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- 1 The Northeastern Cook of the 1980s: Livestreaming Food Made Me a Tycoon 八零东北小厨娘：直播美食成首富 [1980s + transmigration + Northeastern Chinese cuisine + feel-good power fantasy + livestreaming System + ambitious female lead + rugged military officer who spoils his wife + a young couple joining forces to crack down on illegal poaching] A beautiful, resilient Northeastern Chinese chef transmigrates into the 1980s and meets a handsome, devoted man whose true identity as a high-ranking officer is hidden. Jiang Xue transmigrates to Northeast China in the 1980s and also gets a food livestreaming 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 I Transmigrated and Got Rich Through Cooking 穿越后我靠美食富甲一方 Food blogger Jiang Qingli transmigrates to an unknown dynasty. Her parents are gone, and all she has is a younger brother who’s still growing and needs to be fed. Looking at their bare-bones home and her frail little brother, Jiang Qingli vows to turn their lives around, so she returns to her old profession. The first step is setting up a food stall. Before long, the capital has a new street-food stand selling all kinds of novel snacks its customers have never seen before. With the cooking skill 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Gourmet: I Sell Fried Intestines at a Street Stall, and the Whole City Chases Me for Them 美食：摆摊卖肥肠，食客满城追 [Street stalls + opening a shop + occasional rural banquets] [Gourmet] [Easygoing everyday life] [System] At thirty, Chen Feng suddenly loses his job. With elderly parents and young children to support, and a mortgage on top of that, he’s under a lot of pressure! Luckily, the Gourmet Street-Stall System comes knocking! But this System seems a little strange! What’s with this “pre-binding” business? I have to complete a task before the binding is official? In this small county where the average s 1.3kReads6.1Score101Shelves
- 4 I Set Up a Stall in the Food Court, and the City's Elite Families All Want to Marry Me 美食城摆摊，全城豪门追着我订婚 [Gourmet] [Lighthearted and Funny] [No Romance] [Heartwarming] [Cozy] Delicious food. Beautiful girls, handsome domineering CEOs. Come check out my novel! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 My Cooking Is Delicious 我的饭菜很美味 [Farming + ancient times + food + adorable child] Lin Tiantian stayed up late one night, and when she opened her eyes, she had become the village’s beautiful widow. She also had a three-year-old daughter, crying and calling her Mom with tearful eyes. Raising a daughter is hard enough. Then there are the village men who covet her beauty, the rice jar at home that’s nearly empty, and her hungry little girl. Luckily, Lin Tiantian is a wonderful cook. She’s determined to give her daughter a colorful 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 After the Tyrant Exiled His Entire Household, the Little Chef Made a Comeback in the Capital 昏君流放全府后，小厨娘逆袭京珹 [Traditional historical transmigration romance + No golden finger, no System + A smart heroine, not a face-slapping power fantasy] After transmigrating, Shi Wan’er finds herself a third-rate maid in a general’s household. Her cooking skills earn her the favor of her mistress. Then an imperial decree arrives, and the whole family is exiled... Shi Wan’er immediately sets out to build a business, determined to open the finest Hunan restaurant in Lingling. As she runs the restaurant, she also makes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Army Life on a 1970s Island: I Build a Fortune Through Food 七零海岛随军：我靠美食发家致富 Su Qing, a modern food blogger, unexpectedly wakes up inside a period novel she had just mocked online. She has become the cannon-fodder supporting female character who shares her name and meets a tragic end. In the original story, she was greedy for wealth and status, abandoned her husband, the “villain,” after he was sent to an island research institute, and left behind their twin son and daughter. She devoted herself to pursuing the male lead, only to become a stepping stone and die of illnes 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 After I Transmigrated, I Conquered the Capital with My Cooking 穿越后我靠厨艺称霸全京城 A royal chef from the 21st century transmigrates and becomes the notorious, useless, spoiled young lady of Beiyuan Kingdom. Her husband doesn't love her, her mother-in-law can't stand her, and the people laugh at her. The noble princess of Beiyuan has turned herself into a laughingstock. She arrives in this world and makes a pot her weapon and the kitchen her battlefield, stirring up a storm in Beiyuan. The aroma of her dishes wafts for miles, drawing palace chefs to seek her advice. But what's 60Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 9 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, Met a Scumbag, and Opened a School with My Cooking 穿越古代遇渣男，我靠美食开学院 [Transmigration + Ancient Times + Food + Pocket Dimension + System] A lighthearted summer treat, perfect for enjoying with a meal, featuring detailed descriptions of all kinds of delicious food. Su Ning, a young woman from the interstellar era, transmigrates one day and becomes the daughter of a deceased scholar in ancient times. Her scholar father had raised a young husband for her, but who knew he would turn out to be a scumbag? He used her money to pass the imperial exams and become the top c 12Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 10 Endless Ingredient Mystery Boxes: From the Start, I Ran a Little Restaurant 无限食材盲盒：开局一家美食小馆 Unemployed, broke, and down to just 200 yuan, Fang Yue bai bound herself to the Infinite Ingredient Blind Box System, thinking her big break had finally come. Instead, her starter pack was a shabby fifteen-square-meter shop with peeling walls, and a Level 1 privilege that could only draw “ordinary eggs + wilted cabbage.” System notice: Ingredients may not be taken outside the shop. Looking at the wilted cabbage in her hand, Fang Yue bai gritted her teeth. Fine, then. She’d use this old wok and f 1.7kReads6.7Score222Shelves
- 11 A Little Restaurant in Shengjing 盛京有家小饭馆 A seemingly abstinent, secretly kiss-crazed big puppy VS a sweet, soft little bunny who cooks incredibly well Song Qingdai: “When you're unlucky, even eating a cream puff can make you transmigrate. At least I've got my pocket dimension. I'll become an adorable little cook, win over a bunch of foodies, and support my whole family as we build a fortune. But then an embarrassing incident unexpectedly catches Pei Xiao's attention?” Pei Xiao: “They call me the Dali Temple Magistrate of Shengjing, the 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Spirit Spring Diner: A Fierce Daughter-in-Law Raises a General 灵泉小饭馆：剽悍长媳养出个将军 Jiang Niannian woke up to discover she had transmigrated into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder eldest daughter-in-law in a farming novel. Her family was about to have their restaurant and recipes stolen by the second branch of the family. Her husband was about to be plotted against and killed by them, and in the end, she would starve to death during a severe drought because she had no money to stock up on grain. Jiang Niannian grabbed a cleaver and got to work! The second branch wanted to stea 6Reads—Score120Shelves
- 13 You're Stuck with Me 摊上你啦 An unfounded accusation costs nurse Mu Xiaoxia her job, but unexpectedly unlocks a food-stall System. From then on, a mobile castle of delicious food quietly appears in every corner of the city, bringing comfort to lonely souls through the night. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Gourmet: Selling Squab by the School Gate, Making College Students Drool 美食：校门口卖乳鸽，馋哭大学生 [Food + easygoing + comedy + slice of life] [No mindless face-slapping] Lin Yuxuan closes his eyes and opens them again to find he has transmigrated to a parallel world. After awakening the God of Cooking System, he starts selling delicious food in all kinds of places. Then a strange sight begins to appear in this world. A college girl, heartbroken after a breakup and with no appetite, sees the roast squab her roommate bought, and helpless tears well up at the corners of her mouth. A woman with 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Reborn as a Chef: Mastering My Little Transmigration 重生为厨娘之小小穿越拿捏 Historical romance + food + female chef + sweet romance + System After transmigrating into an era where food is scarce, she finds herself a mother raising her frail younger brother and child alone, while she herself longs for rice. She hopes to open a restaurant of her own and use her skills to give her family a better life, but then her father, a general, suddenly appears. What? She should become an imperial chef? She's not interested. Marry a young general? She can't stand him. She'd rather ma 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 After Returning from the Dead, the Gu Family's Young Miss Thrives in Ancient Times 回魂后，顾大小姐在古代风生水起 [System + entrepreneurship + strong female lead + nontraditional transmigration + warm and lighthearted] Gu Xiyue, heiress to Z Country’s largest conglomerate, created immense wealth and gave generously throughout her life. When she died of old age, she transmigrated to ancient times and became the eldest daughter of the prime minister’s household, renowned for both her intelligence and beauty. She thought she would spend her life scheming and fighting, like so many transmigrated heroines in nov 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Laid-Back College Student Is Open for Business 摆烂女大学生，在线营业 [A hilarious food story + slice-of-life diary + friendship + healing + farming, no romance, no pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger] A group of friends having a good time together What do you do when you don't want to go to work? Head back to the