Looking for Food Stories With Braised Intestines and Red-Braised Pork. Ancient or Period Settings Are Fine 😘 求美食文，卤大肠，红烧肉。古代年代文都可以😘

1. 101 偷 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 Yu Shengsheng余苼升Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [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. 15.4kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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   The first book is absolutely fantastic! The female lead is a master chef, and her descriptions of food are incredibly appetizing—ancient-style vegetable pancakes, pickled fish, shredded pork with garlic sauce, chicken rolls, wontons, popcorn, rice noodle rolls... [A masterpiece by Que Shi]

2. 102 恶 The Villainess Redeemed! The Family She Ruined Can Be Saved 恶女洗白！被祸害的一家人有救了 Firework Tree烟花树Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Signed for print publication [farming + transmigration + medicine + family life + building wealth + fleeing disaster + devoted romance] Clear-headed heroine vs. loyal, devoted hero Lu Qingqing, who holds doctorates in both Chinese and Western medicine, transmigrates into the body of a wicked woman. She bullies the elderly, beats children, and even kicks sick old dogs on the roadside. Because of her, her father loses the general store he spent his life working for. For her sake, her eldest brothe 80.1kReads8.9Score9.4kShelves
3. 103 带 I Traveled to the 1970s With a Dedicated Worker System 带着敬业系统穿七零 Ma Nini马尼尼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Xu Taotao, a descendant of imperial chefs, keeps her culinary skills hidden while living among ordinary people. Then she dies suddenly from overwork and gets bound to a workaholic System, which sends her to the 1970s. She becomes the famously ugly daughter of a butcher at a meat-processing plant. Determined to become beautiful, she has no choice but to keep working hard. With her superb cooking skills, she climbs the career ladder, gets a raise, and marries Professor Gu... No, wait! “Ding-dong! 17kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves

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   The first book is a historical romance novel. The female protagonist is a descendant of a royal chef, incredibly skilled at cooking and making money. She's also very shrewd and has won over many people with her culinary skills, establishing a chain of fried and braised food shops across the country. The second book is a heartwarming food-themed novel; there are no awful characters, and it's a very sweet and comforting read.

4. 104 萌 A Little Genius Chef Turns the Kindergarten into a Canteen in Seconds? 萌宝当大厨，幼儿园秒变炊事班？ Mo Yilan莫一镧Urban543k WordsCompleted They say children are the flowers of the motherland. To better understand the environment these little buds grow up in, Mango TV specially prepared the show A Visit to Kindergarten. The program selected several kindergartens at the provincial, city, and district levels for filming. Provincial-level elite kindergarten: strictly follows the education bureau’s guidelines and takes meticulous care of the children. City-level kindergarten: raising high achievers starts now. They’re studying by lampli 1.8kReads8.6Score155Shelves

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   These four books are definitely among my favorites. I've recommended so many of them on food topics [shy][shy] ✨Based on cooking, they teach children about life and what they want to be when they grow up (there's a fair amount of food involved too). ✨The male protagonist is reincarnated as an old man with a system. He starts by setting up a stall outside a hospital and gradually builds it up. ✨It's a family drama. The female protagonist lives in a poor village and discovers abundant resources in the forest after venturing into the mountains. She then starts making delicious food. ✨The male protagonist is a character who grows and develops his culinary skills with the help of the system. He also learns from others.

