Ancient Chinese Food Fiction 古代美食文

1 长 A Little Eatery in Chang'an 长安小饭馆 Cherry Cake樱桃糕Romance336k WordsCompleted *Completed in September 2019* For information on the reprinted edition, please visit Weibo @A Jin Jia De Ying Tao Gao Fine rain and a gentle breeze, a little shop with a blue banner, a beautiful foreign barmaid. Fine wine from Xinfeng, tender greens and bamboo shoots, golden pickled fish. Lin Yan, Assistant Prefect of the Capital, turns his attention to the landlady, whose skin is as white as snow and whose eyes are like apricots. It’s truly sad and pitiful for a highborn lady to have fallen s 306.7kFavorites624.6kClicks/ch168.4kGifts

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Very good, just too short

2 金 A House Full of Gold and Jade 金玉满堂 Bone-Born Fan骨生迷Romance816k WordsCompleted (This book was originally titled The Comforting Days After Losing Her Husband, but the title was deemed inappropriate, so it had to be changed.) Gu Yin fainted from working overtime. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a young farmer's wife. The poor girl had been sold as a child bride when she was young. After finally enjoying a few peaceful years, her husband was forcibly conscripted by the imperial court and vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a blustering, timid mother-i 187.3kFavorites449.2kClicks/ch209.5kGifts

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Not bad, delicious food in ordinary life

3 国 The Imperial College Cafeteria 国子监小食堂 Pale Green Mountain青山白白Romance764k WordsCompleted [Coming soon: Raising Little Ones in Ancient Times Again (Food), please add it to your reading list~] Meng Sang was born into the world and raised in the mountains, where she lived a carefree, happy life with her parents. One day, she went to Chang’an to find her maternal grandfather. Unfortunately, she couldn’t find him, and first had to figure out how to make a living. By a twist of fate, she ended up at the Imperial College and became an “ordinary” little cook. The Imperial College was 164.3kFavorites331kClicks/ch135.8kGifts

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Not bad, write more

4 在 Working as a Companion Maid in Northern Song 在北宋当陪房 Golden Goose金鹅Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Updates are irregular, but this will definitely be completed. Quality comes first.] Liang Jin suddenly transmigrates into the household of an official in the Northern Song. She isn’t one of the masters, though. She’s the younger daughter of Nanny Diao, the second branch’s wife’s personal maid: a little girl called Second Miss, with her hair in a maid’s bun and wearing only a bellyband. Before dawn, Second Miss Liang, dressed in a pair of brown split-crotch trousers, squats outside the door an 157.1kFavorites246.3kClicks/ch405.6kGifts

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Perfect, can you please update it more?

5 大 Life in the Streets of Song Dynasty 大宋市井人家 Munching on Tangyuan吃吃汤圆呀Romance711k WordsCompleted (I'm currently working on A Guide to Life for a Concubine's Daughter. Please add it to your reading list!) (Reader's guide: Song Dynasty transmigration, historical research, food, mystery-solving, and life among ordinary folk.) Chef Ye Zhan transmigrates to the Song Dynasty. The empire is at peace and the people are prosperous, but her situation is disastrous from the start: 1. People in ancient times are clever. Dreaming that her transmigrator status will give her an advantage is wishful thinki 79.8kFavorites126.3kClicks/ch53.5kGifts

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Yes, it goes well with meals. Cooking it yourself is the most delicious!

6 开 Kaifeng Prefecture's Culinary Casebook 开封府美食探案录 Little Sweet Potato少地瓜Romance611k WordsCompleted A female doctor skilled in food therapy has arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture. Whether it’s frying, sautéing, deep-frying, steaming, boiling, or hotpot, whether you’re dealing with bruises, injuries, illness, or paralysis, her food cures what ails you! Everyone cheers: “Now our families never have to worry about our health again!” But she can identify people by scent and distinguish clues... Doctor, just how many more surprises are you hiding from us? Newly appointed doctor Ma Bing says, “It’s all f 75.2kFavorites150.1kClicks/ch80.4kGifts

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I would like to name Shao Di Gua the ancient Greek god of food.

7 汴 A Record of Bianjing Cuisine 汴京美食录 Munching on Tangyuan吃吃汤圆呀Romance488k WordsCompleted (My new book, A Guide to Life as a Concubine's Daughter, is now updating. Please add it to your favorites.) (On behalf of all readers of Bianjing Food Stories, I have donated to Henan. Stay strong, Henan.) Reader's Guide: Everyday life in the Northern Song, with old-fashioned food and family gossip. Book Blurb: When the Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue's family falls from grace, his youngest daughter, Cigu, survives by chance and scrapes by in the city. She takes all sorts of jobs around Bian 36.1kFavorites91.9kClicks/ch12.3kGifts

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Opening a snack shop in the Song Dynasty