Food, Food, Food: Books About Food 美食，美食，美食，关于美食的书

1. 1 食 After Fifteen Years as a Food Wars Lackey, I'm Going to Become the Greatest Chef Too 食戟打杂十五年的我厨艺也要绝顶 Xian Yu Yu Loses Weight, Wow羡鱼宇减肥哇Anime Fanfiction382k WordsOngoing Main settings: [Food Wars!, Toriko, Cooking Papa] “The heat isn’t right. We can’t serve this to the customers.” With those words, Grandpa sentenced Xia Shenyin to ten years of “dishwashing duty.” He chopped mountains of vegetables and washed seas of dishes, yet couldn’t even get near the menu… Then the System arrived and issued a quest. Only when he saw the satisfied smiles of the customers did he catch a glimpse of the truth. This was a wondrous world: the Gourmet World, the IGO Culinary Associ 191Reads6.2Score11514d adds

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   The first book may have fewer words, but it's so good! The male lead is a handsome white-haired guy with a rather indifferent personality, but he's very gentle and polite [heart emoji]. The system's presence doesn't feel too strong, and he's Chinese, which is a big plus. His grandfather is actually a hidden big shot, which the male lead doesn't know but has a vague feeling that his grandfather is not simple. Finally, author, please update soon!

2. 2 给 Give Food Wars! Some Ingredients from a Myriad Worlds 给食戟来点万界食材 Rivers Flow, Then Stop百川流止Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to the world of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma. Then he discovers that he can transmigrate again. To become the finest chef in the world, and to get his hands on countless ingredients that make your mouth water, Xu Kangping begins traveling to one world after another. Toriko, Hunter x Hunter, Cooking Master Boy, Delicious in Dungeon, One Piece, Cooking Master Xiao Fugui, Pokemon, Inuyasha... As Xu Kangping continues to travel between worlds, he obtains a vast assortment of ingredi 6kReads7.9Score32714d adds
3. 3 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 33.2kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds

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   They're all pretty much everyday, funny, and lighthearted.

4. 4 人 In America, Eastern Cuisine Takes Over New York 人在鹰酱，东方美食占领纽约 Moonlit Longing月相思Urban1.0M WordsCompleted “No one in this country understands jianbing guozi better than I do!” The New York Times’ Mr. Dong column On bustling Fifth Avenue, the line stretches as far as the eye can see. Cut in line, and you could find yourself in a street shootout within minutes. Stinky tofu takes over Wall Street, crawfish conquer Silicon Valley, and the scent of luosifen fills the air all over Manhattan. The giant screens in Times Square play a nonstop reel of mysterious Eastern magical cuisine. Americans don’t e 6.1kReads9.3Score72514d adds

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   It's pretty good.