5. 105 她 She Livestreams Gourmet Food in a Survival Game 她在生存游戏中直播美食 A Carrot一颗萝卜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as Healing Game Content warning: This is a romance novel set in a virtual reality game, with the romance as the main focus. It is not a game-focused power fantasy. Both leads grow throughout the story, so if you’re looking for a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, this isn’t for you! [Romance + survival + healing + positive energy + two powerful leads + sweet romance + livestreaming + gaming streamer] The large-scale human society survival game Living begins. Its stages are intricately li 5.5kReads9.3Score627Shelves
6. 106 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 3.1kReads8.9Score299Shelves
7. 107 我 Spreading the Cuisine of Huaxia Across the Future 我在未来传播华夏美食 Charcoal-Grilled Zui Zui碳烤醉醉Modern Romance251k WordsCompleted [Interstellar cuisine + male lead + robot male lead Shen Li] Shen Lulu transmigrates into the body of an interstellar orphan. With adulthood approaching and no money left for food, she sets her sights on Capital University’s cafeteria and takes it over. Before long, the students of Capital University are all living happily. "Meat-stuffed flatbread or jianbing for lunch today?" "I think soy milk and fried dough sticks are the best." "Breakfast has to be dumplings or wontons!" "What about steamed 1.1kReads8.2Score104Shelves
8. 108 摆 I Sold Dog Food at My Stall, and It Sold Out. I Never Said People Couldn’t Eat It! 摆摊卖狗饭被抢爆没说人不能吃吧 Purple Persimmon Tree紫色柿子树Urban265k WordsCompleted Shen Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a rather unreliable Food System. Every week, the System assigns him a random street-stall mission: Sell boxed meals inside a haunted house that's about to close, sell milk tea in a nursing home that's going under, sell hamburgers at a weight-loss camp that can't attract any customers... Worst of all, it even tells him to sell homemade pet food at a pet shop that can't make a profit. Every dish leaves customers drooling, and once they 63Reads—Score103Shelves
9. 109 穿 Transmigrating to the Song Dynasty: The Little Chef Sets Up a Stall, and the Powerful Crowd Her Door 穿宋：小厨娘摆摊，权贵踏破门槛 Hair-Dyeing Grass染发草Ancient Romance420k WordsCompleted Su Qingyan, a top-tier star of modern home-style cooking, is accidentally transported into the Northern Song Dynasty, where she becomes a frail orphan in a poor scholar’s family in Bianjing. Their home is bare, her father is paralyzed, her mother is sick, and her three younger siblings are still crying for food. Snow has sealed off the city, charcoal prices are soaring, and the whole family is one step away from starving to death! Luckily, she is bound to a home-cooking inheritance dimension, co 536Reads8.0Score106Shelves

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   The first one was quite good; it was an ancient time-travel novel that made my mouth water when I read it late at night. The second one was also about a modern person traveling to ancient times, but it was about opening a snack shop.

10. 110 杂 A General Store Transformed Into an Ancient-Style Snack Shop 杂货铺爆改古代零食小店 Nie Kui臲尯Ancient Romance525k WordsCompleted [Just started getting ratings. Read it, and maybe the score will go up!] “A laid-back shopkeeping story focused on snacks. The pace is slow, so skip it if that bothers you.” Jiang Yun transmigrates into ancient times and inherits a grocery store on the verge of bankruptcy. Faced with a difficult situation, she relies on a System in her mind containing recipes for modern delicacies, gradually turning the little shop into a famous establishment. Her secret-recipe spicy strips bring the county magi 814Reads8.2Score110Shelves
11. 111 重 Reborn in 1987: Hosting Banquets in the Countryside 重生八七：我在农村做大席 Foodie Who Never Gains Weight吃货不长肉Urban3.0M WordsOngoing I’m the best banquet chef in Rehe Township. Hire me for your feast and I’ll make you look good! A chef and food blogger in the age of big data, he returns to the 1980s to cook village banquets. In a word... nailed it! Don’t look down on village banquet chefs. There’s money to be made, meat to eat, and no end of lively happenings to watch. Li Chun is living a full and happy life. Don’t believe me? Then come on in and see for yourself... 62.8kReads8.7Score3.5kShelves

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    A unique food novel: one features a system that produces top-tier delicacies, while the other features a reincarnation who combines their past life's skills with innovation.

12. 112 带 She Took the Two Mini Versions and Divorced Him, Leaving the Only Son in Five Generations in a Panic 带俩缩小版离婚五代单传首长急疯 Little Demon of the Mo Clan墨家小妖Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Lu Nianyao married the man she loved most. But after they wed, her husband’s comrade died saving him, so her husband took on the responsibility of looking after his comrade’s wife and child. The widow constantly overstepped her bounds, calling her husband away in the middle of the night. Lu Nianyao suffered one indignity after another while pregnant, and people in the compound even accused her of being the one who didn’t know her place. Though she knew the widow was in love 33.6kReads8.3Score2.4kShelves

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    In her previous life, the husband took care of his comrade's widow to repay his kindness, which caused the female protagonist and her son to suffer. After being reborn, the female protagonist decided to leave her father and keep her son.

