Any Recommendations for Good, Authentic Food Novels?

1 国 The Duke's Estate Maid July KoiAncient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 23.1kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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The heroine is a cooking maid, and you can really feel that she loves cooking from the bottom of her heart. The language used in this book is quite unique, and there are many names of dishes that sound delicious. I was so greedy when I read this article [face covering]. The heroine's personality is also quite consistent. The main plot is to work hard to get promoted and save money to leave the house, and there is no CP.

2 听 Listening to a Donkey's Thoughts: Daily Life Running a Restaurant in Bianjing Golden Flowers in Full BloomAncient Romance579k WordsCompleted 6kReads8.5Score789Shelves

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It's very relaxing. I just watch this to relax in my spare time.

3 投 After Feeding the Young Masters, Why Are They All Asking Me to Make Our Relationship Official? Peach iModern Romance507k WordsCompleted 1.1kReads8.2Score169Shelves

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Each male protagonist has special characteristics. When pursuing the female protagonist, except for the first male protagonist, all others are gentle and considerate. Lili is a very gentle and considerate girl, sometimes a little sensitive, but she doesn't run away when things happen.

4 住 Live Next Door to a Food Blogger Feifei qaqModern Romance149k WordsCompleted 84Reads—Score—Shelves

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Very nice, the food is well described, plain and simple

5 美 Food Stall Diaries: Call Me Boss Su Lu Qiyao GuangModern Romance688k WordsCompleted 4.5kReads8.1Score370Shelves

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Because setting up food stalls is so popular, one stall has one food every week, and diners form groups to follow the small bosses. After traveling through time, the heroine leads the food and fashion of Bianjing, and lives her daily life with street (gai), Liuzi (not) donkey (just born to love freedom), cricket and gossip in Bianjing. Is your heart heard? [Thinking] The heroine said it's nothing big, all I have in mind is the food collection [Blowing a kiss]

7 斩 Cutting Spring Chinese Loropetalum in the SouthAncient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 50.8kReads9.5Score9kShelves

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It's all about food. It's really immersive when I read it. It's easy to imagine the food. I highly recommend it.

8 美 Gourmet: When There's a Banquet, Every Household Joins In The Lonely MasterUrban611k WordsCompleted 13.1kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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[Bookshelf Plus] These two books are both about food. The first one is more funny, and the second one is more heartwarming.

10 七 A Mad Couple in the 1970S The Colorful Xue JingfeiModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 115.9kReads9.3Score14.8kShelves

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Ming Dai dressed up as a little orphan girl, and after going to the countryside, she unexpectedly met Zhou Sinian, a "crazy" boss who loved wearing a red headscarf. He is the cannon fodder in the book. After being discharged from the army, he struggled to survive alone in the countryside. His originally bleak life was rekindled by the arrival of Ming Dai. Ming Dai took advantage of Zhou Sinian's "halo" to establish a foothold in the countryside, and Zhou Sinian also tasted a warm bed and a full belly of delicious food for the first time because of her arrival, and his barren time was cured. The two grew up in the countryside and gradually developed the most sincere feelings. There are funny daily life, the temptation of delicious food, and a sweet revenge that belongs to them. Zhou Sinian would stand firmly in front of Mingdai and protect her from the wind and rain; Mingdai would also love to warm Zhou Sinian's heart. This is a story about healing and growth, come and join their happy world!

12 我 My Pub Opens in a Fairy Tale World Graceful as a Swimming FishModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 7.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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I have read all these books, and they are all very good. I highly recommend the last one! This one is really good!

