The Heroine Is an Amazing Cook, Making the Neighbor's Kids Drool 💋 女主厨艺巨好馋哭隔壁小孩💋

1. 51 被 Sold Off, the Fake Heiress Is Taken to an Island to Be a Soldier's Wife 被卖后假千金被叼回海岛当军嫂 Socially Anxious Tomboy社恐女汉子Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Period setting + parallel world + devoted couples + space + sweet romance + adorable children + cute pets + a few rotten characters The whole story is lighthearted and cheerful, with a slow pace. Other heroines are out conquering the world, while all she wants is a pot of braised goose. (There are cute pets, so don't read if that's not your thing.) Song Chucheng had just bought the first seaside home of her life. She hadn't even started enjoying her retirement yet! Then, to her dismay, she trans 14.6kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds

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   These four books all feature female protagonists with amazing culinary skills. Their cooking is incredibly delicious, with beautifully presented dishes that smell and smell amazing; just one deep breath of the aroma can invigorate you. A friendly reminder: please don't read them at night, or I'm afraid you'll be so hungry you'll end up rummaging through drawers in the middle of the night looking for food. [Winking face]

2. 52 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Building a Fortune and Raising My Kids 重生八零之发家致富养崽崽 Mu Muzhi木木枝Modern Romance996k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + no awful characters + food + adorable kids + period setting] In her previous life, after Li Heng accidentally fell off a cliff and was left disabled, Qiao Xi abandoned her husband and child, ultimately bringing the Li family to ruin. Given another life, she looks at her gentle, doting husband, then at her adorable, lively son, and swears to make it up to them and never let the tragedy happen again. With food and clothing businesses, Qiao Xi takes things one step at a time, gradu 4.4kReads9.1Score28914d adds
3. 53 太 Crown Prince, Your Crown Princess Says Hot Pot Is Ready! 太子，太子妃喊你吃火锅了！ Sea Salt Pineapple Beer海盐味菠萝啤Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted Food blogger Tang Xiao transmigrated into the daughter of an imperial chef in the Great Xia Kingdom. That day, the Crown Prince's eating disorder worsened. The Emperor flew into a rage and threatened to execute the imperial chef's entire clan. In a desperate move, Tang Xiao grabbed two copper pots and charged straight into the palace. The aroma of hotpot wafted through the palace, and the Crown Prince's carefully cultivated image completely fell apart. A servant came to report, "Miss, the Cr 2.5kReads6.9Score32514d adds

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   ① The female protagonist, a food blogger, transmigrates to ancient times. She first uses hot pot to win over the anorexic prince, then eats snail rice noodles and stinky tofu until he nods in approval. Later, wanting to leave the capital with her family, she opens a restaurant, serving duck neck, crayfish, and milk tea—all sorts of delicious treats. —Overcoming countless obstacles along the way, she also receives secret assistance from the male protagonist. Feel free to add this to your bookshelf! ② A foodie's journey begins with breakfast…sauerkraut fish…jianbing guozi, xiaolongbao, tofu pudding…soy milk and fried dough sticks, wontons…cifantuan, chicken rolls…saus claypot rice, osmanthus pork ribs…osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root, ginger milk curd…Tai Chi vegetarian soup, oyster omelet…egg yolk pastry, popcorn…iron pot stewed goose, shredded pork with garlic sauce…omelet rice…sweet and sour pork ribs, soy sauce chicken, mapo tofu…rice noodle rolls…drooling! A food-themed, heartwarming story.

4. 54 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 7.7kReads8.7Score49514d adds

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   This novel features a female lead who is an excellent cook. She initially runs a food stall with the male lead and his brother. There's a particularly funny scene where she describes tea eggs as if they were magical eggs! 😂 Her grandparents sneak out in the middle of the night to eat tea eggs, thinking a thief has broken in. The neighbors are also woken up by the aroma of the tea eggs; the smell wafts for miles, and even the neighbor's kids cry for some. Later, they open a shop, making a fortune selling all kinds of delicious food, and even boosting the tourism industry in their county. There's nothing particularly outstanding about it.

5. 55 不 A Chef Who Can’t Grow Vegetables Isn’t a Good Landlady 不会种菜的厨师不是好包租婆 Whispers from the Southern Mountain南山枝语Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted At the crucial moment of his training, Zhu Ganglie crashes into Jiang Qingxi. Her vision goes black, then white, and... closes again. When she opens her eyes, she’s back in her life before last? In that life, she had land, a house, and a car in the countryside, but insisted on heading to the big city to make her way in the world. Before she could get anywhere, she died and woke up in another world. Her master brought her into the trade, and after twenty years she was about to succeed. Who would 1.1kReads6.9Score10414d adds

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   The food looks so delicious, I want to eat it!