13. 113 我 I Became the Richest Person in the Kingdom Through Food 我靠美食成为了全朝首富 Xiaobai Sells Xiaoxin小白卖小新Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [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 4.3kReads8.5Score327Shelves

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    The book starts with braised dishes, and the entire book is filled with delicious food, including desserts, meats, and more – the content is incredibly tempting.

14. 114 重 Back to the 1980s, the Pretty Wife Reforms Her Good-for-Nothing Husband 重回八零，俏媳妇改造废物老公 Wind Tugs at the Clouds风挽云Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, Reborn in the Eighties: The Pretty Wife Reforms Her Good-for-Nothing Husband, is now streaming on Tomato. Go check it out, folks, it's great! Also known as Marrying a Hooligan Husband, Then Getting Eight Homes in the Demolition Payout Reforming My Hooligan Husband, The Pretty Eighties Wife Hits the Jackpot [Period Piece x Making a Fortune x Everyday Family Life x Devoted Husband and Raising Kids] Love-struck Xie Yingying was practically angered to death in her p 6.9kReads5.6Score775Shelves

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    ② The subject matter is novel, and the plot flows smoothly. There is no female lead, and so far there doesn't seem to be any romantic subplot. The landlord is male, yes, the landlord is male—I'll say it three times because it's important. Furthermore, the protagonist is a hopelessly straight man, so when Liao tries to flirt with him, he thinks she's blind.

15. 115 凝 A Stunning Beauty Takes Another's Place to Join the Army, Becoming the Compound's Beloved 凝脂美人替嫁随军，成大院万人迷 Pigeon Stewed with Mushrooms鸽炖蘑菇Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Marriage Before Love + Family Life + Both Leads Are Faithful + Sweet Romance + One-on-One] A beautiful, flirtatious heroine with sound values VS a military officer who is aloof and disciplined in public, but an clingy, wolfish puppy in private Ning Xi, a formidable woman from the 21st century, woke up in the 1980s as a disposable military wife. From the start, she was in a marriage of convenience, with the wedding night already upon her. Her husband, Lu Hui, was a pure-heart 7.8kReads8.4Score950Shelves

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    This is a very good read, with delicate writing. The male lead is a bit shy at the beginning, and it's also a female-centric story. The female lead uses her intelligence to help those around her improve their lives, transforming an insignificant factory into the only chain factory in the country. I don't know why, but the rating is a bit low. She's not only intelligent but also a great cook.

16. 116 春 Spring Festival Travel Rush: I Sell Lunchboxes on the Train, and the Passengers Can’t Stop Drooling 春运：火车卖盒饭，乘客都馋哭了 An Old City一座旧城Urban128k WordsOngoing [A Relaxed, Slow Pace] [Top-Tier Food] [A Delight to Read] [Impossible to Put Down] A three-star chef transmigrates by accident. The moment he opens his eyes, he finds himself in a dire situation from the start: his predecessor’s terrible cooking has left him in a mess, with one demanding diner after another to deal with. But when it comes to a little situation like this, Du Hao just wants to say coolly: “That’s it? That’s all you’ve got?” He promptly sneaks back into the kitchen. Then, one deli 1Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 满 The Mountains Are Full of Treasure: A Bitter Girl’s Rise 满山都是宝，苦瓜少女的崛起 Nian Xiaogao Loves Rice Cakes年小糕爱吃年糕Ancient Romance383k WordsCompleted [Farming! Feel-Good Story! Golden Finger! Food! No Romance] [Content warning: No male lead, but there is one-sided affection. A gentle, cozy story!] College student Lin Xiu wakes up as a poor orphan girl in ancient times. There’s even a tiny baby by her bed, crying to be fed! A home stripped bare, doomed from the start! She thinks heaven must be against her, but then it gives her a golden finger! The mountains are wonderful! Picking mushrooms and making delicious food! Finding medicinal herbs 3.1kReads8.2Score371Shelves

