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1. 1 开 From the Start, I Lost My Job: Selling Lunchboxes on the Way Home 开局就失业：返乡途中卖盒饭 Wind Quenches Flowers风熄花Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [A System golden finger, food, fast meals and lunch boxes, a leisurely slice-of-life pace, no romance in the main story. At readers’ request, the bonus chapters have a male lead. Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented, said three times.] After working hard for three years, he’d just been made a full-time employee when the restaurant he worked at shut down. Bai Ye drove home in the secondhand car his boss had given him in lieu of pay, a heap of junk piled in the back. He never expected a S 33.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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   The female lead is an amazing cook; she's unemployed and makes boxed lunches at a construction site, making the neighboring college students drool with envy! College students are flocking to the site just to eat those meals, and the internet is going viral—even the city management can't keep up!

2. 2 穿EN After Becoming the Villainess, I Clear My Name Every Day 穿成恶女后每天都在洗白 Gathering Vetch, Gathering Vetch采薇采薇Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Adorable Kids + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy]: Transmigrating into a lovesick woman, Tang Zhuyun wakes up in the middle of a scene where she’s climbing into a man’s bed. She turns around and runs. Forget this bed, she’s not getting in! Who needs a man when her father is the top scholar, her brother is the top scholar, and even her son will be the top scholar? They’ll protect her, so she can do whatever she wants! As a master physician, she’ll focus on her career, save lives, and k 33.8kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves
3. 3 保 The Sweet, Flirtatious Nanny Makes the Aloof Lawyer’s Heart Race 保姆甜美撩人，禁欲律师脸红心跳 Dive into the Five Oceans to Catch Turtles下五洋捉鳖Modern Romance104k WordsCompleted [Housekeeper + Age Gap + Sweet Romance + 100,000-Character Short Story + Northeastern CEO + Foodie Novel] After resigning from her job, Cheng Nuo found herself a live-in housekeeper position. It paid 10,000 yuan a month, with room and board included. All she had to do was cook and clean, which was ridiculously easy for someone like Cheng Nuo, who was skilled at just about everything! But as she went about her work, Cheng Nuo began to notice that her employer was looking at her in a rather strang 3.4kReads9.0Score285Shelves
4. 4 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. 876Reads8.5Score104Shelves
5. 5 我 I Sell Lunch Boxes, So Isn't It Only Natural for the School Cafeteria to Go Under? 我卖盒饭，学校食堂倒闭很正常吧 Super Crawfish超级小龙虾Urban576k WordsCompleted [Food + comedy + one heroine + transmigration + System] Lu Rong rents a small stall on a college campus to sell boxed meals, but business is so poor that he's on the verge of closing down. Luckily, at the crucial moment, he awakens a Super Gourmet System and instantly becomes a top chef. A simple plate of egg fried rice is enough to draw countless students and teachers to his stall. Then Lu Rong starts offering even more top-quality dishes, and the whole campus goes wild. Everyone joins the rank 1.3kReads8.6Score100Shelves
6. 6 美 Gourmet: I'm the Company Chef, and Everyone Wants Overtime 美食：我公司掌勺，全员要求加班 Walnut Nutcracker胡桃大夹子Urban186k WordsCompleted [The male lead’s career path: employee → self-employed → employee → self-employed → employee → ... an endless cycle...] Su Bin, an outstanding soon-to-be graduate, was about to start an internship at a major company when a jealous classmate secretly changed his assigned position, turning a white-collar job into a late-night restaurant cook position. As it happened, Su Bin unexpectedly acquired a Gourmet System. Inside the company shuttle-bus drivers’ break room: “It’s past nine at night. Why is 257Reads5.9Score—Shelves
7. 7 美 Gourmet: My Little Shop Is Famous Around the World 美食：我的小店，名震全球 Sleeping Cat熟睡的猫Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Opening a Restaurant] [No Female Lead] [System] [Perfect with a Meal] [Heartwarming] [Everyday Life] [A Different Menu Every Day] [Affordable Prices] [Ensemble Cast] Lou Yuanzhou has eaten so many ready-made meal packs that he actually gains a Chef God Gourmet System! As long as he opens a restaurant and completes all kinds of bizarre missions, he can earn rewards! Steaming hot wontons, springy zhajiang noodles, and the legendary lamb stew... all made by Lou Yuanzhou himself! Once his 9.6kReads9.0Score796Shelves
8. 8 美 Gourmet: I Take Over the Cafeteria, and Tsinghua and Peking University Fight Like Crazy to Hire Me 美食：承包食堂，清北抢我抢疯了 A Teacher for One Word一字之师Urban329k WordsOngoing [Gourmet, comedy, no romance, lighthearted, everyday life, recipes, tutorials] P.S. I'll use my ten years of experience as a chef to show you all the wonders of food. This is pure fiction. Please don't take it as reality! After transmigrating to a parallel world, Yang Yi awakened a Gourmet System. His mission was to take over a college cafeteria. From then on, the students of Qingbei began battling over him. Even the senior administrators of both universities got involved! Huaqing student: “Stud 422Reads8.3Score100Shelves
9. 9 穿 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 The Little Cat Fell Asleep小猫睡了Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 30.8kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves

