Food Stories! Ancient-Era Food Stories! Traditional Chinese Dishes and Pastries!! 美食文！古代美食文！古色古香菜肴和中式糕点！！
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The Delicate Concubine Wept, and the Paranoid Minister's Heart Trembled 娇娇外室一哭，偏执权臣心颤了
[A devoted couple + food + sweet everyday romance] The third son of the Pei family, Pei Sanlang, was as refined as the moon and a gentle breeze, and scrupulously proper. He was the secret crush of the capital's noblewomen. Yet when this man, who kept his distance from women, returned from the south, he brought back a bewitchingly beautiful mistress. Xi Ning was that mistress. Everyone said Pei Zhao was peerlessly handsome, but only she knew that Pei Zhao had bought her to conceal his "condition.
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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
[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.
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- 3 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 [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 137.3kReads9.4Score10.1k14d adds
- 4 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 (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 11.6kReads8.8Score77614d adds
- 5 The Princess Consort’s Snack Shop 王妃的零食铺子 [Transmigration + Food + Princess Consort + Marriage First, Love Later + No Pocket Dimension + Heartwarming] Su Lele owns a snack shop. One day, she transmigrates to ancient times into the family of an official. With a harmonious family and a comfortable life, she decides to return to her old trade and start making snacks, beginning with retail sales. Her goal is to open snack shops all across the Great Yun Kingdom. Hawthorn rolls, potato chips, fish balls, grilled shrimp, little dried fish, pin 4.2kReads8.9Score31514d adds
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I Returned to Ancient Times and Reached the Top with My Cooking 穿回古代靠厨艺走上人生巅峰
[Food + Everyday Life + Business Management + Farming] He wakes up in ancient times. Watch a master chef show off his skills! What surprises will come from the collision of culinary cultures from different eras? After being hit by a car, chef Cheng Yu travels back a thousand years. From the start, all he has is a thatched hut. How can he use his skills to improve his life? Selling wraps, making braised meat, cooking noodles in an iron pot and clay-pot rice, mooncakes and spicy crab for the M
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A Taste of Jiangnan 江南小食记
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
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Sold from the Start: From Street-Corner Pancake Seller to Regional Tycoon 开局被卖，从卖饼小贩到富甲一方
[Food + business + imperial exams + farming + infrastructure + character growth + mutual first love] Food blogger Lu Yan died suddenly of heart disease and transmigrated into a novel about a heroine’s rise to success. The heroine in the book was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, but her stepmother schemed to have her kidnapped and sold to a poor, remote village. An older man bought her and raised her as his own daughter. Before long, the heroine came across the fallen crown prince,
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- 9 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 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 78.3kReads9.4Score13k14d adds
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My Ancestor Is a Pot 我的祖宗是口锅
Xu Jingqing accidentally awakened the spirit of an ancestor who had been sleeping inside the family heirloom, an iron wok. Under the old ancestor's “loving” tutelage, Xu Jingqing honed extraordinary cooking skills and opened a humble little eatery. At first, people were skeptical of a restaurant run by a college girl who had never lifted a finger around the house. Then came the verdict: “It's so good!” “Mom, I want to eat big sister's cooking every day.” “What smells so good in the middle of the
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- 11 Raking in Gold Every Day: My Snack Shop Connects to Another World 日进斗金，我的小吃店通异界 [Past and present connected · Getting rich · Food · Heartwarming · Shopkeeping] After graduating from college, Hua Juan inherits a mysterious snack shop that takes her to ancient times every night. Can’t cook? No problem, ready-made dishes to the rescue. Swiss rolls, oden, cheesecake, fish with pickled cabbage, you name it. In exchange, she gets copper coins, antique paintings... and makes a fortune! 17.3kReads8.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 12 My Restaurant Connects Past and Present, and I Can't Get Enough Antique Jewelry 我的饭店通古今，古董首饰收不完 Li Meng, a castoff from a wealthy family, returned to her hometown and inherited her grandmother's little restaurant! On opening day, Li Meng could tell something was off about the place! Why were the customers coming in dressed in ancient costumes? Cosplay? And when it was time to pay, they handed her gleaming silver ingots! Worth 1,500! Three little dishes for 1,500! This business was a gold mine! The next day, a child beggar ate a bowl of noodles and paid her with an antique bracelet! Worth h 7.6kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