16 第 The Ninth Special Zone Wei JieUrban6.1M WordsCompleted 253.4kReads9.6Score29.9kShelves

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In the wasteland of the apocalypse, who can carve out a bloody path? This masterpiece is a must-read. Family members, if you are a book-hungry reader, check it out! Today I have to give you Amway's masterpiece of the apocalypse - "The Ninth District". The story opens with a world being severely beaten by disaster. After the nuclear war, there was no good place on the earth, food was scarce, resources were even tighter, and species mutated in various ways. In order to survive, the coalition government divided the survivors into nine special zones. However, those "areas to be planned" that were not controlled were completely lawless places, with violence and hunger everywhere. The Ninth Special Administrative Region, as the only multi-ethnic autonomous special zone, is a mess, with gangsters, warlords, and drug dealers showing off their special abilities, collusion between government and businessmen, and racial conflicts all rolled into one. The protagonist Qin Yu has been struggling in the area to be planned since he was a child. Life in that place is not valuable, and his survival depends on his ability. Later, he spent money to buy the identity of a junior police officer in the Police Department and entered the ninth district. I thought I could be more stable, but ended up stepping into the center of the whirlpool of power and survival. Qin Yu looks like a market gangster and is obsessed with evil intentions, but in fact he has a strong mind and struggles to find a balance between interests and morality. He first solved the "Tuzh Street Anti-Drug Case", directly tearing open the fig leaf of the drug black market and police corruption in the Special Administrative Region, and brought down the gang leader and the Bai family forces behind it. This was not over yet. He went on to establish a medicine line business network and rose through the ranks, becoming captain and director. In order to climb up the ladder, he went to the Seventh District for further study, opened up the arms trade in the Eighth District, met various big bosses, won the railway contracting and management of the Nineth District, and completely entered the upper-level power circle. The following plot is even more high-energy. He unites all forces to pursue drug lords across borders and dismantle old warlords. In the battle for Sichuan, he relies on trickery, public opinion, and the trump card of energy to push back the enemy and establish regional hegemony. Then he regained Sichuan Prefecture, laid out Yandao, sent troops out of the six districts, and finally united with the forces in China to launch the "War of Conglong" to dismantle the separatist regimes in the three districts and become the true ruler of the nine districts. In addition to Qin Yu, the characters in the book are also outstanding. The heroine Lin Nianlei comes from a military and political family. She looks naive, but is actually independent and capable. She holds great power in the second theater of the Eighth District. There is also the medicinal line trader Yu Jinnian, who is shrewd and tolerant, and has a complicated relationship with Qin Yu. Qi Lin, Zhu Wei and others also have their own personalities and stories. Everyone is working hard for their own beliefs and goals in this troubled world. "District 9" is good to watch because it not only talks about fighting and killing, but also digs into things like human nature and morality. In the apocalypse, people's desire for survival is infinitely magnified, and the good and bad of human nature are put on the table. Qin Yu and his companions, while seeking to survive in the power struggle, had to guard their bottom line and think about how to rebuild order and civilization. Moreover, the war scenes and power struggles in the novel are wonderfully written, and every twist and turn is amazing. If you like to read apocalyptic themes and passionate and brain-burning stories, this book "Section 9" will definitely make you enjoy it!

17 我 Opening a Little Restaurant in Shengjing Four BayberriesAncient Romance381k WordsCompleted 30.3kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves

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Ancient gourmet farming articles, mixed with a little strategy

19 喂 Hey, Host! I Said Have a Baby, Not Woo Them Cat's Eye StoneAncient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted 46.1kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves

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It just looks good!

23 人 In America, Eastern Cuisine Takes Over New York Moonlit LongingUrban1.0M WordsCompleted 7.3kReads9.3Score748Shelves

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Recommended, I know it looks great

25 她 I Just Cooked a Meal, So Why Did All the Big Shots Reach Enlightenment? Half a DurianAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 4.7kReads8.9Score441Shelves

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You can give these books a try

33 穿 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother The Little Cat Fell AsleepModern Romance159k WordsCompleted 36.1kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves

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The first novel tells the story of Jiang Tingyun who inherited the dilapidated Qionghua sect. She cultivated herself by growing vegetables and cooking. The dishes were enhanced by aura. Eventually, the restaurant became a legend and the sect became famous. In the second book, Dingsha traveled through the book and became the mother of the male protagonist of the sadistic novel. At that time, the male protagonist was still a fetus and the whereabouts of the child's father was unknown. Ding Sha started her business by selling box lunches due to her good cooking skills. Later, the child's father, Xiao Juan, returned, and the two ran a life together, gave birth to children, raised cats, and lived an ordinary and warm life.