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    A farming novel without a romantic pairing. The female protagonist takes her younger sister to the mountains to pick mushrooms and cook delicious food. It's a simple, everyday life with few awful characters, a special advantage, and three meals a day throughout the four seasons. It's simple, heartwarming, and enjoys a peaceful life. [Heart][heart]

18. 118 我 I Raise Fuzzy Little Creatures at the Eastern Depot 我在东厂喂养毛茸茸 Festivities in the Twelfth Month腊月嘉年Ancient Romance364k WordsCompleted [Fluffy Animals + Gourmet Cooking + Hearing Inner Thoughts + Everyone’s Favorite + Daily Life + Gossip + Raising Cubs] After transmigrating, Gu Man takes a job at the Eastern Depot. With a ladle and spatula, she breathes life into the Eastern Depot’s cold, dreary cafeteria. She also gains the ability to hear animals’ inner thoughts. And so she hears all kinds of gossip from around the Eastern Depot. Are there more real eunuchs or fake ones? Who’s taken a concubine? Who’s sneaking around behind h 1.3kReads8.0Score129Shelves
19. 119 大 Great Tang's Number One Menace 大唐第一祸害 The Song Is Not Yet Finished一曲未完Historical2.3M WordsCompleted His Majesty Li Er was furious. “My machine-gun company has been lured away by that little menace again?!” A minister replied carefully, “Your Majesty, the Japanese envoy was a month behind on his liquor tab at Wangfujing, so the Crown Prince… the Crown Prince just…” Li Er looked disdainful. “Nonsense! Japan is a friendly neighbor of our Great Tang. They’re only a little behind on payment. Would he really go that far?” The minister answered cautiously, “Your Majesty… the debt is 108,000 strings o 50kReads8.4Score3.7kShelves

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    "The Number One Scourge of the Tang Dynasty" is a completed novel with over 2 million words. The protagonist transmigrates and enters scourge mode, wreaking havoc on everyone he encounters, even himself. The main theme is a carefree attitude towards life and death, ready to fight anyone who dares to challenge him... Come on, let's hurt each other! [Sending hearts] [Sending hearts][Laughing][Laughing][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

20. 120 七 The Plump Wife of the 1970s and the Reserved Educated Youth Tycoon 七零肥妻，禁欲知青是大佬 Man Qin满沁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Xunwei is a renowned master chef, yet somehow she ends up in the body of a chubby village girl who was tricked by a scumbag in the 1970s. The moment she opens her eyes, she pins down a young educated man who has just been sent to the countryside and has her way with him. The scumbag breaks off their engagement, and the whole village insists she force the young educated man to marry her? No problem. That’s a piece of cake! With a spatula in her left hand and seasonings in her right, she’ll coo 7.6kReads9.1Score899Shelves

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    These are some food-themed articles! They feature braised pork intestines and braised pork belly! The female leads are all excellent cooks, making the neighbors' kids drool with envy!

21. 121 嫁 After Marrying a Rugged Man in the 1970s, the Mountain Shrew Became a Beautiful Wife 嫁七零糙汉后，山野泼妇变美娇妻 Chi Xiaoyan赤小焱Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + rugged man + pocket dimension + gourmet food + devoted puppy-like husband + doting husband] Su Yunhe, a top modern imperial chef, is burned alive in her villa and reborn in the 1970s with a pocket dimension. She takes over the body of a notorious village shrew: fat, lazy, ugly, wicked, and always doing despicable things! Su Yunhe cleans up the mess she left behind, gradually becoming kinder, prettier, and slimmer. She starts a business and makes a fortune, until everyone in the 3.1kReads9.1Score263Shelves
22. 122 穿 I Became the Powerful Man's Fussy Ex-Wife, and His Whole Family Dotes on Me 穿成大佬作精前妻，我被全家团宠 Here Comes the Money, Here Comes the Money财来咯财来咯Modern Romance874k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + beloved by everyone + groveling to win his wife back + marriage before love + a stern, devoted military officer with perfect husbandly virtue VS a beautiful, easygoing woman] (The rating just came out and will go up, dear readers~) Shen Anlan died one day from stomach cancer, then transmigrated into a book. She was the male lead’s expendable ex-wife, a selfish woman who caused him endless trouble and finally ended up divorced. After arriving in the story, Shen Anlan happened 11.9kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
23. 123 七 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 Li Jia Qiqi黎家七七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 22.4kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
24. 124 穿 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 Xun Chuyu寻初羽Ancient Romance149k WordsOngoing [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 213Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traveling back to ancient times to set up a stall and open a shop, selling rolled pancakes, braised meat, cold noodles with shredded chicken, peach and perilla soup, salted egg yolk and chestnut rice dumplings, rose shortbread, barbecue, hot pot, cakes, tea, crab-stuffed oranges, stir-fried golden jade, snow cloud soup...