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A Food Blogger Builds Wealth in Ancient Times 美食博主在古代发家致富
[Two male leads + food and farming + raising kids] Food blogger Song Yuan transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder elder brother in a farming novel. His parents are both dead, leaving him with three children. One, two, three children, all of them little villains. Song Yuan: Damn it, I'm going to lie flat. Fortunately, his portable space comes with a modern kitchen and an endless supply of ingredients in the fridge. No food? Tomato and egg stir-fry, followed by chili meat sauce, and
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- 14 Qiao Ge’er’s Farming Life 乔哥儿种田 A gentle, everyday warmth that soothes the heart. [Full-cast audio drama now available. It's great, so go listen!] [Devoted couple + husband doting + cooking and farming + building wealth + healing daily life + slow-burn romance] One day, Qiao Yu transmigrates into the body of Qiao Yu, a male consort, and his stepmother knocks him unconscious with a stick and marries him off to a fierce hunter who supposedly brings death to his wives! He spent thirty years in his previous life without even havin 10.2kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
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I Became the Bride Who Was Supposed to Bring Good Fortune to the Male Lead of an Imperial Exam Novel 穿成科举文男主的冲喜小娘子
[Historical romance + transmigrate into a book + farming + food + space + building wealth + one-on-one happy ending] This story is set in a fictional world. Please don't compare it to actual history!!!! Luo Xingyue transmigrates into a book as the cannon-fodder wife of the newly introduced chief counselor, who dies almost as soon as he appears. Gazing at the few bare, empty rooms before her, she takes a deep breath. If you want a good life, you have to work for it yourself. Other heroines transm
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- 16 The Jiang Family Restaurant: A Day-to-Day Story 江家食肆经营日常 Jiang Zi opened her eyes and found herself a village girl in ancient times. Her family had nothing; her mother was bedridden and frail, her older brother worked himself to the bone to earn money, and her youngest brother was only five, thin and weak. At least they had no awful relatives, and the whole family was doing their best to get by. What was there to fear about being poor? A person with a skill could make a good life anywhere. They earned money, built a house, bought farmland and shops, a 1.1kReads6.5Score15114d adds
- 17 I Became the Richest Person in the Kingdom Through Food 我靠美食成为了全朝首富 [Historical romance + transmigration + beloved by the whole family + food + sweet romance + farming + building a fortune + 1v1] (A warm family with no troublesome relatives, so read with confidence) After transmigrating, Shen Yuanshu became the only girl in the Shen family in six generations. Her grandparents doted on her, then her parents, and she had six older brothers who were all fiercely protective of their little sister. Unfortunately, the girl was frail. Ever since she became conscious at 4.3kReads8.5Score32714d adds
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The Great Yu Female Tutor 大禹女师
(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
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Exiled from the Start? With My Cooking Skills, the World Is Mine 开局流放？厨艺在手，天下我有
[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
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- 20 The Little Chef Takes on the World 小厨娘闯天下 Female lead: Shen Cao (her name has a special meaning). Male lead: Ji Lingfeng [Transmigration + food + business + making a fortune + slow-burn development + sweet romance] After becoming a master chef, Shen Cao falls off a cliff while gathering mushrooms and transmigrates into the body of a village girl who shares her name. Her parents love each other, her brothers are on good terms, and even her younger sister looks up to her. The only problem is that her family is so poor they can barely affo 1.4kReads7.7Score15814d adds
- 21 From the Start, I Changed My Fate by Selling Braised Meat 开局分家，我靠卖卤肉改命 [Farming + Widow's sister-in-law + Feel-good story + Strong heroine + Building wealth + Putting scumbags in their place, no romance. The male lead is her brother-in-law, but their relationship is familial. The male characters have very little page time, and the heroine's story takes center stage.] Li Yu transmigrated from being a modern handicrafts and food blogger into the life of a poor woman in ancient times whose husband died on their very first day of marriage. To survive, Li Yu split the f 3.2kReads8.5Score29214d adds
