞职后，我靠当家庭煮夫暴富了 A Person of Fate有缘人吖Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Daily life + slow-paced + one female lead + no love rivals + raising a child] Su Lie had worked himself to the bone at his company for five years, only to be bullied by someone with connections. In a fit of anger, he quit and went home. While buying groceries at the market and cooking, he accidentally cut his finger and activated the Ultimate Househusband System. He could earn points just by cooking for his wife and child? [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You fed your wife Qin Qing braised pork an 1.2kReads7.1Score101Shelves

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    🍐At the beginning, the male protagonist quits his job because he can't stand it anymore. His wife is pregnant. While buying groceries and cooking, he accidentally cuts his hand and activates the "Househusband System." He earns points by cooking for his wife. These points can be exchanged for money one-to-one or used to buy things in the system's shop. He can also enter a lottery based on how many times he cooks for his wife. As a result, the protagonist's family becomes better and better and he becomes richer.

20. 370 今 What Should I Cook Today? 今天准备做什么菜好呢 Fish Brain鱼脑Modern Romance218k WordsCompleted When Xia Annuo was sixteen, her parents died in a car accident. Just after graduating from college, she unexpectedly encountered the System, nicknamed Laoliu. The System's rewards were too good to pass up, so to earn it points, Xia Annuo went from watching food videos to learning how to cook. In short, it's the everyday food-filled life of a restaurant. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books I'm currently reading are super good.

21. 371 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Little Chef 重生八零小厨娘 Little Steamed Bun and Little Fish小包子和小鱼儿Modern Romance473k WordsCompleted Song Ran was reborn! She returned to the 1980s, a time of shortages, to a home with bare walls. Her sister-in-law even wanted her to marry a widower and become his children's stepmother! Song Ran was speechless. In her previous life, she'd been a renowned master chef and a top student who graduated from Tsinghua University with a degree in fashion design. There was no way she would accept this fate! A girl with a face covered in pimples? No need to worry. She had a remedy, and once she was cured 229Reads8.8Score—Shelves
22. 372 在 I Raise Cubs on the Beast Planet by Livestreaming My Cooking 在兽星我靠美食直播养崽 Blue-and-White Lotus Fish青花莲鱼Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted What could Gu Yunsang possibly be up to? She's just got a huge appetite. She decides she shouldn't be the only one craving delicious food. She'll get the people of the interstellar era craving it, too. The interstellar crowd: unimpressed.jpg. Who would eat this stuff? We're invincible beastfolk Ah, what smells so good?! I'm practically drooling! Waaah, streamer, let me have a bite! Gu Yunsang: expressionless.jpg. Inwardly delighted, she says nothing and brings out braised pork, hot pot, cold ski 587Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Different flavors. Completed. Purely a food-themed story.

23. 373 过 I Set Up a Stall Before the New Year and Left Customers Drooling 过年前摆一波摊，馋坏食客 Hua Xiaoze花小泽Urban739k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows motivate me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Wang Xu, the “King of Street Stalls,” quit his job right before the New Year and encountered a Gourmet System. Unlike a tycoon System, this one had a simple, no-nonsense way of taking its cut: a 70/30 or 60/40 split. Under this arrangement, Wang Xu had to meet the System’s KPIs while also working hard to increase his own earnings. 743Reads—Score102Shelves

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    No drama, just a simple food stall.