25. 125 重 Reborn in the 1990s: The Lucky Carp Doctor Charms Her Husband 重生九零，锦鲤医妻撩夫上瘾 Madam Tang Is a Little Sweet唐夫人有点甜Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Su Qingyu was blind to the truth and foolish in matters of the heart. Misled by the woman she thought was her best friend, she did nothing but beat and berate Gu Zhenming, who had become lame because of her. In the end, she abandoned her husband and daughter and left for another land. She never imagined that, as she lay dying, the only person by her side would be the husband she had despised and abandoned. Su Qingyu was consumed by regret. When she opened her eyes again, sh 682Reads9.0Score104Shelves
26. 126 旗 One Flirt from the Qipao Beauty, and the Strongest Officer Blushes 旗袍美人一撩，最强军官羞红脸 Luo Zili洛梓璃Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Super-sweet military marriage + pocket dimension + stepmother raising kids + seductive cheongsam beauty and cool, restrained officer + everyday food + healing] Jiang Zhining has had a rough time. The real heiress pushed her off a cliff, and she nearly ended up in a snake’s jaws, but then she unexpectedly met the toughest officer in the book. When she was thrown out of her home and left homeless, Jiang Zhining turned and stopped the abstinent officer. “Comrade Song Yuzhou, I can never repay you 2.3kReads9.2Score277Shelves
27. 127 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—Shelves

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    Food-themed novel 🌈 Gu Nianxi opened a restaurant to avoid trouble for her sister. To make a name for herself in the capital, she had to do something different, such as not allowing customers to order à la carte; they could only eat what was available that day, provided their skills were excellent. Even a simple egg fried rice could sell for one or two taels of silver.

28. 128 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical885k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 5.4kReads—Score385Shelves

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    The male protagonist is reborn to reclaim his homeland and build a Han Chinese world for the people.

29. 129 七 Seventies Island Military Marriage: A Stepmom's Daily Life Raising Kids After Remarrying 七零海岛军婚：二婚后妈养娃日常 Achoo Achoo啊啾啊啾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military Marriage + Stepmother + Second Marriage + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Food + Everyday Life + Love After Marriage When she opens her eyes, Song Shiwei discovers she has transmigrated into a book! Worse, she’s become the female cannon fodder with a tragic ending! To save her life and escape the plot’s control, she impulsively marries Zhou Tingyue, a cadre ten years her senior! She thinks she can now enjoy a carefree little life of her own! But when she arrives, she discovers that the f 3.4kReads8.9Score320Shelves

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    These are some food recommendations! They include braised pork intestines and braised pork belly! The female leads are all excellent cooks, making the neighbors' kids drool!

30. 130 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.8kReads—Score110Shelves
31. 131 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 9.3kReads9.1Score827Shelves
32. 132 穿 Opening a Food Factory in the 1960s, I Catch the Heir Chasing After Me 穿六零开食品厂，惹上太子爷倒追 Flat-Top General平头阿将Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted [1960s + food + dreams + sweet romance + face-slapping + lighthearted] Everyone says Xia He is a fake heiress, and she's the first to disagree! Your dad is Deputy Director Ji, but my dad is Factory Director Xia, even if his food factory is on the verge of bankruptcy... Xia He isn't worried at all. As a pastry student, she can whip up hit treats with her eyes closed. Besides, she has an expert from beyond the world guiding her in her dreams. - The purchasing managers who used to look down on Juch 2.8kReads8.7Score394Shelves