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   It's so good, I've watched it Nth time already.

10. 10 农 The Little Lucky Star of the Farming Family: We Turned Our Fortune Around with Food 农门小福星：全家靠做美食逆袭了 Snowflakes Flying雪花飞飞Ancient Romance534k WordsCompleted Su Xiaojin, a modern-day foodie, transmigrates into the body of a poor peasant girl in ancient times and becomes the Su family’s beloved lucky charm. What? The family sold their land, her eldest brother’s engagement was called off, and her second brother even sold himself? The Su family has become the laughingstock of the village. No problem! I’ll make delicious food to earn silver, buy land and fields, build a house, and open a shop. The Su family will rise again and have the last laugh. And al 2.2kReads8.3Score219Shelves

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    Young master, you should only see the painting; I alone know the essence within. To paint it to the ends of the earth, one must surely be no ordinary person.

11. 11 我 I Serve Manchu-Han Banquets at Kindergarten, Making the Whole City Drool 我在幼儿园做满汉全席，全市馋哭 Fairy Pond Koi仙池锦鲤Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted 24.5kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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    Five stars from the bottom of my heart! The plot is light and heartwarming, the kindergarten children's writing is vivid and lively, the live-streaming viral scenes are realistic and interesting, the everyday life is warm and enjoyable to read, and it's especially relaxing to read in your spare time. You definitely won't regret it! And all the food descriptions in the book make my mouth water every time I read them.

12. 12 七 The 1970s: The Culinary Goddess 七零厨神美人 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [A cooking god, military-industrial research, patriotism, delicious food, positive energy, and an exhilarating era: don’t miss this period novel!] Cooking god Zhao Wan Feng transmigrates. She lands in a third-line military factory and even scores a perfect scientist husband. In that case, she’ll work hard and aim to become the cafeteria’s head cook, then settle down and enjoy life… No, she’ll become the cafeteria’s star, put down roots at the military factory, have children with her husband, and 3.4kReads9.2Score434Shelves

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    The female lead is an excellent cook. In this first book, she transmigrates to the 1970s. As a gourmet who has tasted delicacies from all over China, her palate is incredibly sensitive; even the slightest change in flavor won't escape her notice. What kind of culinary journey will she embark on here...?

13. 13 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 1.1kReads8.7Score102Shelves
14. 14 农 Delicious Country Cooking: The Little Chef Is Beautiful and Adorable 农门佳肴：小厨娘她美又娇 Tong Xijun童夕君Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [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 4.7kReads9.0Score557Shelves
15. 15 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 46.1kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves
16. 16 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 871Reads8.7Score102Shelves
17. 17 锦 The Clever Little Chef: Running a Canteen in Ancient Times 锦心小厨娘：我在古代承包食堂 Meng Xiaobo萌小波Ancient Romance485k WordsOngoing The dining hall at the Imperial College was a complete mess. Then one day, a new cook arrived, and an endless array of delicious dishes followed. The dining hall became not only a place the students flocked to, but also the dream destination of countless food lovers. “Son, go buy your father two meat-stuffed flatbreads from your dining hall today. Otherwise, I won’t have the strength to attend court.” Even the emperor was getting restless. “I hear the food at the Imperial College is delicious, b 286Reads5.2Score—Shelves
18. 18 这 This Boss Is So Sneaky, He Takes His Street Stall Everywhere 这老板真苟，摆个地摊还到处走 Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Random Gourmet Stall is now available on major platforms] [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Comfort food] [Cozy] [Healing] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to a Random Gourmet System. Every week brings a random location, random food, and different customers. He sells buns at the park entrance, century egg and lean pork congee on a mountaintop, and candied hawthorns outside a school. Every dish is mouthwatering and 83kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves

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    💥I. The female lead is an amazing cook. After quitting her job, she finds work as a nanny. Her employer is a lawyer, and he brings her meals to his company, making all her colleagues drool. When the male lead confesses his feelings to her, he asks, "Brother, if I become your girlfriend, will I still get paid?" Later, the female lead teaches herself design, etc. 💥II. The female lead transmigrates into an ancient woman and focuses on her career. Her father, who never brings food to court, is amazed by her cooking skills and brings her different dishes every day to show off. Even others can't resist coming over to eat with him.