24. 374 穿 Transmigrating to a Bygone Era: Building a Fortune and Raising the Kids 穿越年代：发家致富养崽崽 Susu Is a Fat Tabby苏苏是胖橘Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted Tang Xixi transmigrated into a book just for criticizing the vicious woman in it. When she saw two adorable little ones, she knew she had a pocket dimension and thought, “Just watch me make a wonderful life for us!” With two cute little ones in her arms, life couldn’t be sweeter. But what’s with that man I barely know? Why are you constantly flirting with me? I’m not listening, I’m not listening! If I do, you’ll trick me into falling for you. 270Reads8.8Score—Shelves
25. 375 小 The Little Round Bird Is Working Hard to Raise a Dragon and Make It the Family’s Darling 小肥啾今天也在努力养龙当团宠 April Evening Breeze四月风晚Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Beast world + everyone's favorite + little cub + farming + everyday life + transmigrate into a book] After struggling to survive in the apocalypse for over a decade, she finally died when mutant beasts attacked the city. In a single twist of fate, Changle transmigrated into a little cub abandoned by the Sparrow tribe and deemed ill-omened. Snow-white feathers and a round little body: how could she be ill-omened? She was clearly a protected species, a long-tailed tit! As an angry little bird tha 9.5kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    This book contains delicious food and a sweet childhood romance.

26. 376 年 Life on an Island: A Military Wife Raising Kids in the Old Days 年代，军嫂养娃海岛生活 Little Sugar Who Has to Get Thin必要瘦的小糖Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [1970s + Military Marriage + Special Abilities + Raising Kids + Food + Medicine] Han Shuang transmigrates from the 1970s to the apocalypse. She thinks she’ll never make it back, but unexpectedly transmigrates back again, now with a pocket dimension and a wood-based ability. Using the supplies she gathered during the apocalypse and her wood-based ability, Han Shuang makes it through the hard times. With a big one in one arm and a little one in the other, she raises the brothers to be chubby and r 11.5kReads8.7Score826Shelves

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    Raising a baby and making delicious food! It's so cute!

27. 377 五 Space in the 1950s: After I Transmigrated, I Just Wanted to Take It Easy and Raise Kids 五零空间：穿越后我只想咸鱼养崽 Xiao Xiao's Fish肖肖的鱼Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted Shen Beibei's dream is to enjoy the carefree retirement she's always yearned for, without having to scramble for money or other worldly things. After transmigrating, she may no longer have to worry about money, but she discovers that money alone can't buy anything, and she only finds herself drifting farther and farther from the retirement she wants. 759Reads8.7Score—Shelves
28. 378 人 In the Beast World, I Farm Like Crazy 人在兽世，哐哐种田 Xue'er Loves Hot Pot雪儿爱恰火锅Ancient Romance296k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + farming + food + family life + no female rivalry + 1v1 romance + a little nation-building] Transmigrated? Native? After a busy day, Su Mi bought ingredients for hot pot, enjoyed a delicious meal, and drifted off to sleep, content as could be. Her body clock woke her right on schedule. She sleepily opened her eyes and saw a huge rock. A rock? Huh? A rock! She looked around. She was surrounded by stone walls. How strange. Hadn’t she been sleeping comfortably? Who had been so s 911Reads8.4Score101Shelves
29. 379 穿 Reborn as the Grim Villain’s Foster Mother, I Go Viral on a Parenting Show 穿成阴鸷反派养母后在娃综爆红了 Two Pieces of Candy for You分你两块糖Modern Romance892k WordsCompleted Su Jinjin transmigrated into a book, becoming the wicked adoptive mother of the story's great villain. The original owner was a woman so desperate to become famous that she adopted a child from an orphanage specifically to join the hottest parenting reality show and build an image as a kind, genuine person. She treated her adopted villain cub wonderfully in public, but was extremely harsh behind closed doors. She piled on study assignments, forced the child to do things they hated, and hit and s 2.4kReads8.7Score255Shelves
30. 380 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: I Raise Kids With My Pocket Space 穿越七零：我靠空间养崽崽 Radish Pillow萝卜枕头Modern Romance446k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Just because the supermarket lights flashed in her eyes, Wen Xia somehow transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes a skinny little orphan from the countryside, with a newborn baby brother in tow! What kind of cruel twist of fate is this? Luckily, Heaven lets her bring a supermarket with her. From then on, Wen Xia begins her leisurely everyday life raising a child... 42Reads8.4Score—Shelves
31. 381 吧 One Little Kiss, and the Rugged Man Goes Wild, Sweet-Talking Me into Coming Home 吧唧亲一口，糙汉疯了诱哄我回家 Little Bun小面包Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A story about poverty alleviation, perfect for readers interested in civil service exams and public-sector jobs! [Energetic sweet girl & rugged man who’s crazy about sugar] [Transmigration + Farming + Substitute Marriage + Making a Fortune + Pocket Space + Rural Revitalization] She spends her very first day in another world getting married, and her rugged husband is studying an illustrated manual right in front of her?! What a wild start. Lin Baochu says, “I can’t take this. I really can’t!” A s 4.2kReads8.5Score407Shelves