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    [1960S + Food + Dreams + Sweet Romance + Face-Slapping + Lighthearted] Everyone says Xia He is a fake heiress, but she's the first to disagree! Your dad is Deputy Director Ji, but my dad is Factory Director Xia, albeit a director of a food factory facing bankruptcy. Xia He isn't worried at all. As a pastry major, making hit desserts is a piece of cake for her. What's more, she has a hermit master guiding her in her dreams. — The purchasing directors of Jucheng Food Factory, who used to look down on her, now come running as soon as they hear about the new desserts. "Master Xia He, I want a thousand catties!" "I want two thousand catties!" Xia He declares that even the lives of cattle and horses matter, and there's a limit of five hundred catties per city! The young master from City 149 has recently been frequently fed desserts by a woman. After a while, he finds this woman incredibly sweet. Since she's so straightforward, why not give her a try?

33. 133 七 The Military Wife’s Farming Life in the 1970s 七零军嫂种田忙 A Floating Fish in a Dream一梦浮鱼Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted Lin Yunxi wakes from a nap and discovers that she has transmigrated into the body of a military wife in the 1970s. She got married young and already has an adorable son. In an era when people don't have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, Lin Yunxi isn't worried at all: her pocket dimension for growing crops came with her! Watch as she wins the country's support, opens factories, starts businesses, and builds a business empire of her own. She hears that a courtyard house in the capital co 9.3kReads9.0Score732Shelves
34. 134 穿 I Became the Wife of a Commander Who Died Young! Now His Whole Family Dotes on Me 穿成早死首长的妻子！被全家团宠 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A Novel Set in the 1980s) (Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Transmigrating into a Book vs. Transmigrating) A car accident sent Ye Fangfei into a novel. Its world was a parallel timeline in the early 1980s. The novel’s protagonists were the younger brother of her husband, Shen Zhanxun, and his wife. Shen Zhanxun was nothing but a stepping-stone they used to build their wealth. In the novel, Shen Zhanxun left the military to join the municipal public security bureau. He died while 91.3kReads9.0Score11.2kShelves

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    🍝🍝Food novel: steamed egg custard, braised pork intestines, crispy fish, braised pork belly, braised duck parts, seafood, and various pastries. Reading this novel is making me hungry; I really want to eat!