6. 56 美 The Gourmet Blind Box Is Wild: The Host Draws, Then the Customers Do 美食盲盒有点疯，宿主抽完顾客抽 Shi Buyan食不妍Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Gourmet + No CP + Perfect With a Meal + Cozy + Street Stalls + Comedy + Career-Focused] After being reborn in a parallel world, Qin Yi arrives in Rainbow City. She binds to a Gourmet blind-box street-stall System. At first, the location, time, and tasks are all randomly drawn. Later, even the food comes in blind boxes. From bowls of late-night rice noodles for 50 yuan to floral cake rolls for 200 yuan. From all kinds of little meatballs to a blind-box lunchbox truck with a thousand different di 530Reads7.4Score—14d adds
7. 57 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 1.6kReads9.0Score15414d adds
8. 58 我 I'm Just a Cook! I Can't Heal the Sick and Save the Nation! 我就是个厨子啊，不会治病救国！ Mr. Mu Yi the Third木易三先生Historical434k WordsCompleted Zhang Weiguo, a chef at a five-star hotel, gets fired. Before he can catch his breath, he finds himself in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. When you have a skill to fall back on, there’s nothing to be afraid of. The little beggar he saved turns out to be the young son who went missing from the Grand Tutor’s family two years ago? So I’m the one who saved both siblings? What, you’re saying the emperor came by yesterday to eat pork trotter rice? Zhang Weiguo promptly faints. Ever since he tried my cook 45Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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   Zhang Weiguo said, "I really don't know what to do in this era where everyone's eyes are glued to the Grand Tutor's big iron wok without knowing how to cook. I also want braised pork, pig's trotters, crayfish, and even the Emperor and Consort! My neighbors are practically tearing my door apart!"

9. 59 万 Landlady of a Thousand Worlds: My Hotel Connects to Three Thousand Planes 万界包租婆：我的酒店通三千位面 Yu Zhiqing于之青Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [The audiobook is now available! If you're interested, go check it out~] [Planes of existence + running a shop + leveling up + System + ensemble cast + gradual world-hopping + romance] [1. The female lead isn't a powerhouse or a self-sacrificing saint; she grows over time. 2. This is entirely fictional, so please don't compare it to reality.] Eighteen-year-old Zhao Suisui dies suddenly from overwork, but unexpectedly gets bound to a mysterious mobile hotel! This hotel can travel through three th 5.5kReads8.7Score70014d adds

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10. 60 摆 I Set Up a Stall and Make the Tragic-Novel Heroine Happy with My Food 摆摊，我靠美食让虐文女主幸福了 Yi San by the Water一三傍水Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted [Food] [No Romance] [Lighthearted] [Healing] [Funny] [Perfect with a Meal] Also known as: The Tortured Heroine Is Surrounded by a Bunch of Foodies Main plot: Food cures lovesickness In another universe, Lin Wei gazed at a certain heroine from her previous world. What? You'd chase someone across dimensions just for a meal? That doesn't seem very reasonable! Lin Wei was a top chef and a genius from China. Although she had transmigrated to take a job as a minor supporting character, a tool mean 10.3kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds

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    ✨The female leads in angst-inducing novels are so good at cooking that they turn all the other female leads in angst-inducing novels into gluttonous girls. In campus novels, the simply female lead is too lazy to bring breakfast for the male lead. In substitute novels, the female lead is too lazy to even look at the male lead and just wants to eat. In the "true or false heiress" novels, the real heiress is heartbroken and feeling emo…

11. 61 惊 Shocking! The Prime Minister’s Legitimate Daughter Wins Over the Entire Capital with Her Cooking 惊！丞相嫡女靠美食征服整个京城 Heading South in Search of Longing南下觅知意Ancient Romance280k WordsOngoing Modern chef Su Yuwan transmigrates and nearly gets taken out by ancient “cuisine” the moment she opens her eyes! Overly sweet pastries? Greasy meat? What kind of awful place doesn’t even have potato chips or spicy strips?! “This dump isn’t fit for pigs!” When she realizes that life among the nobility is truly dull... “Heh. Time to show you what a whole different level of competition looks like!” She fries golden potato chips from potatoes meant for pigs, and the emperor secretly tucks them int 2Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 62 我 Opening a Little Restaurant in Shengjing 我在盛京开小馆 Four Bayberries四颗杨梅Ancient Romance381k WordsCompleted [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

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    🌈After transmigrating into a book, Ding Sha discovers she's pregnant with the male lead from a tragic romance novel and has become an "unmarried mother." She transforms into a "lunchbox beauty" on the construction site with her superb culinary skills, effortlessly whipping up dishes like spicy chicken and sweet and sour fish. Just as the construction workers are smitten, her husband, Xiao Jun, returns home with a bag full of cash, his words, "Wife, I'm home," marking the beginning of their sweet life together.