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    Daily life of farming! The female protagonist transmigrates to a county of exile and goes up the mountain to pick mushrooms, go down to the river to catch fish and shrimp, and build a vegetable garden in the backyard with the rough and tough male protagonist. They make grass jelly, grilled sausages, and taro with braised pork belly. It makes my mouth water just looking at it!

32. 382 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Won Over the Male Lead's Uncle 穿越七零，我把男主小叔拿下了 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance499k WordsCompleted Also known as: I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Won Over the Male Lead's Uncle Farming story + slow pace + everyday family life + a touch of ensemble cast + laid-back heroine + pocket dimension + spirit spring Woman transmigrates into another body + man is reborn + devoted couple + age gap + making a fortune The rating will go up later. An alternate-history period story (the author's imagination runs wild). Chu Yue woke up one day to find that she had transmigrated to the 1970s, and into a nove 2.6kReads—Score205Shelves
33. 383 穿 Transmigration: The Tasty Little Inn 穿越： 美味小馆 Chubby Cake~胖糕呀～Modern Romance483k WordsCompleted The moment Qiao Ruan woke up, she looked around at the filthy, shabby rental room she was in. “Oh my god, where am I...? I transmigrated...” Holding a hospital notice in one hand, she rubbed her forehead as she stared at the instant-noodle cups on the little table and the piles of them filling the room. “Pregnant and still eating instant noodles? How broke was I? I’m in for a hard life...” Then she checked her bank balance. “Help me up, I can still keep going...” Good food and a new life, here I 872Reads8.7Score102Shelves
34. 384 我 My Little Snail Husband 我的田螺小夫郎 Little Seven of Mountain Moon山月小七Two Male Leads462k WordsCompleted [Farming + male-male romance + sweet love + food + everyday family life + a slow, steady romance] Spring thunder rolls, and all things come to life. After the rain, the forest is fragrant with the scents of plants and earth. The mountain folk's delicious food can be found all around them. The diligent young husband rises early and treads through the dew to gather a basket of fresh bamboo shoots, pick tender wild greens, and collect newly sprouted mushrooms and toon buds from the treetops. Everyt 10.5kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves

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    Both books, one a heterosexual romance and the other a BL romance, are great reads, and the food descriptions are very appetizing.

35. 385 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s, I Became a Spoiled Little Green Tea with a Terrible Family 穿越七零，成了极品家作精小绿茶 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted Also known as: The Green Tea Girl Transmigrates to the 1970s and Gets Spoiled Again and Again! Transmigrate into a book + reborn + green tea heroine + selfish and self-serving + spoiled and troublesome + outrageous characters + rural life The heroine is a bit of a green tea, selfish and self-serving, and used to keeping backup suitors. She has the typical innocent, delicate white-lotus traits. If you dislike this kind of character, please move along. No need to leave complaints. There are quit 503Reads—Score114Shelves
36. 386 傻 The Foolish Scholar’s Fortunate, Plump Wife 傻状元的福运胖妻 Mi Yiner弥音儿Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted [Flexible Setting + Cozy Farming + Everyday Family Life + Slow and Steady + Devoted Couple, No Messy Drama] A friendly reminder: This is a fictional setting, not serious historical fiction. Relax and enjoy the story, and don't overanalyze the historical details. Zhen Mier had been chubby since childhood, the fattest girl for miles around! Gu Tingzhi had been exceptionally clever since childhood, known throughout the area as a top-scorer-in-the-making. The chubby girl had never slimmed down, whi 7kReads9.1Score599Shelves

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    This is a very sweet and heartwarming slice-of-life story set in ancient times. The female lead is adorable and secretly in love with the male lead. The male lead is very lucky to meet the female lead, who only has eyes for him, during his lowest point in life.