- 22 Delicious Country Cooking: The Little Chef Is Beautiful and Adorable 农门佳肴：小厨娘她美又娇 [Sweet Romance + Farming + Food + Mutual Devotion] Shen Jiayao, a young chef in her previous life, didn't let her skills go to waste after she transmigrated to a small mountain village. Life in the village was hard, but her father doted on her, her mother loved her, and her older brother protected her. Most importantly, she had a childhood sweetheart who'd grown up alongside her. When he became an official one day and planned to marry a noblewoman, Shen Jiayao wielded her big ladle and knocked h 4.7kReads9.0Score56214d adds
- 23 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 [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 6.8kReads9.0Score64514d adds
- 24 The Top Chef in a Culinary Wasteland 我在美食荒漠当第一厨娘 Bai Qingwan, the owner of a private kitchen, was hit by a car while saving someone and transmigrated into the body of a farm girl with the same name in a fictional dynasty, whose surname was Yong. To her surprise, this place was a culinary wasteland that didn't even have soy sauce. Her family lived by the mountains and near the sea, yet what they ate was the sort of stuff even pigs wouldn't touch. Then she found herself bound to the Huaxia Cuisine System. To help her fulfill her mission of sprea 795Reads8.8Score10914d adds
- 25 Transmigrate, Farm, Get Rich, and Raise the Kids 穿越之种田致富养崽崽 Jiang Wanwan transmigrates from the harsh apocalypse to an impoverished ancient era, only to find that life is just as difficult. The difference is that she now has an adorable little dumpling, a handsome and dependable husband, and a whole space full of crop seeds. With her superb cooking skills, she can raise her precious little one, feed her husband, and help the villagers grow rich along the way... 4.1kReads9.1Score37314d adds
- 26 Two Stunning Sisters with Amazing Cooking Skills, Leaving Diners Squealing for More 绝色双姝厨艺妙，馋哭食客哇哇叫 (The rating only came out on February 8 and is slowly climbing) [Double-female-lead business story (pure friendship) + romance + both leads are each other's only partners + food + lighthearted] Yu Zhile and her best friend, He Sitian, were killed by an object thrown from a great height. When they opened their eyes, they had transmigrated to the Nan Yu Kingdom as two orphan girls. Their adoptive father had just passed away. The bad news: They had no one to turn to, were dirt poor, and had the wor 999Reads8.6Score16714d adds
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After My Reputation Hit Rock Bottom, I Cleared My Name by Farming 名声烂透后，我靠种田逆袭洗白
[Farming] [System] [Family Life] [Building Wealth] [Historical Romance] The sky is falling! The moment she arrives in this world, she becomes a desperate-to-marry woman who drugged a scholar! But the mess left behind by the original owner goes far beyond that. She steals chickens and dogs, is lazy and greedy, and nearly gets beaten to death by her own grandfather. Her two uncles even take turns trying to purge the Ye family of this disgrace. Strangely, though, this foolish, wicked home-wrecker i
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I Bring Bad Luck to Husbands, You Bring Bad Luck to Wives 我克夫，你克妻
Two male leads + an ancient-world slice-of-life story + constable and his husband, both pure [No transmigration or rebirth] Xiang Xi is a young man who became a widow before he even married. Just after his engagement was arranged, his fiancé died in an accident, leaving him branded as a husband-killer. Yang Tongchuan is a constable at the county yamen. Last year, he married a new bride, but she mysteriously disappeared less than a month after moving in. Some said he beat her to death, others sai
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- 29 Live with Me, and You'll Never Go Hungry 跟我住，管饱 A super-sweet, slice-of-life food story. [Two men + both have no past relationships + cozy, sweet romance + mutual devotion + fast-paced + no angst + not a story about the rich] Qu Xiang is a private chef who cooks in people's homes. Before meeting his love, all he wanted was a simple life. As it turns out, fate takes pity on him and gives him a wonderfully dependable, caring partner who pulls him along as they build a better life together, one steady step at a time. Cheng Yijian is an ordinary 7.2kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
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The Ruyi Gallery 如意馆
[Beautiful Innkeeper vs. Bookish Accountant] [Historical Romance + Food + A Touch of Angst + Xianxia and Strange Tales + Deep Devotion] In an alley by Taiping Bridge in the south of the city stands a restaurant called Ruyi House. Its dishes are novel and delicious. The proprietress, Yaoniang, was once the Fate Keeper of the Ninth Heaven, in charge of the Book of Destinies. One day, she caused a grave disaster, earning the wrath of the Jade Emperor. As punishment, she was sent down to the mortal
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The Shen Family Cookbook 沈氏食经
Through the lens of food, we observe the myriad aspects of society and the twists and turns of life. Every dish is more than a culinary craft: it is human connection, memory, and a philosophy for living. Follow Shen Yan through his many experiences as he rises from poverty to become a renowned master chef.