13. 63 逃 I Ran Away from My Wedding to Sell Wontons, and Made the Emperor Drool 逃婚卖馄饨，居然把陛下馋哭了 Three Treasures of Good Fortune吉祥三宝Ancient Romance377k WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + Chef + Transmigrate + Heartwarming, Beloved by All] Food blogger Yun Shu unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder concubine-born daughter! She can’t get her hands on a happy life, and one headache after another comes her way... They try to force her into marriage? She plays the obedient fool, then really runs away from the wedding, teaching the Duke of Zhenguo a hard lesson. Life is tough? She sets up a food stall, and her competitors can only cry, “There are 77Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I cannot allow no one to have seen these!!!

14. 64 我 The Top Chef in a Culinary Wasteland 我在美食荒漠当第一厨娘 Little Sakura Never Drops Her Novel小樱不弃坑Ancient Romance443k WordsCompleted 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
15. 65 厨 God of Cooking: A Little Restaurant from the Start, Making the Cultivation World Drool 厨神：开局小食肆，馋哭修真界 Qi Muzi栖木子Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Gourmet, healing, no System, no romance, raising a daughter. After transmigrating from the apocalypse to the Cultivation Realm, Yang Feng runs a small eatery. Despite its humble size, the place is packed with big shots from every realm. The Demon Clan's holy maiden: “Waaah, mapo tofu is so delicious! I accidentally ate three more buckets of rice.” A sect leader: “The giant pork knuckle is the best! I can polish off ten in one go!” A celestial master: “I’ve read the signs, and today is a good day 3.7kReads8.7Score35514d adds
16. 66 穿 Reborn as the Wicked First Wife, I Become the Cold Minister's Dearest 穿成恶毒原配，清冷权臣喊我心肝 Yang Xiaofei杨晓菲Ancient Romance729k WordsCompleted (A warm, healing story + sweet everyday romance, one-on-one pairing, not a wish-fulfillment story, heroine grows over time, naive and innocent at first. If that's not your thing, don't read.) Food blogger Gu Ying stays up all night reading a novel, only to end up inside it as a doomed supporting female character who's destined to bring about her own downfall. She doesn't want to be cannon fodder. She has to cling to the male lead's golden thigh! But on their wedding night, he says, "If you don't 2.4kReads9.0Score20914d adds

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    ① Food blogger Gu Ying transmigrates into the body of a cannon fodder female supporting character, clinging to the male lead's coattails to survive. On their wedding night, she drools over his abs, saying, "No pressure!" To conquer his stomach, she uses every trick in the book, finally making the aloof man realize, "Wife, I want meat." ② Jiang Qingxi transmigrates back to her previous life, deciding to stop venturing into big cities and settle down selling boxed lunches in the countryside. She grows vegetables and fruits, raises meat, and builds a house. Her boxed lunches become increasingly delicious, but also increasingly hard to come by. Linxi Town becomes an economic center because of her, and the Jiang family becomes famous far and wide. ③ Food blogger Qin Rong transmigrates to the Liang Dynasty. Facing a disastrous start, she leads her mother and sisters from a roadside stall, changing their fate with food. Sweet milk tea, tender fish balls, crisp pickled bamboo shoots... Constables come to eat every day, and her life gradually becomes lively.

17. 67 你 Tell Me, Why Is Northeastern Chinese Food So Good? 你说，东北菜怎么就这么香？ Inkstone Autumn Jade砚秋墨玉315k WordsCompleted [Feel-good story + no CP + no romance plot + no System + one heroine + food] Note: This is a straightforward story about running a food business. There are no schemes, palace intrigue, political power struggles, business rivalries, or catfights. Su Xiaoxiao, a girl from Northeast China, opens a little restaurant by the gates of a medical university in the south. The night before opening, a gas explosion next door catches her and the shop in the blast, blowing them both away. When Su Xiaoxiao ope 158Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist, a master chef, travels to another world with her restaurant, and even the Big Bad Wolf falls at her feet.