37. 387 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: Raising Kids with a Shopping Mall 穿越七零年代：带着商场养崽崽 Li Momo漓沫沫Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted Jiang Xiaotong woke up one morning and found herself transmigrated to the 1970s, as the mother of two children. Here, clothes and food were scarce. You needed fabric coupons to buy clothes and grain coupons to eat. Looking at the unusually well-behaved, sensible twins, Jiang Xiaotong thought, At least I won’t have to worry about having children again! She could put up with having nothing to her name. After all, she had a huge shopping mall with her wherever she went. But when a certain man sudde 838Reads8.8Score101Shelves
38. 388 重 Reborn Before the Transmigrator: I Won Back My Ex-Husband 重生在穿越女之前抢回前夫 Golden Toad Lord金蟾君Ancient Romance402k WordsCompleted [Farming + food + historical romance + rebirth + transmigration + mind reading] Lin Yuhe was reborn on the day her ex-husband married the woman he had always loved. She deeply regretted being so short-sighted in her previous life. She had divorced Xie Shuhuai and aborted his child, then agreed to marry a wicked man without seeing what he was really like. That scoundrel had already taken a mistress and had a child with her. He only married Lin Yuhe so she could take the blame and play the role of 12.3kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Both of these are simple, everyday food novels [heart][heart]. I recommend the first one more; the female lead is dedicated to running her restaurant and making delicious food, and every supporting character has their own story. [Bump][bump]

39. 389 听 Listening to a Donkey's Thoughts: Daily Life Running a Restaurant in Bianjing 听驴心声：汴京美食经营日常 Golden Flowers in Full Bloom金花朵朵Ancient Romance579k WordsCompleted (The low rating is only because the book was just listed.) · Transmigration + Everyday food and life among ordinary townsfolk + Mind reading (the little donkey is called Xiao Ba, with “Ba” meaning gossip) + A gentle, leisurely pace + A large ensemble cast later on · A modern chef transmigrates to the Song Dynasty. In this paradise of food, she doesn’t just eat: she develops new dishes and brings ancient and modern cuisines together in a grand feast. The Shen Tinghe family moves from the outskirt 4.3kReads8.5Score507Shelves
40. 390 七 The Plump Wife of the 1970s and the Reserved Educated Youth Tycoon 七零肥妻，禁欲知青是大佬 Man Qin满沁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Xunwei is a renowned master chef, yet somehow she ends up in the body of a chubby village girl who was tricked by a scumbag in the 1970s. The moment she opens her eyes, she pins down a young educated man who has just been sent to the countryside and has her way with him. The scumbag breaks off their engagement, and the whole village insists she force the young educated man to marry her? No problem. That’s a piece of cake! With a spatula in her left hand and seasonings in her right, she’ll coo 7.8kReads9.1Score902Shelves

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    Wild vegetable and minced meat pancakes, chicken soup noodles, braised pork, spicy stir-fried pork offal, steamed dumplings with cured pork and bamboo shoots... The female lead's series of actions made me hungry! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] The female lead, Su, is a modern-day master chef who unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a chubby village girl in the 1970s, tricked by a scumbag. Watch how she takes revenge on him—it's truly satisfying! She's barely opened her eyes when she's been tricked by the scumbag and the village secretary, forced to have sex with a newly arrived male educated youth. The scumbag breaks off the engagement, and the female lead is forced to marry the educated youth. The educated youth is assigned to cook in the canteen, but he's terrible at it... No problem, that's a piece of cake! Watch as the female lead, spatula in her left hand, seasonings in her right, cooks up a delicious dish, achieving wealth with her left hand and love with her right, paving her way to a prosperous future! "The Chubby Wife is Pregnant, the Abstinent Diplomat Becomes a Father"