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After Calling Off the Engagement, I Got Rich Selling Sweet Drinks 退婚后我靠糖水暴富了
[System + Dessert Queen + dessert lover + other delicious foods included] [This isn't purely a career-focused story. The male lead appears later, and romance develops in the second half.] Renowned pastry chef Shen Chuhe had just been crowned the "Queen of Sweet Soups" when she got into a car accident. She woke up in the body of a woman notorious for being a menace across the surrounding villages: She was the one who stole her little brother's school fees and kept him from attending school. She w
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- 33 The Fake Heiress Falls on Hard Times? The Powerful Flock to Her Restaurant 假千金落魄？权贵挤满她酒楼 [Food + 1v1, mutually devoted, System missions, building a career, ensemble cast] (A quick heads-up: There are many couples in this story, so please steer clear if that's not your thing. It mixes romance with BL, so please steer clear if you dislike that. This is a light, wholesome food-themed romance with multiple pairings, and its overall tone is warm and cozy. It is not a strong-female-lead story, so please steer clear if that's not your thing.) Synopsis: ↓ Yun Zhiyue, the president of a ca 1.9kReads8.8Score19814d adds
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The Cousin Miss Is Climbing the Social Ladder Again Today 表小姐今天又在攀高枝
[The rating is low because the novel was just listed...] A young lady from the extended family has arrived at the Duke of the State's manor, and none of the three young masters there can stand her. One would rather become a monk, another claims to prefer men. The third would rather die in the arms of a courtesan from overindulging. Everyone in the manor says the young lady is shameless and always trying to climb the social ladder! But no one expected that the young lady despised by the Xie famil
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The Mountains Are Full of Treasure: A Bitter Girl’s Rise 满山都是宝，苦瓜少女的崛起
[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
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Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Get By in the Imperial Harem 穿到古代混后宫
Modern-day Huang Ye transmigrates into the ancient Great Xia Dynasty as the pampered darling of the Minister's household, where a daughter is born only once every ten generations. To repay her loving family, she starts learning martial arts at a nunnery while still a little girl. She wants to master everything: inner strength, hand-to-hand combat, swordsmanship, medicine, and poisons. Only by learning real skills can she better protect her family. At last, she grows up, only to be told she must
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Reborn, the Real Heiress Only Wants to Build Her Career 重生后，真千金只想搞事业
[Food, strong female lead, real and fake heiresses] After being reborn, the real and fake heiresses become close friends and refuse to get caught up in household rivalries. They just want to make money! With nimble hands, they make every delicacy under the sun, determined to fatten up every wealthy young lady! Their exquisite pastries bring in silver and gold, and they make a fortune to spend as they please! Starting out as an orphan at a charitable home, she earns an imperial decree praising he
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The Side Character Strikes Back: A Thousand Ways to Feed a Yandere 女配翻身：投喂病娇的千种方式
Yun Zhimiao finds herself inside an old novel about a fake and a real heiress. She thinks she has landed in a family-intrigue drama, but it turns out she has been bound to a Food System. To avoid being erased by the System, she diligently cooks and saves up points. Crispy rice cakes, fried fresh milk, lobster-tail noodles, cheese-filled crispy chicken cutlets, Thai-style cured seafood, fragrant spicy rice crackers, sweet-and-sour pork tenderloin, Guobaorou, pudding tarts, jasmine iced rice. The
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- 39 Sharp-Tongued and Trouble-Seeking, the Saintess Turns the Cultivation World Upside Down 嘴贱手又欠，圣女她撩翻修仙界 She has a sharp tongue, sticky fingers, and a weakness for handsome men... After Yu Xiaoxiao was killed with a single stab, she transmigrated to the world of cultivation and embarked on a strange and hilarious journey to immortality. There were plenty of handsome men in the cultivation world, and every one of them was exactly her type... Yu Xiaoxiao was in heaven. She happily cultivated and happily admired the handsome men... Most of the time, she couldn't resist flirting with them a little, too 13.4kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
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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
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
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The Feast Records: The Simple Joys of a Flavorful Life 食案录：人间有味是清欢
[Transmigration + everyday cooking + running a neighborhood business + female chef] After becoming the cook at a small shop in ancient times, Lin Zhiwei doesn’t rely on reclaiming wasteland to survive. Instead, she runs a humble neighborhood shop with her skill at preparing all kinds of delicious dishes. Starting with a bowl of bone broth that costs four coins, she serves rice with lard, braised pork bones, and glutinous rice cakes, warming an entire street with one homestyle dish after another.