5. 5 我 My Food Refreshes at Random, Leaving Customers Drooling 我的美食随机刷新，顾客馋哭了 Half-Sweet Iced Coffee, No Extra Ice冰咖半糖不加冰Urban1.7M WordsCompleted This book is also known as: Selling Extra-Spicy Grilled Wings Outside a Colorectal Hospital [Food + no female lead + everyday life + comedy + perfect with a meal] Lin Xuan didn't want to go to work, so he unexpectedly bound himself to a food System. Every week, it assigned a random location and a random dish. But the very first week's task left him dumbfounded. What? Sell extra-spicy grilled wings outside a colorectal hospital? What kind of devilish task was that? And that was only the beginnin 82kReads9.3Score8.5k14d adds
6. 6 在 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 Ice Cola Drink Substitute冰可乐代喝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 95.4kReads9.4Score13.9k14d adds
7. 7 在 Cooking in the Operating Room? Are You a Demon? 在手术室里做美食，你是魔鬼吗？ Sharp-Tongued Eighteen Oddities牙尖十八怪Urban240k WordsCompleted Chi Ren graduated from the police academy but never became a police officer. He inherits a small restaurant and is bound to the [Strongest Detective System]. The System determines that the Host is carrying out an undercover mission, disguised as a chef. [System Mission: Promote anti-scam awareness as a chef] [Reward: Autopsy] So Chi Ren starts livestreaming. He prepares duck while explaining pig-butchering scams. Viewer: “Streamer, are you a philosopher?” He explains how to avoid scams while cho 136Reads5.2Score10314d adds
8. 8 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 150.6kReads8.7Score15.1k14d adds
9. 9 成 After Becoming a Master of State Banquets, I Started Running a Street Stall 成为国宴大师后开始摆摊 Fried Hawthorn油炸山楂Urban460k WordsOngoing The warmth of everyday life is what comforts the human heart most. [Food + street stalls + lighthearted + plenty of cooking knowledge + street-stall guide + slow-paced everyday life + detailed recipes + no harem + the author genuinely wants to teach readers to cook] Chen Feng has studied cooking for years and mastered the four major regional cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, and Huaiyang. He became the youngest person in the Dragon Kingdom to earn the title of National Banquet Master. Af 4.1kReads8.9Score27014d adds
10. 10 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 9.6kReads9.0Score79614d adds
11. 11 谢 I’m a Grade-Schooler, and I’ve Become a Culinary God! 谢邀，我，小学生，已成厨神！ Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Slice of Life]+ [No Romance]+ [Heartwarming]+ [Healing]+ [Comedy] “The only thing an elementary school student should be doing is studying hard... But I think Master Fang going to school is neglecting his proper work.” “I’ve finally made it to the front of the line... Master Fang, can we put your homework aside for a bit? Could you fry me some rice first?” “You think I’m waiting outside the elementary school to pick up my own kid? I’m actually here to pick up Master Fang after schoo 24.7kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
12. 12 这 This Chef Can Do Magic 这个主厨会魔术 You Are the Truth of This World你是人间真理Urban359k WordsCompleted While Chen Xi was selling fried rice on the street, a gas canister suddenly exploded, and he unexpectedly gained control over fire. After a series of twists and turns, he became the head chef at a restaurant in San Francisco that was on the verge of closing. Under the guise of magic, he grilled pizza, meat, chicken, steak... The food was delicious, and the amazing fire performances were a sight to behold. The little seaside restaurant gradually became a hit. Chen Xi started receiving bigger and 6.4kReads9.1Score45814d adds
13. 13 我 I'm Just a Chef, Director, Stop Adding Drama! 我只是个厨子啊，导演别加戏了吧 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban161k WordsCompleted [Food + film sets + everyday life + comfort food + warmth + healing + comedy + fun] Lin Zhou joins a casting call for extras and unexpectedly gets bound to a Gourmet System. From then on, he only ever plays cooks. He can be a five-star chef in a domineering CEO drama, or the head cook at a country banquet in a rural drama. He can whip up roadside restaurant dishes so fragrant they fill the air for miles, or make stall food so delicious you'll savor every bite. Whatever the role calls for, he'll 1.9kReads7.5Score14614d adds
14. 14 食 Food Wars!: I Want Every Single One of Them 食戟之灵，一个不落我全都要 Imperial Court Crispy Beef Pie宫廷香酥牛肉饼Anime Fanfiction312k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.2kReads—Score12114d adds

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    This is pretty good, you can take a look.

15. 15 美 Toriko: I, Qi Mu Qiyu, Am Invincible 美食的俘虏：我！齐木琦玉！无敌 Han Han Chang旱暵常Anime Fanfiction505k WordsCompleted What?! I opened my eyes and transmigrated? And into the Gourmet World of Toriko, where monsters are everywhere?! At least the gods gave me three draws as compensation. First draw, a gold! The bloodline of a Pixiu? But what's the point of a creature that only takes in and never lets anything out, and doesn't even have an anus? Am I supposed to focus on making money? Everyone knows money is the most useless thing in this Gourmet World! But the next two draws are gold too??? "Kusuo Saiki Template"! 3.9kReads7.2Score30514d adds

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    An invincible novel, a captivating culinary experience. Single female lead.

16. 16 食 Food Wars: I Rule the World with My Farm 食戟：我以农场掌控世界 Cold Star in Ink Jade墨玉星寒Anime Fanfiction759k WordsOngoing A chef is an artist who performs dazzling compositions at the stove. Their audience is the diners, and their art comes from delicious food! Yu Chen transmigrates to the world of Food Wars and awakens the Gourmet Drugging (crossed out), no, the Dream Cuisine System. He inherits a world farm filled with all kinds of fantastically delicious ingredients, with a level cap no one knows, From level-one Clucky Chickens to level-one-thousand Cloud-Turning Flood Dragons, and even higher, unknown beings, a 1.9kReads8.5Score12714d adds

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    1.2 Is considered a lighthearted read; those who enjoy stories with multiple female characters may enjoy it. 3 Is a lighter read; good for those looking for something to read.