18. 68 汴 A Foodie's Diary in Bianjing 汴京城美食日志 Little Fish, Don't Worry小鱼别发愁Ancient Romance627k WordsOngoing The rating has just opened, so it’s a bit low. Dear readers, please don’t pay it any mind. [Gourmet System + Transmigration + Historical Romance + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension + Semi-Alternate History] A slow-burn story focused on working hard and making a life. A heroine who grows over time. After transmigrating, Jiang Yue Bai had planned to quietly run her little food shop and live out her days. But fate had other plans (not really). A System appeared out of nowhere and pulled out all the 23Reads6.3Score—14d adds

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    All three books feature female protagonists with amazing culinary skills [admiration][admiration][admiration] Especially the first one, with its eggplant dish, hot pot, fried skewers, flower-shaped goose cake, eight-hundred-gourd duck, snow skin mooncake, agate meat, red silk buns, inlaid silver sprouts... All sorts of dishes, everything imaginable (the author will basically show a picture of each dish at the end of each chapter).

19. 69 她 She Conquers the Entire Capital with Her Cooking 她靠美食征服全京城 Second Master Fan梵二爷Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted After she accidentally transmigrates to ancient times, Chu Yunxiang wins over the stomachs of everyone in the capital with modern-day skewers, zhajiangmian, hot pot, and more. Even the current emperor is no exception. Someone recognizes the emperor in disguise, sneaking out late at night to eat skewers at Yunlai Restaurant. The emperor, pretending to be calm: “You’ve got the wrong person.” Someone else recognizes the Ghost Doctor of the martial world. “Look at these ragged clothes. How do I look 371Reads6.9Score10014d adds
20. 70 八 An Eighties Military Marriage: From Socially Anxious to Social Butterfly 八零军婚，社恐爆改社牛的日常 Watermelon Spare Rib Spirit西瓜排骨精Modern Romance237k WordsOngoing Chang Xin, a modern-day overworked wage slave, wakes up in the 1980s as Chang Xin, a shy bookworm. She’s got herself a child and becomes a mom without the pain... The System requires her to talk in order to earn points. She chats about gossip and daily life, rediscovering her long-buried desire to share. Before she knows it, the people around her have grown more and more fond of her. After she takes her child back to the countryside, her inner anxiety finally fades away. Work from sunrise to sun 34Reads—Score—14d adds

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    So many delicious dishes! I'm getting hungry!

21. 71 住 Living Next Door to a Food Blogger 住在美食博主隔壁 Feifei qaq废废qaqModern Romance149k WordsCompleted [A sociable, food-loving heroine vs. a socially anxious food blogger hero] [Heads-up: A slow-paced, slice-of-life food story] When Zhou Xiyue turned 22, her heartless father kicked her out of the house, claiming it was to teach her how to be independent. Living alone really was carefree, free, and fun. But cooking was far too difficult for her. She’d inherited only her mother’s talent for setting the kitchen on fire, not a bit of her father’s cooking skills. On her first day after moving out, sh 81Reads—Score—14d adds

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    🍉In the first book, the female protagonist, a food blogger, wakes up to find herself in a completely unknown dynasty. Her heart is icy cold, but after her initial sadness, she turns to the army camp to improve everyone's meals. After a meal, everyone praises her cooking, and even a certain general is won over…