41. 391 墨 Sweet Potatoes Stewed in Ink 墨汁炖红薯 Li Liangliang凉凉李Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted [Brooding, possessive man + warm and healing romance + sweet enough to make you feel like an auntie] He suffers from severe depression and has been rescued after three suicide attempts. He fears crowds and hates the sunlight. All he wants is to hide in his dark world until the day he can finally be free. But that changed when he followed the family driver to the countryside. “Pig, want a sweet potato?” “Good, mean chicken.” “Ah, that goose bit me!” He stared wide-eyed in fright and turned to run 4.6kReads9.2Score522Shelves

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    ① Transmigrated to ancient times, a beloved character, skilled in food, farming, and business. ② Entertainment industry. ③ Energetic female lead x delicate male lead (the male lead has a mental illness). ④ The female lead inherits her ancestor's recipes; most of the people around her are monsters. ⑤ Half farming, half romance. ⑥ It's been a while, so I've forgotten the plot. ⑦ The female lead is the male lead's live-in housekeeper; this is the first time I've read this kind of genre, it's quite novel.

42. 392 进 After Moving to the City to Farm, Every Powerful Tycoon Wants Me as Their Master 进城种地后豪门权贵都想拜我为师 Cat Who Loves Houttuynia折耳根的猫Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + Everyone’s Favorite] Jiang Mengyun is a young woman who absolutely loves farming. From the countryside to the city, from luxurious mansions to mysterious research bases, there’s no patch of land she can’t turn into a field! Mansion owner: My multimillion-dollar mansion! It’s covered in loofah vines! School administrator: My rooftop garden! It’s full of giant radishes! Senior from her sect: My medicinal herb garden! I have to search through cabbages to find the herbs! Lu Jingyua 16.7kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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    The first three are farming and food-themed. The last two are by the same author and are lighthearted, slice-of-life, and heartwarming food novels. The last one is a historical food novel. They are all very good and are some I would reread.

43. 393 胡 Nonsense! How Could the Little One I Raised Be a Villain? 胡说！我养的崽怎么可能是反派 The Moon Behind Spring Mountains春山负月Two Male Leads1.8M WordsCompleted Other people transmigrate with a golden finger to protect them, becoming invincible dragons among men without lifting a finger. Xu Lingguang transmigrates badly injured, with creditors everywhere and danger waiting the moment he steps outside. Xu Lingguang: I might as well find a rope and hang myself! But dying is out of the question. All he can do is somehow muddle through. To escape his enemies, Xu Lingguang hides in Ailao Mountain. They say the Chenghuang clan lives in Ailao Mountain. The Ch 15.5kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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    Both of these books are set in a cultivation world, are simple and straightforward food stories, and feature a bunch of adorable pets... Perfect for killing time.

44. 394 我 My Whole Family Cooks in a Giant Pot and Goes Viral in the Western Han 我全家炒大锅饭，爆红西汉 A Fish from the South南边一只鱼Ancient Romance544k WordsCompleted [The whole family transmigrates + ordinary people + food and business + everyday family life + an alternate Western Han dynasty] The rating was just posted, so it’s a little low right now~ No contrived drama, and there’s a romantic pairing (the male lead barely appears, so feel free to ignore him; the heroine and her family are focused on building their business). A slice-of-life tale about ordinary people in a frontier town. The three members of the Lin family, village-feast chefs, transmigrate 2.1kReads8.4Score282Shelves

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    This book! The female protagonist's family were village chefs in their past lives. They travel back to Dunhuang during the Western Han Dynasty and use ingredients from that era to create innovative and cross-temporal culinary combinations. They start from a small business and gradually build it up. The dishes are absolutely delicious! The author is very meticulous, with many annotations about real history!