17. 17 让 I Told You to Be a Cook, So How Did You Become the Demon Cult Leader? 让你当伙夫，你怎么成魔教教主了 Concealing the Blade at Dusk暮藏锋Eastern Fantasy287k WordsOngoing [Food + System + Demonic Cult + Management + Farming] The good news: Lu Chen transmigrated. The bad news: He’s in the infamous Blood Moon Sacred Sect. The even worse news: The previous 998 cooks all died. Faced with 427 demonic cultivators whose eyes have gone red with hunger, Lu Chen can only light the stove and simmer a pot of spicy pepper soup. From that day on, the Asura Hall’s whole atmosphere changes. Others cultivate immortality to live forever. The Sacred Sect’s disciples cultivate just 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Highly recommended: *You Were Made a Cook, How Did You Become the Leader of a Demonic Cult?* The stinky tofu is fried until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, drizzled with garlic sauce—a perfect balance of sour, spicy, and salty. A group of demonic cultivators line up, holding their noses; some even secretly swallowed a poison-avoidance pill. "Eating stinky tofu and taking a poison-avoidance pill? Are you serious?" "You don't know anything! We need to save our lives, and we'll finish this plate!" Food + cultivation + a glimpse into a demonic cult; while others take pills to break through to higher levels, they take pills to embolden themselves to steal tofu!

18. 18 食 Food Wars: I Get the Little Chef System from the Start 食戟：开局我获得小当家系统 Pancakes and Rice Porridge烙饼白粥Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Anime] [System] [Gourmet] [Food Wars!] After transmigrating into the world of Food Wars!, Wei Zhuang unexpectedly awakens the Little Chef System. Whether it’s the masterful art of breaking down an ox with a cleaver or the mighty Azure Dragon Slash, culinary techniques once thought to exist only in legend will return to the world in his hands. Hidden in the depths of the bustling city is a special little food stall, open only in the evenings. Here, even the most ordinary ingredients, a block of 3.8kReads6.8Score22814d adds
19. 19 厨 Master Chef: From the Start, My Junior Sister Stole My Chicken 厨神，开局被小师妹偷吃了鸡 Pineapple Pizza菠萝披萨Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing Hardcore food fiction + laid-back daily life + steamrolling the myriad races with food The executive chef of a six-star restaurant transmigrates to the Yaochi Holy Land and becomes the greatest chef in the world of culinary cultivation. There, he discovers that the pigs are bigger than elephants and the chickens have six legs! From then on, Beast-Taming Peak gets a large-scale, professional livestock farm, while fields of vegetables flourish year-round on Spirit Herb Peak. “These evil dragons an 6.6kReads9.2Score49014d adds

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    It's pretty good. Although it's not a serious food novel, there are still quite a few food-related elements in it.

20. 20 这 This Hero Is Overpowered, Yet Ridiculously Poor 这个勇者明明超强却过分贫穷 Peak Wolf King巅峰狼王Eastern Fantasy458k WordsOngoing [Modern Western Fantasy + Harem Love Triangle + No System + Body Cultivation + Lighthearted Comedy + Semi-Ensemble Cast + Nonhuman Male Lead + Invincible + No Angst] Daily life is the main course, and the main plot is dessert~ In the style of Gintama, One-Punch Man, and Delicious in Dungeon. The strongest warrior in a world of high martial arts, A Lang, is summoned to this otherworldly continent as a hero. But he is cursed, transformed into a demon hated by everyone, and doomed to be penniless f 3.7kReads—Score30614d adds

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    [Added to bookshelf] Although it's not purely a food novel, the food descriptions in this book are very detailed, covering almost all three meals a day. The male protagonist cooks Chinese food in another world, conquering the taste buds of Western fantasy. [Added to bookshelf][Laughing]

21. 21 我 I'm a Farmer in a Gourmet World 我在美食世界当农场主 Little Rui Is Unworthy小睿不才Urban141k WordsOngoing [Food + No Romance + Lighthearted + Farming + Adventure] Su Banxia inherits her family's little farm, along with a storage space and a spring of life gifted by her elders. She also has a goose that looks ordinary but is actually descended from an ancient ferocious beast, and serves as her laborer. In this food-filled world, where almost anything can be eaten, Level 10 Popping Candy Trees bounce as they grow, Level 14 Starfish streak through the water like shooting stars, and even the crabs from 28Reads—Score—14d adds

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    You should check this out; it's a rather unique book about food, adventure, and farming! It feels very novel and is definitely worth reading.