countryside and lie flat! After graduating from college, Xia Wan briskly packed her bags and returned home to take over the restaurant her grandfather had left her. This city is all takeout and rat-race grinders. She’s not staying here! After 105Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 18 Transmigrated into a Book as a Cannon-Fodder Villainess: I Leave the Palace, Open a Restaurant, and Become a Tycoon 穿书炮灰女配，出宫开酒楼成首富 [Fake palace intrigue + Wish fulfillment + Food + Cozy + Farming + Light ensemble cast + A touch of a golden finger] Other people rely on schemes to survive palace intrigue. I rely on the wok hei! When she opens her eyes, Qiu Qiu is stunned The unscrupulous System really did toss her into an old-fashioned, melodramatic novel! The original owner is a disposable pawn the emperor uses to please his true love. Her ending is miserable: stripped of her title, sent to the Cold Palace, and left to die o 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 After I Transmigrated, Gourmet Food Made Me a Top Rich Lady 穿越后我靠美食成了顶级富婆 Yun Shu had just passed her postgraduate entrance exams when she slipped and became a country girl. No food? No problem! The hills behind the village are a treasure trove waiting for me to dig in! No money? No problem! I grew up watching shows about getting rich, so this will be a piece of cake. So copper coins really can attract flies! A pack of greedy wolves had their eyes fixed on her stash of gold and silver. She pulled out her dog-beating stick. If one came, she’d beat one; if two came, she 57Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 20 Gourmet: Setting Up a Stall with My Cat, I Have the Soldiers Chasing After Me 美食：带猫摆摊，引兵哥哥狂追 Lin Yan, unemployed the moment she graduates, unexpectedly gets a Gourmet System. Teaming up with an intelligent AI plush cat, she reaches the pinnacle of life by selling street snacks. Today, she sets up a stall outside an elementary school, drawing a swarm of students that packs the entrance. The security guard hastily puts up barricades, while the principal cries for help. Tomorrow, she sets up beside a light-rail station, attracting crowds of office workers on their way home. The traffic cop 106Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Peerless Chef: Darling, Please Come into My Bowl 绝世妙厨，相公请到碗里来 Some man: “Miss, do you believe in love at first sight?” “Sorry, I’m already a married woman.” Ever since the brilliant and mighty Rong Xuan fell for the Ninth Miss of the Jiang family, his intelligence has been in serious decline. In her previous life, Jiang Miao was married off to Leng Bufan, the iron-faced general no one else wanted. She never knew the taste of love, and died young with a thousand arrows through her heart. Another lovesick man became a regular visitor to her grave. Reborn a 37Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 22 The Marquis's Household Wants Me Back, but the Whole City of Diners Is Losing Its Mind 侯门要迎我回府，全城食客急疯了 Gourmet + System + daily life + heartwarming + transmigrate into a book + romance + ancient-style fantasy Xue Leyi, who came from the apocalypse, transmigrated into a book. As the vicious fake heiress and villainess, she’d done every rotten thing imaginable for wealth and status, constantly brought disaster upon herself, and ultimately died abandoned and destitute. When Xue Leyi first arrived, she discovered she’d been thrown out of the Marquis’s estate. The entire capital was waiting to laugh 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 From the Start, I Had a Peppercorn, So I Went Back in Time to Sell Hot Pot 开局一粒花椒，我穿回古代卖火锅 [Ultimate face-slapping + wildly satisfying comeback + food business] The heroine is fierce, and she never goes easy on scum. All that matters is the satisfaction! After transmigrating into the body of a poor village girl in ancient times, she finds her mother timid, her younger brother foolish, and her father and stepmother eager to bleed them dry. Lin Wei slams the table: “I’m done living like this! We’re splitting the family! We have to split up!” With her only two loved ones by her side, she —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Transmigrate and Build the Nation Through Good Food 穿越，我边做美食边为国家搞建设 [Transmigration + Food + Over-the-Top Devotion] The moment Xia Yumo opens her eyes, she finds herself transmigrated to ancient times and cast as someone else's stepmother! She'd planned to live a quiet life, but the delicious food she makes attracts countless people. She can put up with the little ones clinging to her, but what's with that cold-faced general? Weren't they supposed to stay out of each other's way? Why are you standing so close? She cooks delicious food, opens restaurants, carves 130Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 25 Gourmet: The Dian Shan Family’s Little Eatery 美食：典膳家的小食店 On the eve of the Imperial Food Bureau's selection for its Director of Cuisine, Jiang Luosu, a sixth-rank official in a fictional dynasty, comes down with a sudden high fever. Her soul transmigrates into the body of a modern-day orphan with the same name. Having just graduated from college only to find herself unemployed, Jiang Luosu has no choice but to roll up her sleeves and return to her old trade. Her first small goal is to figure out how to survive. This is a food novel with no System and 784Reads8.0Score133Shelves