35. 135 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 4.4kReads9.1Score289Shelves
36. 136 夺 After Taking Back My Body, I Raised a Child to Wealth in the 1980s 夺回身体后，我在八零养崽致富 Cheng Xiaomai程小麦Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted New short drama: Back to the Eighties: From Fat Wife to Queen of Wealth [Military romance] [Raising children] Yu Wanwan’s body was taken over by a woman who transmigrated into it for six years. During that time, the transmigrator wreaked havoc on everyone around her. Her older brother cut ties with her, and her second older sister’s family ran from her like cats from a mouse. Everyone around her came to despise her. She even drugged a man and had triplets. He was forced to marry her, and she mad 3.8kReads8.7Score634Shelves
37. 137 和 After Swapping Marriages With My Stepsister, I Became the White Moonlight of a Period Novel 和继妹换亲后，在年代文当白月光 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance499k WordsOngoing Eighties, marriage first and love later, slice of life, period setting, transmigration into a book Lou Xia, a homebody, dies suddenly while reading late at night and transmigrates into a book. She becomes the doomed, beautiful but useless first love of the overpowered male lead. The first love has a tragic background: her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and her stepsister forces her to switch betrothed husbands, marrying the male lead’s doomed older brother instead. Not 38.6kReads8.7Score3.5kShelves
38. 138 漂 The Beautiful Army Wife Is So Alluring, Even the Ice-Cold Commander Has Fallen for Her 漂亮军嫂太撩人，冷面首长沦陷了 Jia He Yue嘉禾岄Modern Romance465k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Face-Slapping + Sweet Romance + Heroine's Entrepreneurship] When Fu Xueyao wakes up, she discovers that she has transmigrated to the 1980s. Here, she's a lazy girl who's willful, spoiled, rude, and crude, and even her newlywed soldier husband was tricked into marrying her. Since she's here, she might as well make the best of it. Fu Xueyao, who has been single her whole life, thinks this bargain husband isn't bad at all. A slim waist, long legs, a great figur 2.3kReads9.0Score186Shelves
39. 139 八 Fiery Military Romance in the 1980s: The Fake Heiress Becomes a Stepmom and Raises the Kids 八零热辣军婚，假千金当后妈养崽 Charcoal-Grilled Mandarin Duck炭烧鸳鸯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + stepmother + raising children + adorable kids + everyday family life + fake and real heiresses + spatial powers + contrasting characters] Fang Xiaoluo transmigrates into the 1980s as a fake heiress and becomes the apple of her military officer husband's eye. With a space containing a spiritual spring, Fang Xiaoluo can raise children, make money, and farm with ease. Her life is so happy it feels like she has a cheat code. Xu Yaqiu is reborn. In her previous life, she married a m 8.6kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
40. 140 掏 The Capitalist's Daughter Liquidated Her Family Fortune and Joined the Army to Find Her Husband 掏空家产，资本家小姐去部队寻夫 Splendid Money Orange锦绣钱橙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: “Emptying the Family Fortune: The Capitalist's Daughter Goes to the Army to Find Her Husband” [Military marriage + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket dimension + Putting scumbags in their place + Love grows over time + Exceptionally fit military officer, her childhood betrothed VS dazzling capitalist's daughter] Jiang Si was fair-skinned, beautiful, and radiant. Who would have thought that after waking up, she would find herself in a period novel, as a well-known capitalist's daug 45.8kReads9.2Score5.7kShelves
41. 141 白 The Army Wife and Her Child Join the Troops: Her Cooking Takes the Compound by Storm 白月光带娃随军：靠美食风靡大院 Xiaobai Sells Xiaoxin小白卖小新Modern Romance594k WordsCompleted [Delicate Beauty + Tough Military Officer] (Alternate History + Food + Military Wife + Raising Kids + Reborn + First Love + Family Life) When Cheng Yuewan opened her eyes, she had returned to the day in her previous life when she abandoned her children and ran away. In her previous life, she resented Song Huaisheng for ruining her life, and disliked their two children because of him. Only at the end of her life did she realize she had blamed the wrong person. Given another chance at life, all sh 2.8kReads7.2Score202Shelves
42. 142 八 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 56kReads9.4Score7.2kShelves
43. 143 末 Random Stalls in the Apocalypse, Snapped Up by Every Major Base 末世随机摆摊，我被各大基地疯抢 Sweet Peach Cheese Iced Tea甜桃芝芝冰茶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented] [Apocalypse management + invincible, no romance + top-tier hotties + lighthearted] Natural disasters + zombies A food-focused business story. Not fully automated in the early stages! Not a superpowered heroine! * Xie Purou had just finished her last mission and hadn't even had a chance to enjoy herself when the System dumped her into the apocalypse. She has to draw cards just to unlock food? From the start, all she has is a run-down little inn and a food truck, and she has to g 19.1kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves

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    These are all food-themed, ranging from historical, fantasy, and post-apocalyptic to modern, ancient, and otherworldly. Pay attention, the first one ("Difficult to Coax: The Festive Wife Has Once Again Driven the Rough Man to Tears") is truly about food; it features the female lead making dishes like wolf-tooth potatoes, cold noodles, and various other dishes. I'm absolutely sure I didn't make a mistake; all 17 of these are food-related.

44. 144 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—Shelves

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    The first book features an orphan female protagonist who cooks in a military camp; it has a male lead. The second book is like a food-themed leveling game where the female lead opens a shop; there's no male lead. The third book features a female protagonist who makes her own food and snacks; there's a male lead. The fourth book features a female protagonist whose space is bound to her older sister; it's a mindless, fast-paced story that uses modern technology without much logic; there's a male lead. The fifth book features a female protagonist who can have her mind read; she cooks her own food—a pure food-themed story with a lot of food descriptions.

45. 145 离 After the Divorce, She Went Looking for Men, and He Panicked 离婚后，她找男人，他急了 March Hometown三月故里Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the 1970s + no golden finger + angst before sweetness + everyday family life] Well, well! After the divorce, she goes looking for another man, and now he's the one getting worked up? When they first got married, Lu Shinian was the one who said he couldn't stand Li Qingmei. He was the one who said he didn't love her, and the one who kicked up a fuss and insisted on getting divorced. Li Qingmei gave him what he wanted. When he asked for a divorce, she signed the papers withou 3.3kReads8.5Score368Shelves

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    One makes braised food, the other cooks.