22. 22 小 The Alleyway Cooking God: Starting with S-Rank Turnip Cake 小巷厨神，从S级萝卜糕开始 Loves Red Pomelo Tea爱喝红柚茶Urban909k WordsOngoing (Urban setting + food + no female lead + everyday life + slow burn. Not a street-stall story: they open a restaurant.) In a bustling city, an old neighborhood left untouched by redevelopment for one reason or another sits on an aging street. In this urban village, surrounded by the central business district, a young culinary genius makes his home. After his parents die in a car accident, Fang You resolutely drops out of school and returns home to take over the breakfast shop they ran for over tw 20.6kReads7.2Score2.1k14d adds
23. 23 美 Exploring the World of Food 美食世界探索 Chen Ziyang, the Great God Himself陈紫洋大神本人Eastern Fantasy437k WordsOngoing 📖 A hard-core hunting adventure in a world of gourmet food ✔️ No golden finger, no female lead. The protagonist relies entirely on real skill to brave dangerous places, hunt exotic ingredients, and cook hearty dishes. ✔️ A muscular protagonist and realistic, hard-core hunting details turn the wilderness into a feast for the senses. ✔️ No deliberately torturing the protagonist. The pace is brisk and satisfying, with no frustrating setbacks. Later on, his combat power goes through the roof, and he 99Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Food, food, and more food! The protagonist doesn't have any special abilities, so this is destined to be a slow-burn novel; you need to savor it slowly and not rush.

24. 24 摆 My Street-Stall Food Is So Bizarre, Customers Think I've Gone Mad! 摆摊太抽象，食客们以为我疯了！ Lush Yu Zhu玉竹猗猗Urban89k WordsOngoing Other street vendors hawked their wares, competing over cooking techniques and recipes. When Chen Yanyu set up his stall, he first had a heart-to-heart with the ingredients, then cheered on the batter, and even had to calm the griddle down so it wouldn't lose its temper. After activating the All Things Empathy Abstract God of Cooking System, the more absurd and outlandish his cooking methods, the more heaven-defying the food tasted! His prices were outrageous, and his behavior was downright biza 25Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Abstract-style guy sets up stall

25. 25 在 Getting Rich by Setting Up a Stall in a Psychiatric Hospital! 在精神病院摆摊，暴富！ Tang Di汤抵Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted One heroine + food + no romance Li Xier is an orphan. To pay her rent and electricity bills, she sets up a food stall on the street outside a psychiatric hospital. Her dazzling variety of delicious dishes draws every diner nearby, and passersby stop to join the queue. Tourists and influencers from across the country and abroad flock to her stall. As her business grows bigger and better, Li Xier uses her culinary skills to launch a chain of restaurants and become a successful business owner, r 113Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Food-themed novel, no romantic pairing, single female lead.

26. 26 红 A Feast of Delicacies: Dream of the Red Chamber Cuisine Meets the Tang Dynasty 红楼美食适配大唐，饕餮盛宴 The Sugar in Toffee酥糖的糖Fantastical Romance744k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted Cultivation, Farming, and Food] [Supernatural Tales] [Sweet Everyday Life] [Vivid Characters] [Building a City] [Claiming Land as Immortal Territory] [Running a Cultivation Sanctuary] [No System] Wu Qingwen, a transmigrator with a Red Chamber space, always thought she was following the script of an ancient food-business story. Until one day, she saw a dragon in a well. * Steamed pork head meat with rice flour makes spring water gush from a dried-up sweet-water well. Honeyed Eight-Tr 2.1kReads8.8Score27714d adds

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    Historical fantasy cuisine, no meal replacements online, full of real-life flavor.

27. 27 深 The Little Palace Kitchen 深宫小食堂 Collecting Tenderness收藏温柔Ancient Romance262k WordsCompleted After transmigrating as the empress, Lin Wanyi binds herself to a “Life Assistant System.” The abilities she draws each day are all kinds of strange, and so she begins a happy life in the imperial palace, never fighting for anything and just wanting to lie flat. 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a delightful and relaxing food-themed story, featuring a daily food-related skill system that's incredibly fun. It's super lighthearted, with no palace intrigue; it's simply a tale of the empress, concubines, and emperor indulging in food after get off work.

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