- 26 Su Yao’s Food-Stall Challenge 苏瑶的美食摆摊任务 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Whole Universe Is Full of Customers Who Get Ripped Off at My Food Stall 全宇宙都是我美食摊的怨种顾客 [No romance + food + System] A breakfast shop outside the subway station, wafting with the aroma of tea eggs. In an office tower, a sip of invigorating herbal milk tea. On a desert oasis, succulent whole roast lamb. In a small town by the Hehuan Sect, a shop selling iced tea right next to the brothel. At the foot of Shifo Mountain, the rich aroma of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. As zombies surround the world in the apocalypse, the aroma of spicy hot pot tempts the living. At the top interstellar f 160Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Chef God System: Opening a Martial World Tavern in Ancient Times 厨神系统：在古代开一家江湖酒楼 [Gourmet + Sichuan and Chongqing hotpot and home-style dishes + street snacks + System + travel and adventure + perfect with a meal] While gaming one stormy night, Jiang Ran transmigrates to Yuelan City in Beiling and unexpectedly obtains the Culinary God System. Cooking dishes earns him all kinds of rewards. Buy modern ingredients from the Culinary God Shop and win over the taste buds of everyone in ancient times! [Who in ancient times could resist the temptation of modern food? He starts off w 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 A Taste of Memories 寻味记 The warmth of everyday life is what comforts ordinary hearts most. To Lin Xi, that warmth means wild grape wine, osmanthus wine, candied hawthorns, chicken wings braised in a three-sauce hotpot, old hen soup with astragalus and red dates, sweet soup made with white flour, tofu with bear’s paw mushrooms, sweet-and-sour yam balls, braised pork knuckle, crystal pork knuckle, shiitake mushrooms stuffed with meat, and daikon and egg soup... Savor the colors and flavors of everyday life, And watch the 153Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Green Sprout Eatery 青芽食肆 A historical farming story about family life and running a food business. Its core style: ✔️ The warmth of everyday life ✔️ Comforting food ✔️ No rotten relatives ✔️ A loving family In Qing Shan Village, during Grain Rain, four-year-old Lin Ya loves to crouch beside the stove and watch her mother, Wang, steam golden corn porridge, while her father, Lin Dashan, weaves sturdy bamboo baskets. As the family sits together to share wild-vegetable buns, Lin Dashan says, “Let's try selling them in town. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 First Yours, Then Yours Again When I’m Done 先做你的，做完你的做你的 In a twist of fate, food blogger Nan Xing transmigrated into the body of a country girl in ancient times. Her family had nothing, and she was constantly sick. To pay for her treatment, her family had even sold their last few acres of farmland. Faced with such desperate circumstances, Nan Xing rolled up her sleeves and set up her very first stall. She started with thin pancakes for two coins, then moved on to steaming bowls of warming noodle soup, and finally to secret-recipe braised delicacies w 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Shocking! The Lin Family’s Snack Street Made Even the Emperor Drool 惊！林家的小吃街把皇帝都馋哭了 [Alternate Universe, No Romance, Food Fiction] On her way home from work, Lin Qing is killed by someone jumping from a building! She survives the disaster only to transmigrate into the wealthy Lin family, and at first she plans to simply coast through life. Who knew her father would have such high hopes for her that he’d hand over every vacant shop on an entire street! With no other choice, Lin Qing gets to work and turns the place into a food street. From luosifen to fried chicken to dry-pot bu 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Wealthy Little Cook 富贵小厨娘 Lu Azhuo, a superb cook, transmigrated into an imperial-examination novel, where she was destined to become the male lead's short-lived first wife. Her husband's family and her own would be ruined because of her. Another title for this story: Death Comes Calling. When she woke up, she could uproot a willow with one hand and wield a kitchen knife with the other. No one within ten miles dared provoke her. They said she could silence a crying baby just by showing up. She was making a fortune with h 299Reads7.1Score101Shelves