45. 395 确 After My Diagnosis, I Took My Child to the Past to Find the Childless Regent 确诊后，带崽回古代认绝嗣摄政王 Little Bun小面包Ancient Romance331k WordsCompleted [Adorable children + communication across time + transmigration + face-slapping scumbags + pocket dimension + everyday child-rearing] Cheng Shuyi gets her diagnosis: she has six months left to live. With no one to care for her two five-year-olds, she has no choice but to use her pocket dimension, which connects the past and present, and take them back to ancient times... To find their father! Pei Yanli is the all-powerful Regent of the Great Sheng Dynasty, a man so possessive he won’t even l 6.7kReads8.4Score758Shelves
46. 396 八 The 1980s: The Military Wife Returns in Style After Her Life Is Stolen 八零：被偷人生后军嫂霸气回归 Like New Life宛若新生Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Reborn comeback + settling scores on the spot + golden finger + collecting treasures in a pocket dimension + gourmet food + family squabbles + everyday child-rearing + ensemble cast of ordinary people] Liang Suyun, who was beaten to death, has been reborn at the very moment her five-year-old son is dragged into the river and about to be drowned! In her previous life, she was a fool and got tricked by her husband's ungrateful childhood friend into going deep into the mountains, where s 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Get revenge on your enemies and enjoy delicious food at the same time! Braised rabbit, spicy crayfish, garlic crayfish... So delicious it'll make your mouth water! Those who love revenge and good food should definitely check this out!

47. 397 辞 Everyday Life of a City Dweller Who Quit and Returned to Farm 辞职后回乡种地日常 Eat, Drink, and Be Merry吃吃喝喝啦Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [A heroine with an extraordinary palate and amazing cooking skills x a hero who says one thing but means another] Without realizing it, she wins his heart with her cooking, and food brings them together. Overview: Xu Lai has worked at her company for three years. Her boyfriend has stolen credit for her work countless times and been entangled with their coworkers. Then one day, he takes credit for her project proposal again. Xu Lai has had enough. She takes off her company ID badge and declares, 1.1kReads7.9Score102Shelves
48. 398 日 Everyday Madness 日常疯癫 Changbai Jasmine长白茉莉Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted No missions, no missions, no missions. Important things need saying three times. If you want to read about someone fulfilling the original owner's wishes, you can leave now. Each world is basically only two or three chapters. If you like substantial stories or slow transmigration, this isn't for you. Don't hang around just to get attention, either. An ancient great demon with nothing to do goes wandering through different worlds. 3.6kReads8.8Score148Shelves
49. 399 我 I Set Up a Street Stall in Ancient Times, and the Big Shots Are Obsessed! 我在古代摆地摊，大佬们馋疯了？ Yao Shujin尧书锦Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + food + everyday street-stall life + farming + cozy + no romance + alternate world] Gu Yanxi had lived in ancient times for three years when an accident left her with amnesia. A bout of high fever brought all her memories back. From the start, her father was a cripple, her mother was constantly sick, and her younger brother was a compulsive gambler. Luckily, she was a great cook and knew a few martial arts moves. No matter how tough the situation, she could handle it! Sizzling gri 5.3kReads8.0Score411Shelves

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    ✨Grilled potatoes, pickled chicken feet, cold-served rabbit, Sichuan-style boiled chicken, seafood in a gravy... If you traveled back to ancient times and set up a stall in front of an academy, the scholars would be mesmerized by the aroma, and even the emperor couldn't resist queuing up...

50. 400 不 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance925k WordsCompleted An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the 78.7kReads9.4Score13kShelves

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    It looks good, and the focus isn't on the food, but the main character made a lot of delicious dishes.

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