19. 19 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 379Reads6.9Score100Shelves
20. 20 美 Gourmet: Taking Over the Bear’s Prison Canteen 美食：从承包毛熊监狱食堂开始 Quill Pen羽毛笔Urban1.3M WordsOngoing After a disastrous blind date, Tang Lei flees overnight, only to bind himself to a Chef God System that randomly assigns him a place to run: the cafeteria of a prison in a nation of tough fighters! Pork stewed with potatoes, red-braised pork, stuffed eight-treasure duck, sweet-and-sour ribs… Homestyle dishes! State-banquet cuisine! Every delicacy imaginable! Bring a taste of the culinary kingdom to Siberia, a barren wasteland of food! The vicious, unruly inmates: “Boss, do you need anyone to was 2.8kReads9.2Score309Shelves
21. 21 重 Reborn: Farming in the Deep Mountains and Selling Mushrooms 重生之深山老林种田上山卖菌子 Cat Eaten by Fish小猫被鱼吃Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted P.S. [Food Story]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [No Space]+ [No System]+ [No Awful Relatives] A Heartwarming Family's Everyday Life, Building a Life from Nothing At first, she works hard selling snacks. Later, she opens a hot pot restaurant and a cake shop! A heartwarming food story with no awful relatives. Best enjoyed with takeout at night! Setting up a street stall to sell braised pork intestines, tiger-skin chicken feet, spicy crayfish, spicy boiled fish, poached pork slices, mixed vegetables and ed 155Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🍂① Traveling back in time to a farming family, she leads her family in mushroom picking, hunting, opening a shop, and making delicious food that attracts many diners. 🍂② A seven-star chef travels back to the 1980s and uses her culinary skills to make passersby drool, all wanting to come and eat. 🍂③ Traveling back to ancient times, she wins over everyone's stomachs with her excellent cooking skills, making them want to eat her food.

22. 22 娇 The Sweet Military Wife Is on Top, and Her Officer Husband Can't Take It 娇娇军嫂在上，军官老公顶不住 First Frost霜初Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Sweet Years, is now streaming~ The second short drama adaptation, Let Me Dwell in Your Heart, is now streaming~ [Military marriage + food + supermarket space + devoted couple + everyday life + love after marriage] Ye Muqi had just become a seven-star chef when a car accident transported her to the 1980s. From the start, she was married, and her husband was a soldier with a slim waist and long legs. For Ye Muqi, who had been single for 29 years, that was a huge plus! T 9.5kReads9.1Score857Shelves
23. 23 我 I Run a Cafeteria in the Interstellar World to Feed My Whole Family 我靠在星际承包食堂养活全家 Qin Yuli秦鱼里Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted Setting: Interstellar. Social issue: The rat race. Theme: Food. Ingredient level: Moderate. This novel is complete, so feel free to enjoy! The Qin family’s parents were scammed into taking out a loan to run the unpopular cafeteria at Star University. The original owner was a lovesick fool, obsessed with chasing the Lu family’s young master, to whom she was betrothed as a child. She drank, smoked, and got a perm that made her hair stand on end. After her parents suddenly died, the person who woke 3.2kReads8.9Score295Shelves

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    The female lead's cooking skills attracted the entire university student body; it was so delicious!

24. 24 爷 Master, the Little Chef Has Won Over the Entire Capital with Her Food 爷，小厨娘靠美食俘虏全京城了 Li Family's Little Goro李家小五郎Ancient Romance915k WordsCompleted Twenty-six-year-old Zhao Hehuan transmigrated after a car accident, becoming eleven-year-old Wang Chunni. The funny thing was that the accident made her forget everything about her past, but she inherited all of Wang Chunni's memories. Her father didn't care for her, her mother didn't love her, and they wanted to raise her to sacrifice everything for her younger brother. No thanks! Zhao Hehuan ran away. She headed north to Bianliang, where her utterly ordinary genius cooking skills won over coun 83Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    Super delicious! 💥 The female lead's cooking skills are amazing, making even the neighbor's kids drool! 💟💟 ① The female lead, who is older than her employer, falls in love with him. After quitting her job, she becomes a live-in nanny, but her cooking is so delicious that her employer loves it. She earns a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan and becomes a boss through her culinary skills. ② The female lead is a chef who has worked at state banquets and occasionally encounters a variety show filming in the countryside. 🌻 Readers and fish travel together, and from now on, the book will no longer be desolate.