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Transmigrated as a Lowly Maid, I Got Rich Selling Spicy Strips 穿越粗使丫鬟，我靠卖辣条暴富了
[Also known as The Bondservant’s Escape from the Estate] No romance. A mostly ensemble-cast story with a light touch of food and domestic intrigue. A quick heads-up for readers who might want to avoid those themes. From fifteen cups of wine to Panglin fish, mugwort rice dumplings, honey-braised mud crabs, frosted jade peaks, and Li cakes, the story features a whole range of traditional dishes. Wang Yan was born into servitude at the Marquis An’s estate, a noble household in the capital. When she
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- 43 The Princess Consort Cooks, and the Prince Follows the Smell Right to Her 王妃做菜，王爷闻着味就找来了 [Food + Storage Space + Love After Marriage + Opening a Shop] I'm Mu Jianxi, a food blogger of the new generation, known as today's little chef, with over eighty million followers across the internet. I never imagined that transmigration could happen to me. If I want to become a rich woman, opening a shop is obviously the best way to make money. With delicious food in hand, the world is mine. I'll introduce the ancients to luosifen, stinky tofu, spicy crayfish... and more. I never expected that 8kReads8.5Score79814d adds
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A Little Taste of Chinese Cuisine to Spice Up Food Wars! 给食戟之灵来点小小的中餐震撼
[Food Wars! fanfic + No romance + Serious cooking + Lighthearted] Shen Mo, a somewhat well-known Chinese chef, transmigrates by accident. In this world, it seems that cooking skills can determine just about everything? I’ll try to keep all the recipes grounded in reality, and describe the cooking process in fairly complete detail. This is a free platform, after all, so feel free to use them as recipes if you like. If not, you can just skip those parts.
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- 45 Opening a Little Restaurant in Shengjing 我在盛京开小馆 [Alternate world, slow burn, not a wish-fulfillment novel, food + court intrigue + transmigration. Read with caution if that’s not your thing.] Miss Li’s Changhuan Eatery, tucked away on Qingxing Alley, serves delicious food at affordable prices. The officials who get up early for roll call tug at their increasingly tight uniforms, but still can’t help ordering another bowl of fresh pork wontons. Pei Hongzhi happened to eat there once and discovered that Miss Li didn’t just make excellent breakf 27.5kReads9.4Score3.7k14d adds
- 46 I Open a Canteen in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 我在锦衣卫开食堂 “I’m a famous food blogger! There’s no way I can’t handle you lot!” Food blogger Song Zhaozhao accidentally transmigrated into the body of a vicious female supporting character. She ended up in a poor little mountain village, but her father doted on her, her mother loved her, and her older brother protected her. With a wave of her expert hand, Song Zhaozhao gave up on her childhood sweetheart and opened a canteen for the Embroidered Uniform Guard. “From today on, I’m in charge of your meals!” 1.6kReads—Score17814d adds
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Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Sell Bento: The Wicked Sister-in-Law’s Road to Riches 穿到古代卖盒饭：恶毒寡嫂致富路
[Transmigrate into a book + food + business + building wealth + slow-burn development] Food blogger Meng Zhao woke up one day to find herself transmigrated into a novel aimed at male readers, as the vicious sister-in-law. Faced with the future “Dragon-Proud-Heaven” male lead, destined to wield power over the world, Meng Zhao had to choose between eliminating him while she had the chance and currying favor with him early. Instead, she chose to become the one worth currying favor with. Starting
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I Became a Little Farm Girl in Ancient Times and Built a Fortune with Food 穿成古代小农女，我靠美食发家
Xu Yaoyao transmigrated. She thought she had become a little fool, but in truth, her soul had simply returned to its rightful place. The love she had been denied in her previous life is showered on her by her family in this one. Her family is large and full of boys. She is the only girl, the family’s beloved little lucky star. Just look at her incredible luck: she picks up a radish and it turns out to be ginseng; she plucks a mushroom and it turns out to be a reishi. Watch as she goes from runni
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Wow! The General’s Wife’s Tea Treats Were Snatched Up Again 哇趣！将军夫人做的茶点又抢光了
[Transmigration + food + cozy vibes + adorable kids + love that grows over time] Yang Chuxue and her younger brother, Yang Chudong, depend on each other. They both die in a car accident! When she wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated to ancient times, into the family of a farming household that has just gone bankrupt in business. She has a strange illness and already has two children from the start. Fortunately, her family dotes on her. She used to work as a dim sum chef in a Cantonese t
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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
[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
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