22. 72 八 The Spicy Girl of the 1980s: I Made My Fortune with Food 八零小辣媳：我靠美食发家致富 Siyuan嗣源Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Rebirth + Food + Feel-Good + Fiery Wife + Love After Marriage] A spirited food blogger who transmigrates into the past VS a calculating, loyal-dog hero who was once a technical whiz and later becomes a powerful tycoon Su Ning transmigrated to the 1980s and became a young wife with a terrible reputation. Her husband treated her with indifference, the neighbors gossiped about her, and her birth family kept finding ways to bleed her dry. Make a fortune, take down scumbags, deal with 520Reads7.1Score—14d adds
23. 73 神 The Divine Chef Heiress: My Husband Is Such a Glutton 神厨大小姐：夫君太贪吃 Breaking Willow Branches折柳Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Yun Qianqian learned to cook from her master-chef father from a young age. After finally mastering the craft, she entered an international chef competition, but an explosion during the contest transmigrated her to Zhou, in another world. She became a chef’s daughter. Her father owned a large, thriving restaurant, but two of her three older brothers only cared about martial arts, while the third was devoted to the imperial examinations. Just as her adoptive father fretted that no one would inheri 101Reads6.3Score—14d adds
24. 74 被 Forced to Leave Showbiz, I Inherited a Food System 被迫退圈后，我继承了美食系统 I Really Just Want to Sleep真的只想睡觉觉Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted [Food-focused, no melodrama, lighthearted, one-on-one romance] As a little-known actress, Jiang Ran has always worked diligently and conscientiously. But then disaster struck. She was disfigured and blacklisted across the internet, leaving her no choice but to slink home and inherit her grandfather’s estate. A desolate courtyard and a crumbling apartment building nearly made Jiang Ran’s eyes roll back. Luckily, she got bound to a Food System and began her climb to the top. She started with a str 1.5kReads8.4Score18714d adds
25. 75 盛 A Prosperous Era's Chef: Too Bad My Husband Lives to Eat 盛世厨娘：奈何夫君是吃货 Bearing the Boat载舟Ancient Romance453k WordsCompleted An accident sent Lin Jiu, a twenty-four-year-old Chinese chef, transmigrating into the body of a dim-witted fourteen-year-old girl in Jiangzhou City, Great Qi. It was a strange dynasty, but it was just as full of food lovers. So Lin Jiu drew on her excellent modern cooking skills to spark a food craze in Great Qi and lead an entirely new culinary trend. What Lin Jiu didn't expect was that as her fame grew, she would also catch the eye of a certain scheming foodie… 390Reads8.3Score10614d adds
26. 76 现 A Modern Restaurant in Ancient Times, Making Everyone Drool 现代美食店，在古代馋哭所有人 The Calamity of Wind, Rain, and Dark Blossoms风雨冥花劫Ancient Romance351k WordsCompleted [System + food + opening shops + no romance + a powerful golden finger] Office worker Lin Xiyue transmigrates one day and binds herself to an ancient food prosperity System. “What? You want me to spread delicious food throughout the ancient world?” And so Lin Xiyue begins opening all kinds of food shops. This is mainly a food story, a lighthearted tale about opening shops. Drink shop: iced orange juice, strawberry milkshakes, classic milk tea, passion fruit double-bubble tea… Fast-food shop: roa 127Reads6.1Score—14d adds

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    ① Transmigrated to the fictional ancient Great Yue Dynasty, bound to a system, she created a culinary empire in this era [laughing][laughing] Various delicacies captivated the ancient people [cool] ② After get off work, she was hit by someone jumping off a building and transmigrated to ancient times. Her family was very happy and wealthy [laughing] Just then, her family bought a street and didn't know what to do with it, so the female protagonist thought of modern food [laughing] Starting with chicken feet, she made sweet soup, fried chicken, and snail rice noodles 😋😋

27. 77 惊 Shocking! The Lin Family’s Snack Street Made Even the Emperor Drool 惊！林家的小吃街把皇帝都馋哭了 The Mighty Giant Who Wants to Visit Storybook Town想去童话镇的厉害巨人Ancient Romance480k WordsOngoing [Alternate Universe, No Romance, Food Fiction] On her way home from work, Lin Qing is killed by someone jumping from a building! She survives the disaster only to transmigrate into the wealthy Lin family, and at first she plans to simply coast through life. Who knew her father would have such high hopes for her that he’d hand over every vacant shop on an entire street! With no other choice, Lin Qing gets to work and turns the place into a food street. From luosifen to fried chicken to dry-pot bu 22Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 78 我 I Set Up a Snack Stall in the Eighties and Became a Sensation 我在八零摆摊卖小吃，火出圈了 Famous Throughout the World名扬天下Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted Reborn at fifteen, Tang Xi makes sure she returns to her biological parents. She also sets up a stall to sell snacks, and before long, it takes off beyond all expectations. 957Reads5.3Score10414d adds
29. 79 甜 Sweetly Surrendered: My Sickly, Possessive Husband Wants to Spoil Me Every Day 甜蜜沦陷：病娇老公想天天宠坏我 Sui Yin and Chi Qi邃隐和迟栖Modern Romance221k WordsCompleted [Heiress of a top-tier wealthy family vs. powerful, dark, and obsessive tycoon] [Love at first sight + obsessive love + adored by everyone] Nan Zhishu is a refined young lady from a prominent family in the capital. She plays the guzheng beautifully, and her face is as clear and radiant as the new moon, so beautiful it's beyond reach. But... One dark and stormy night, she is kidnapped and imprisoned by a powerful, sinister, obsessive tycoon. In the dim room, Nan Zhishu's slender, jade-white wrist 424Reads7.5Score10114d adds

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    The male lead is a bit of a yandere, obsessive, and extremely possessive; the female lead is stunningly beautiful and falls in love with him at first sight.