25. 25 小 The Adorable Little Chef 小厨娘娇的很 South of Here Stands a Tall Tree, Where I Cannot Rest南有乔木不可休思Ancient Romance217k WordsCompleted Xiaowan wakes up in total darkness, with no idea where or when she is. Only belatedly does it hit her that she must have transmigrated. She's married to the “bully” in the neighboring village, a man with no parents who has two little brothers tagging along behind him. They say he's the kind of man who can kill a tiger with his bare hands. Some even claim he killed three wives. But Xiaowan isn't one to believe rumors; you can't know what life is like until you live it. She's always believed in ma 334Reads8.9Score—Shelves
26. 26 沈 The Little Chef of Judge Shen's Household 沈提刑家的小厨娘 Jiang Ying姜萦Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted Fresh crucian carp sliced thin, celery soup from the emerald stream. A breeze brushes the willows, and a beauty... can lift a mountain with a mighty roar! Everyone knows that Miss Meng of the inn is as beautiful as a flower and a wonderful cook, but no one knows she can lift a giant vat with one hand or bend down and pull up a willow tree. Passing by, Judge Shen: Excuse me! * I love you, my lord. Do you know? The audacious Meng Sujin pounced on Shen Shinian, the judicial commissioner of the Cour 682Reads7.2Score128Shelves
27. 27 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… 396Reads8.3Score106Shelves
28. 28 农 The Farmhouse Cook: Her Built-In Shop Amazes the Entire Dynasty 农家厨娘：自带商店惊艳全朝 Tea September茶九月Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Also known as: The Farmhouse Chef: Her Shop Amazes the Entire Dynasty] (Historical romance + sweet romance + food + fleeing famine + adorable child + satisfying read + building a fortune) (A warm family with no troublesome relatives, so enjoy without worry) Jiang Qingqing transmigrates from the 21st century to an impoverished ancient era, where life is incredibly hard. Luckily, she has an adorable little one, a loving family who dote on her, and an all-purpose magical shop! With her 1.1kReads8.9Score105Shelves
29. 29 冷 The Cold-Faced General’s Little Chef 冷面将军家的小厨娘 Shiitake Leaf香菰叶Ancient Romance330k WordsCompleted Su Qingqing, a travel and food enthusiast, slips while hiking in the wilderness. It takes her a while to realize that she has transmigrated to ancient times. When they first meet, the male lead is still a cold, arrogant young man, the son of a down-and-out general. Desperate to survive, she clings to him and tempts him with all kinds of delicious food. Without either of them noticing, he changes into a full-fledged foodie and a devoted husband who spoils his wife without limits! 89Reads8.7Score—Shelves
30. 30 农 The Farm Girl’s Little Kitchen 农门美食小厨娘 Demon's Painting妖子画Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Scallions tossed with tofu, garlic-fried pork liver, red-braised pork tenderloin, and sweet-and-sour ribs. The moment He Jingjing transmigrated, the kitchen sprang to life with a constant clatter, and delicious aromas drifted across the whole village. The family is so poor they can barely afford to eat? There are only a few grains of rice left to cook? No problem. There’s nothing that can’t be eaten. With her incredible cooking skills, she opens a restaurant and makes money, setting herself on t 192Reads5.6Score—Shelves
31. 31 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 817Reads8.8Score109Shelves
32. 32 厨 The Crown Princess Chef Has Escaped Again! 厨娘太子妃她又逃了！ Failed Storyteller扑街崽Ancient Romance203k WordsOngoing Su Shu was framed by her legitimate elder sister, who switched places with her and sent her to marry the disgraced Crown Prince. Risking everything, Su Shu plotted to send her sister to the wedding sedan for Li Qi, the disgraced Crown Prince. But just as she was being beaten half to death, she realized it had all been for nothing. That useless Crown Prince had somehow set things right, insisting that she was the legitimate daughter of the Su family and stealing her place. Then he hurried off to —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 回 Back to 1970 to Become a Chef 回到七零当厨娘 Five Cats at Home家有五猫Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted A top female chef transmigrates back to the 1970s, where her mother is dead, her younger brother is frail, her father is dim-witted, and her older brother is stubborn. Lin Xiaowan lets out a long sigh and brandishes the cleaver in her hand. What’s there to fear? A chef will never be the one to starve to death. Ji Yuming bounces around beside her. “Wife! Wife! Look at me! When do I get to make my entrance?” A piece of braised pork seals his lips. “Quiet! This is a proper food novel!” Lin Xia 1Reads8.2Score—Shelves
34. 34 穿 I Became a Little Chef, and the Cold Hunter Tricked Me into Coming Home So He Could Spoil Me 穿成小厨娘，被高冷猎户骗回家宠 Lai Xi来惜Ancient Romance192k WordsOngoing [Farming + Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Adorable Child + Lucky Charm] Shen Su was a food streamer in the 21st century, skilled at turning the ordinary into something extraordinary. In her hands, even a knife could make flowers bloom. Unexpectedly, she transmigrates to a strange dynasty and becomes an orphan named Shen Su. Her family owns nothing, and she’s saddled with a young little brother to care for. Her relatives want nothing to do with them. The mountains are lush and full of resource 1Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 八 After Rejecting the Match in the 1980s, I Opened a Canteen at a State-Owned Factory 八零拒婚后，我在国营厂开饭馆 Fairy Pond Koi仙池锦鲤Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Reborn] + [The 1980s] + [Gourmet] + [Building a business] Shen Qingyue returned to the 1980s. In her previous life, her family drained her dry, and all three sisters were cheated by their grandparents. Reborn, she refuses to be a sucker again. She takes on the unreasonable troublemakers, and whoever picks a fight with her gets crushed underfoot. After splitting from the family, she starts a business with her sisters, opening a restaurant at a state-owned factory. The troublemakers fail to get t 3kReads9.0Score237Shelves