- 34 I Started Out as a Side Consort and Won the Crown Prince Over with My Cooking 开局穿侧妃，我靠美食馋哭太子 Ye An'an transmigrated and became the Crown Prince’s concubine, but the Crown Prince was famous for being both a picky eater and a germaphobe. He ran away on their wedding night, becoming the laughingstock of the entire capital. The good news: she brought all her modern cooking skills with her, so she was living the good life! While everyone else was fighting for favor in the palace, scheming against one another, Ye An'an was making jianbing in the little kitchen, the delicious aroma carrying fo 9.1kReads7.3Score407Shelves
- 35 Hooked on Cases 案上瘾 [Transmigration + marriage first, love later + devoted to each other + gourmet food + sweet romance + entrepreneurship] A sunny, charming chef-princess versus a seemingly aloof, seemingly impartial prince who is actually cunning Nan Yu was a highly sought-after head chef for state banquets in the 21st century. Little did she know that after one meal, she would transmigrate into the body of a notorious foreign princess. On the journey to her political marriage, “she” mysteriously disappeared. R 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Transmigrated to Ancient Times as a Street-Food Chef 穿越古代摆摊小厨娘 - Modern identity: A 21st-century snack enthusiast who loves experimenting with recipes for all kinds of viral snacks. She is optimistic and practical, handy, and quick-witted when it counts. She is intensely driven to make money and get rich, stemming from her modern-day office worker’s desire to escape the 996 grind. - Ancient identity: An orphan who transmigrates to Qingxi Town in the Great Jing dynasty and inherits the original owner’s body. She relies on her modern cooking skills to make 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Sichuan-Spiced Little Chef 川辣小厨娘 Her birth mother was violent and uncivilized, her birth father weak and selfish, and her adopted younger brother all fake smiles and empty pleasantries. Luo Qinglan said, “One comes, I beat one. Two come, I beat them both.” She opened a chain of restaurants and distinctive inns, bought mountains and fields to build vegetable farms, and launched a chain of cold-drink shops. Armed with her modern cooking skills and experience managing restaurants, she thrived in the ancient world. Her only problem 15Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 38 Street Food Stalls: Customers Pack the Street and Chase Me to Buy More 美食街头摆摊：食客爆满追着买 [Food + street stalls + System + cooking tips + everyday life + no romance + heartwarming + perfect dinner-time reading] After Wang Zhen dies from overwork at his 996 job, he unexpectedly transmigrates to another world and obtains a Food System. His random street-stall location changes every half month. Unable to find Wang Zhen, his customers create hundreds of food-lover group chats. As soon as he sets up his stall, they rush over to wait for him. “I queued for an hour, and you’re telling me yo 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Quick Transmigration: My Cooking Is Absolutely Delicious 快穿：我做饭嘎嘎香 [Quick Transmigration System + Pure 1v1 Romance + Gourmet] After the genius chef Zuo Fan dies unexpectedly, she binds herself to a Chef System and travels through different worlds for one purpose: to save the second male lead, who’s destined to die of stomach trouble because he never eats properly. A half-vampire in a magical world, a hotheaded village official in the 1990s, an idle prince in a prosperous age, a superpowered team captain in the apocalypse, a company president in the future, a ri 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 After Being Exiled, I Made a Fortune Selling Food at a Street Stall 被流放后我靠摆摊发家致富 After competing in the semifinals of the Blue Star’s top chef competition, Qiao Ling gets into a car accident on her way back to the hotel. She transmigrates into the illegitimate second daughter of the Changrong Marquis’s household, who is being sent to marry in place of her elder sister. The second daughter was born in a difficult labor to a maid who seduced her way into her master’s bed. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and she grew up being bullied by her elder s 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 A Taste of Culinary Wonder for the Ancient World 给古代来点小小的美食震撼 Yu Enhe is an all-around food blogger who enjoys a quiet life in a small country village. She never expected to wake up and transmigrate to another world. She becomes an orphan of unknown origins and gains a handsome husband. Since she's here, she might as well make this dynasty a little more familiar with the wonders of food. Rice bowls topped with savory dishes, hot pot, delicious pastries... From street stalls to grand restaurants, from the countryside to the capital: with food this good, who 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Luo Yuxin, the Folk Cooking Sage 民间厨圣洛雨馨 [Food + cooking + business + household intrigue + ancient setting + romance] “Madam, the