30. 80 季 President Ji and Her All-Purpose Nanny 季总和她的全能保姆 There in the Mortal World那里红尘Two Female Leads600k WordsCompleted This is a story about two women saving each other. Zuo Meng is thirty-five, a workhorse whose husband cheats on her, whose son resents her, whose birth family doesn't like her, and whose in-laws don't love her. The moment her husband clenches his fist and hits her, her heart finally turns cold, and she resolutely chooses to divorce him. Ji Shan is a powerful, twenty-eight-year-old CEO who has just ended her own marriage in name only. On the day she gets her divorce certificate, she takes an unus 874Reads9.1Score11114d adds

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    ✨The guy next door was drooling! The female lead's cooking was so delicious—roast duck, boiled beef, spicy hot pot, wontons… Even the self-disciplined fitness enthusiast next door was drooling and couldn't resist coming over to beg for food…

31. 81 美 Gourmet: This Culinary God Makes Food So Good It's Unfair 美食：这个厨神做饭过分好吃 Sleeping Cat熟睡的猫Urban113k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [System] [Comfort Food] [Cozy] [Slice of Life] [Ensemble Cast] Ye Mingyu was a master chef in the celestial realm, but after dozing off during a meeting, he was sent down to the mortal world. The good news was that he still had his cooking skills. The bad news was that he had to complete the “Craving It?” System's tasks to return to the celestial realm. But for the food lovers of the mortal world, every day felt like New Year's. Braised pork, hand-pulled noodles in chi 102Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 82 开 Island Survival from the Start, While My Mom's Barbecue Stall Becomes a Hit 开局荒岛求生，我妈烧烤摊卖爆了 Plum Blossom K梅花小KModern Romance529k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + Two-Way Space + Coastal Foraging + Farming + No Romance + Bullet Comments + Feel-Good Fiction + Family Bonds] The ocean is full of water, but unfortunately, you can’t drink it. “Mom! I transmigrated! Help, I’m going to die of thirst!” Fang Yun stared at the captions appearing above her daughter, who was in a vegetative state. She was completely stunned. You want to chop down a coconut tree? Don’t worry! Mom will hand you an axe! A tent, a fishing rod, crab tongs, what 5.4kReads8.2Score81014d adds
33. 83 边 The Great Female Chef of the Frontier 边关女大厨 A Handful of Greenery一把绿植Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The Tartars from beyond Shantong Pass came three times. The first time, Yuan Wuwei’s family’s lavish restaurant became a wonton shop. The second time, the wonton shop became a wonton stall. The third time, Yuan Wuwei lost her father, Chef Yuan. When it rains, it pours. Her stepmother, Bai Qiqi, tried to elope one night, only to be swindled, and ended up bringing home a chubby little bundle of joy. The little one had quite a background: he was the young master of the Cheng family, whose estate ha 2.6kReads9.0Score37814d adds

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    Beautiful food articles [Admiration][Admiration]

34. 84 开 Exiled from the Start, I Use Countless Supplies to Pamper the Villainous Husband 开局流放，千万物资娇养反派夫君 A Lifetime of Tenderness倾一世温柔丶Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted [Transmigrates into a book + exile + famine flight + villain + farming + pocket dimension] Qiao Qiqi transmigrates into a book as the wife of a marquis's heir, and she's already on the way to exile. Her husband is destined to become a crippled regent with power over the entire court, while she, in this role, is fated to die on the road to exile after bringing it on herself. She's just a food-streamer. All she did was make a couple of snarky comments about this character while reading the novel. 317Reads8.6Score—14d adds
35. 85 边 Su Jixiang, the Frontier Cook 边疆厨娘苏吉祥 Qin Qian Ruyi秦钱如意Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Food blogger Su Jixiang transmigrates into the body of a palace maid in the Cold Palace. What does palace intrigue have to do with a mere maid like her? She thought she could keep her head down and quietly survive until she turned twenty-five, when she'd be released from the palace to live like a wealthy woman. Little did she know the emperor would flee! As a remnant of the fallen emperor's court, Su Jixiang was bestowed upon a general guarding the border. The palace had one fewer Aunt Jixiang, 121Reads6.6Score—14d adds
36. 86 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 3.1kReads8.9Score29914d adds