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    The female lead is a chef's apprentice. While she's on vacation at home, a variety show crew moves in next door. Every day is a cacophony of activity. She'll finish making porridge in the morning, and someone who wants to eat will come over. At lunchtime, they'll steal her fish. It's hilarious every day! 😳😳

36. 36 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 2.5kReads6.9Score321Shelves
37. 37 快 Quick Transmigration: I Win Over Tyrannical Romance-Novel Big Shots by Feeding Them Delicious Food 快穿：我靠投喂美食拿捏虐文大佬 Jing Xiaobaibai景小柏柏Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Yang Chengcheng won thirty million yuan in a phone giveaway and has a beauty that’s flawless from every angle. Then a transmigration-into-a-book app tossed her into one world after another. Netizens let their judgment follow their eyes, calling for warmth and support for the beautiful, strong, tragic male leads. 1. Sickly-sweet domineering CEO in showbiz ~ glamorous female singer 2. Pitiful top student deskmate ~ gorgeous, top-of-the-class rich girl 3. Fussy little Demon Lord ~ good-for-nothing 1.3kReads9.2Score154Shelves
38. 38 我 I Set Up a Snack Stall in Ancient Times and Went Viral 我在古代摆摊卖小吃，火出圈了 A Glimmer of Light一叶微光Ancient Romance830k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Fictional Setting + System + Cuisine + Daily Life + Wholesome Romance + Love Grows Over Time + One-on-One Romance + Beloved by All] Mu Wan transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a “dark-skinned, fat girl.” That’s not even the worst of it: she has a sickly husband who could die at any moment. No problem. She’s the head chef of the Imperial Kitchen and knows a little about medicine. If it has anything to do with food, she can handle it. Mu Wan rolls up her sleeves, ready to g 483Reads6.1Score105Shelves
39. 39 海 Island Survival: I Save All of Huaxia with My Cooking 海岛求生：我靠做美食拯救全华夏 Silly Chubby傻瓜肉肉Modern Romance526k WordsCompleted At a time when resources were scarcer than ever around the world, a game called “Ocean Survival 1.0” descended upon every country. The game has four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The longer its players survive, the more of their country’s depleted resources will be restored. By contrast, those who die too soon will bring disaster upon their country, making an already bad situation worse. Shen Xingluo enters the game with a food System, and a cooking pot from the start. As long as 5.3kReads9.2Score604Shelves

    Reader note

    A food blogger travels back in time to ancient times and begins to conquer the world with her culinary skills. From the countryside to the city, from nothing to a modest fortune, the female protagonist's philosophy is that there is no problem that food cannot solve; if all else fails, just have two meals.

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