young miss has escaped the city!” “Go after her! Bring her back! I want to tear her skin off!” Wealthy heiress Luo Yuxin flees under cover of night to save her life, with her vicious stepmother's men in hot pursuit. Luo Yuxin escapes to the countryside and builds a fortune with her cooking, quietly making a comeback to become the richest person in the Great Chang Kingdom. Her husband is Feng Ruxiao, an idl —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 In Debt with Two Kids, I Became a Sensation in Showbiz Through Cooking 欠债带俩娃，我靠做饭爆火娱乐圈 [Transmigration + Adorable Kids + Making Money as a Street Vendor + Food + Livestreaming + Later Enters Showbiz + Pure Romance] Qin Manxi transmigrated into the body of another woman named Qin Manxi. She had only a few hundred yuan to her name and was saddled with a debt of a hundred thousand! To support herself and her two children, Qin Manxi started out selling food on the street. She used her earnings to raise the kids until they were plump and healthy, and took the opportunity to teach the s 93Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 44 Wow, I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Got Rich Selling Food 哇，意外穿越到古代靠美食暴富啦 Su Muke is a novelist. One night, she discovers that the bracelet she bought contains a pocket dimension. Her quick-witted little brain immediately jumps to the idea of transmigration, and as it turns out, she guessed right. Su Muke really does transmigrate to ancient times, with a sick man and a little dumpling in tow. With a pocket dimension at her disposal, she has nothing to fear. She does business and cooks delicious food in the ancient world, focused solely on making money. But why does th 6Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 45 A Noblewoman's Fit and Delicious Life in Ancient Times 古代贵女的健美食光 Mu Nanjia was a moderately well-known fitness blogger. One day, after eating a huge amount of crawfish before a livestream, she pushed herself through an exhausting workout stream and transmigrated to the Great Ying Dynasty, where she became the fourth young lady of the Duke of Dingguo’s household. She adapted quickly, then noticed that people’s standards of beauty seemed a little twisted. Young women wanted to be as thin as sticks, while men wore makeup and flowers in their hair, looking neithe 412Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 46 From Kang Bed to Kitchen Stove: My Clever Wife Makes Her Way as a Farmer 炕上灶下：娘子妙手跃农门 A chef accidentally gets reborn as a farm girl? Her house is drafty on all sides, and they’re so poor they can barely afford to eat! Food is a problem, her reputation is in tatters, and she has to support her mother and younger siblings! Food is life, and she’ll use her incredible cooking skills to win everyone’s palate over and lead her whole family out of poverty! Little does she know that just as her purse starts to fill, someone sets their sights on her... 118Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 47 Why Not Add Another Bowl of Rice? 不如添碗饭 [Farming + Food + Healing + Growth + Cozy + Lighthearted Comedy] [Cheerful, lively little cook × Arrogant, childish young lord Pei Qun of the marquis’s household: a bickering couple] A young woman who sells wontons in Jingzhou City finds an arrogant, childish man at her doorstep. She takes him home and stuffs him full of food, but the next day he sneaks away. The young woman saves up to open a restaurant and takes a job as a cook in the marquis’s household. Then one day, she discovers that the a 132Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 48 The Adorable Little Chef 小厨娘娇的很 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
- 49 I Open a Canteen in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 我在锦衣卫开食堂 “I’m a famous food blogger! There’s no way I can’t handle you lot!” Food blogger Song Zhaozhao accidentally transmigrated into the body of a vicious female supporting character. She ended up in a poor little mountain village, but her father doted on her, her mother loved her, and her older brother protected her. With a wave of her expert hand, Song Zhaozhao gave up on her childhood sweetheart and opened a canteen for the Embroidered Uniform Guard. “From today on, I’m in charge of your meals!” 1.6kReads—Score179Shelves
- 50 I Went to Ancient Times to Become a Master Chef, and My Husband Spoils Me Rotten 跑去古代当神厨，相公将我宠上天 A transmigrated God of Cooking + sweet romance + devoted to each other + authentic recipes The heroine has a personal space for storing ingredients. Starting as an ordinary village woman, she competes in culinary arts and becomes the greatest chef in the capital! All the recipes in this story are real and effective. Reading them has the miraculous effect of improving your cooking skills. Also, the hero is exceptionally gentle and a model of virtue as a husband, showing you the ultimate in devoti 28Reads6.5Score—Shelves