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    🍔The female lead is an amazing cook! [Please follow!] 🍫①Qin Taozhi, a former state banquet chef who had lost a hand and stopped cooking, transmigrated into the body of a "Qin Taozhi" with the same name, whose parents had passed away, leaving her with huge debts and the need to support her younger siblings. Therefore, she had to pick up the spatula and return to her old profession. Who knew that in this interstellar era where everyone is in a rush and drinks nutrient solutions in less than a minute and thirty seconds, these college students would come to her cafeteria to eat every day! [Eating melon emoji]

37. 87 团 The Cherished Koi Wife: My Blind Box System Makes Me Invincible 团宠锦鲤妻：我带着盲盒系统无敌了 Chasing the Wind Across the Galaxy星河逐风Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + lucky koi + cozy, family-centered pampering] The orphan Gu Ran transmigrated into the body of a young farmer's wife. Ever since she arrived, the Su family's once-bare cupboards seemed blessed by a lucky koi: they ate fine white flour, built a new house, and had meat at every meal. Gu Ran herself had a blind-box System, and threw herself into selling blind boxes and growing longevity flowers to stay alive, never looking back. “Today's limited-edition pink lipstick blind-box 2.2kReads9.0Score20114d adds

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    Taro balls are here! 🌷🌷 [Top post][Top post][Top post] So beautiful, lots of delicious food! [Heart][Heart] ① It's very enticing; the mind-reading, food-loving female lead cooks for her family every day, like sausage rice—always delicious food. And her father's colleagues couldn't resist and gathered around... ② Opening blind boxes of delicious food every day! [Heart]

38. 88 穿 Transmigrated to Ancient Times: A Food Blogger Builds a Fortune 穿越之美食博主在古代发家致富 Lin Family's Dou Xiao Dou林家豆小豆Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Food blogger Jiang Yue transmigrates into the Jiang family, a household of farmers. The Jiangs are dirt poor, with barely enough to eat or wear, and life is truly hard. Fortunately, the family is warm and easygoing, sincere and kind to others. Jiang Yue decides to rely on her own skills to help the whole family prosper, starting with a little shop, moving on to a small restaurant, and eventually opening a grand restaurant, until they achieve financial freedom. P.S. A pure food-focused story, set 45.9kReads8.7Score2.2k14d adds

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    First Book 🍁 [Delicate Beauty VS Tough Guy Officer] The white moonlight returns from the dead, raising her child with her superb culinary skills. "The rich aroma of chicken soup wafts out, making even the old yellow dog roll around in the snow."✌︎ Second Book 🍁 [Apocalyptic Chef VS Handsome Carpenter] In the apocalypse, Jiang Wanwan transmigrates into the body of a poor wife in ancient times, the original owner of a body that everyone despised. Fortunately, she's bound to a food system and has a space full of food seeds. With her superb culinary skills, she makes and sells snacks like wolf-tooth potatoes and tofu pudding, and even opens a restaurant. Not only does she clear her name and raise her adorable child to be plump and healthy, but she also enjoys a loving relationship with her handsome carpenter husband, leading the entire village on the road to prosperity.✌︎

39. 89 睁 She Woke Up Clutching a Medicine Jar, and Her Whole Family Dotes on Her Like She's Made of Glass 睁眼抱着药罐，全家萌哭了怕化了 Ling Fei Yan凌菲烟Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted A doted-on family favorite + food + farming and business + sweet romance (a warm family with no awful relatives) Su Yinyin, a young woman who has never dated and is clueless about romance, transmigrates to another world. There, she has good fortune, wealth, and luck. Isn't she the legendary lucky koi? Her eldest brother isn't much of a scholar, but he loves cooking? Perfect! She has countless recipes and can turn him into a restaurant tycoon in no time! Her second and third brothers love studyin 3.6kReads9.2Score39414d adds
40. 90 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. 68.1kReads9.4Score7.6k14d adds
41. 91 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.7kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
42. 92 换 Swapped into Marriage with the Factory Director's Foolish Son! Daily Life Streaming in the 1970s 换亲嫁厂长傻儿子！七零直播日常 Good Fortune欧气Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also titled: Bringing the Douyin Store into a Book, I Livestream My Stepmom Life in the Seventies [Period Setting + System + Raising Kids + Food + Redemption] What’s it like to open your eyes and find yourself in a period novel? The fun part is that you’ve become the female lead. The not-so-fun part is that the supporting female character has been reborn! In her previous life, the fake heiress married the factory director’s son and lived a miserable life. Shortly before dying, she saw in the new 2.8kReads8.2Score23714d adds
43. 93 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.8kReads8.9Score74014d adds
44. 94 我 I Open a Canteen in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 我在锦衣卫开食堂 Bak Kut Teh肉骨茶茶Ancient Romance713k WordsCompleted “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
45. 95 侯 The Marquis's Wife's Culinary Journal 侯夫人美食手札 Gu Yue顾悦Ancient Romance809k WordsCompleted A once-popular food blogger transmigrates to ancient times and conquers the land with all kinds of delicious dishes. From the countryside to the county seat, she goes from having nothing to owning a modest fortune. From being taken in to having every aspect of her life neatly arranged for her, she finds the whole thing a little embarrassing. Lin Yushi believes there’s no problem in this world that a good meal can’t solve. And if one meal isn’t enough, make it two. 852Reads8.5Score10414d adds
46. 96 佛 The Easygoing Girl's Pop-Up Restaurant 佛系小丫的不定时餐厅 Mu Fan睦梵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted At twenty-two, Jian Dan grew tired of office life, quit her job, left the big city, and returned to a beautiful village. There, she began a pastoral life: herding geese, playing with pets, going up into the mountains and down to the sea, working from sunrise to sunset. 12.2kReads9.3Score1k14d adds