46. 146 随 Week One of My Random Street Stall: Selling Beer Duck at a Driving School 随机摆摊第一周：驾校卖啤酒鸭 Yi Que弋缺Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [Random Street Stalls] + [Perfect with Rice] + [Healing] + [No Romance] The warmth of everyday life is what soothes the human heart most. Lin Chuan, an overworked office worker who died suddenly from exhaustion, unexpectedly awakens the Gourmet Healing System. Every week, he sets up a stall at a random location and serves random dishes. Completing tasks earns him amazing rewards. But the System's very first weekly task leaves Lin Chuan completely dumbfounded (⊙_⊙) Selling beer-braise 1.5kReads6.0Score148Shelves
47. 147 只 All I Can Do Is Grow Vegetables and Cook, Yet I Became Cultivation World's Top-Tier Star 只会种菜做饭，却成了修真界顶流 Mr. Impenetrable不透君Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Hilarious and Heartwarming + Food + Farming + A Touch of Modern Cultivation] She inherited a cultivation legacy, and her innate talents were cooking and growing vegetables. She became the leader of a sect, but living in poverty was the norm. From the start, all she had was a ramshackle building, a patch of wasteland, and half a mountain forest. A leader with no great ambitions and four idle disciples. Sect leader Jiang Tingyun said, “In modern society, spiritual energy has dried up. Cul 23.2kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
48. 148 成 Growth-Type Chef God: My Proficiency Rises Every Day 成长系厨神：我的熟练度每日上涨 Leg-Day Slacker练腿摸鱼仔Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Food] [System] [Everyday Life] [Leveling Up] [No Female Lead] [Lighthearted] (The animated series is now out, and the print edition has been signed. Feel free to dive in!) Song Yan was tricked into coming home by his father to inherit the breakfast shop, but unexpectedly activated the God of Cooking System. [Host]: Song Yan Seasoning (Beginner): 165/1000 (Not enough to kill anyone) …Collapsed… Knife Skills (Beginner): 0/1000 (You should worry more about cutting your hand than cutting vegetables 150.6kReads8.7Score15.1kShelves

    Reader note

    It tells the story of pastry making skills, such as soup dumplings, crystal shrimp dumplings, and noodle cakes, and the young generation of chefs in their twenties who are the backbone of pastry making at breakfast shops.

49. 149 绑 I Went Viral After Binding the Gourmet Check-In System! 绑定美食打卡系统后，我爆红了！ Sleeping Soundly in the Meadow浅草眠眠Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted System + Gourmet + Travel + Lighthearted (Warning: There's some family drama at the beginning. If that's not your thing, don't read.) Lin Xi is a seasoned homebody, with severe social anxiety and chronic procrastination. She tried taking the graduate school entrance exam and the civil service exam, but failed both. After working for half a year, she couldn't stand her idiot boss's abuse any longer, so she quit in a fit of anger and went home to live off her parents. She spent over a year lying a 208Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ✨Delicious pan-fried dumplings, egg pancakes, braised pork rice... The female protagonist sets up a food stall, her pink stall cart is amazing, and Niu Niu's cooking skills are superb. She changes her stall location every week, and the customers actually become detectives just to get a taste of her food...

50. 150 一 One Dish a Day: Building a Culinary Empire 一天只卖一道菜，我打造美食帝国 Watching the Moonlight看风月Urban1.6M WordsOngoing (The rating has just come out, but it will rise later) [Gourmet] + [System] + [One heroine] + [Dad raising a child] + [Everyday life] Chen Qiu's business venture fails, leaving him a million yuan in debt, and he's forced to take over the little restaurant his parents left behind. Just when he has nowhere else to turn, he awakens the [God-Tier Gourmet Sign-In System]! His first sign-in rewards him with “God-Tier Pork Stir-Fried with Chili Peppers”! When he puts up a sign advertising it at “88 yua 42.5kReads7.8Score2.6kShelves

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