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    🐼①. Highly recommended! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 The cooking is superb. Jian Xiaoya, fed up with the cutthroat world of city life, returns to her village and opens a laid-back restaurant. A lighthearted and heartwarming food-themed novel, with a romantic pairing 🌻; 🙊②. It'll make the neighbor's kids drool! Whenever a neighbor gives the female lead trouble, they'll be woken up the next morning by the aroma of delicious food. A gossip and food-themed novel 🍉; 🐭③. A food-loving hamster takes you back to the 1970s. Aren't spicy chicken and boiled fish delicious? 💐

47. 97 重 Reborn as a Chef: Mastering My Little Transmigration 重生为厨娘之小小穿越拿捏 There Are Always Troublemakers Trying to Get Me总有刁民想害我Ancient Romance157k WordsCompleted Historical romance + food + female chef + sweet romance + System After transmigrating into an era where food is scarce, she finds herself a mother raising her frail younger brother and child alone, while she herself longs for rice. She hopes to open a restaurant of her own and use her skills to give her family a better life, but then her father, a general, suddenly appears. What? She should become an imperial chef? She's not interested. Marry a young general? She can't stand him. She'd rather ma 9Reads—Score—14d adds

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    He travels back in time to open a restaurant, determined to ensure that the people have enough to eat and drink.

48. 98 七 The 1970s: The State-Run Restaurant's Head Chef Supports the Whole Family 七零，国营大厨带飞全家 The Years of Poetry and Wine诗酒年华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + period drama + food + System + whole-family transmigration + 1V1] Su Wanwan transmigrates into a book and even brings along a Light of Cuisine System... As a minor female character who didn’t make it past chapter three in the original novel, Su Wanwan expected life as a disposable side character to be tough. But who could have guessed... With a mother who dotes on her, a loving father, a fiercely protective second sister, and an honest older brother, Su Wanwan suddenl 3.8kReads8.5Score28214d adds

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    The female lead is an excellent cook, and the food descriptions are very detailed.

49. 99 幼 The Cub Caretaker 幼崽饲养员 The Fat Fish Who Raises Cats养猫的胖鱼Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted As a powerful plant-wielding ability user with a pocket dimension in the apocalypse, Lu Yao transmigrates to the future and becomes the director of a failing nursery, as well as one of the nearly extinct rare species known as humans. The food she casually makes can cure the genetic illnesses afflicting the little ones at the orphanage. She beats up their worthless birth parents and kicks out the stepfamilies who abandoned them. This wonderful new director of the nursery catches the eye of the em 1.8kReads9.2Score25414d adds
50. 100 失 After Losing My Job, I Became an Online Sensation Through Farming 失业后，我靠种田爆红全网 Ran Xi Xi染习习Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted This novel is also known as: Everyone Online Is Begging Me to Livestream Tong Ranhua transmigrated to the cultivation world and spent a hundred years there, only to die unexpectedly while exploring a secret realm. She returned to the modern world, bringing with her the cultivation world’s specialties: a secret realm and its spirit. On the very day her boyfriend cheated on her with the company president’s daughter and she was fired, Tong Ranhua, who had spent a hundred years grinding away in the 12.5kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds

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