Novels like The Spicy Girl of the 1980s: I Made My Fortune with Food
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- 1 The Army Wife's Little Kitchen, Her Commander Husband Can't Get Enough 八零随军小厨妻，首长老公馋疯了 [Food + military marriage + entrepreneurship + military family compound + mutually faithful romance + no System + transmigration] Xu Qinian, a world-class chef, accidentally transmigrates to the 1980s and becomes the “greedy shrew” despised by the entire village. To make a life for herself in the 1980s, she takes up her iron wok and turns her fate around: multilayered steamed buns win over her mean neighbors, crispy potato chips set the town market buzzing, and golden egg tarts launch a fortune- 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Food Blogger Transmigrates to the 1970s 美食博主穿越七零年代 Food blogger Su Niannian dies suddenly after staying up all night, then transmigrates to the 1970s. Fortunately, she has a pocket dimension stocked with an inexhaustible supply of goods! Fortunately, both her parents are alive and well, so she can enjoy the warmth of family! And fortunately, she marries a man who cherishes and spoils her, a harbor she can turn to when she is tired! The whole family stays together, happy and harmonious, and works toward a prosperous life! 182Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I’m a Chef in the Underworld 我在地府当厨师 [Cozy] [Healing] [Whimsical] [Gourmet] [Good food and love are both too precious to neglect] To keep up with the times and make the underworld more humane, the authorities offer perks to both the ghosts already living there and the newly arrived. You Xia, a human with an official underworld position, can travel between the living world and the underworld. An exceptionally skilled cook, she is assigned to a restaurant where she’ll prepare one free meal for each ghost, on the condition that they t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The 1980s: A Tough Army Officer Brought to His Knees by a Scheming Chef 八零：硬汉军官被腹黑厨娘拿捏了 A beautiful, gentle, self-reliant cook × a quiet, reserved, tough military officer [Military marriage + sweet romance + devoted couple + food + daily life + pocket dimension] [The pocket dimension levels up, and the leads were connected in a past life!] Jiang Mianmian has just earned the title of Culinary God when she transmigrates into a period novel as the cannon-fodder real heiress. The moment the original owner returns to her family, she's sent to the bed of a fat, balding old man. Furious, 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 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—14d adds
- 6 Transmigrated to the Eighties: The Imperial Chef's Lucky Darling Strikes It Rich 穿越八零：御厨福宝赚翻啦 Zhen Li, a young palace maid working in the imperial kitchens, opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated to 1983 and is being called a jinx who brings nothing but bad luck. Seeing how fiercely her adoptive parents stand up for her, Zhen clenches her fists and resolves to pull her whole family out of poverty and give them the kind of luxurious life fit for palace ladies! So Zhen Li has her parents set up a little food stall on the street in the middle of the night. Spicy braised snacks, pan-fr 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Reborn as a Culinary Belle in 1970 重生七零美厨娘 [Reborn + pocket dimension + tough veteran + adorable kids + sweet romance + face-slapping catharsis] In the 22nd century, the media called Shen Junhe a charming beauty and brilliant chef. Though she could have coasted on her looks, she relied on her talent instead, reaching the top of the culinary world at twenty and earning a billion a year by thirty. But her best friend teamed up with her business partner to cheat her out of her private restaurant, and she died of a heart attack. When she wok 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Reborn in 1970: The Chef Awakens Amid the Arguments 重生70，掌勺厨娘从吵架中觉醒 Synopsis | Era | Modern Romance | Farming, Female Chef | Transmigration She goes to the supermarket to fight an old lady for an egg, gets shoved, and transmigrates to the 1970s. Who wouldn’t lose it? [Alternate Universe + Period Setting + Countryside + Cooking + Devoted Couple + Pocket Space + Transmigration] Su Jin’s soul lands in the 1970s. Her mother has died, her scumbag father has remarried, and the two of them scheme to send her off to the countryside. An uncle might put up with it, but an 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn in the Eighties, I Strike It Rich with Delicious Food 重生八零，我靠美食暴富了 Sang Qiu had a miserable life in her previous one. Forced into marriage, her father hanged himself, her mother died a tragic death, and her younger sister was married off far away. Her own grandmother and uncle and aunt bled their family dry, taking everything from them down to the marrow in their bones. When she opens her eyes, she’s back in 1980. Fortunately, there’s still time to change everything! She earns money tutoring, pays off debts, and lays the groundwork for the future, making every 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1960s: A Charming Mom Raises Her Kids, Takes Down Scumbags, and Wins Over an Officer 穿书六零：俏亲妈带娃虐渣撩军官 (A place to park your brain! If you don't like it after a few chapters, please just stop reading instead of giving it a low rating. Writing isn't easy, so please don't leave negative reviews lightly.) Foodie Su Niantang transmigrates into a book, becoming the wicked mother with the same name in a period novel, a woman hated by people and dogs alike! Her husband is a handsome army officer stationed with his unit year-round, while back home she has twin four-year-old boys and a two-year-old younge 1Reads—Score314d adds
- 11 Gourmet: The World's Cooking Skills Have Dropped a Hundredfold! 美食：全球厨艺水平下降一百倍！ [Gourmet] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [Everyday life] [Making money] [Enjoying life] The world's culinary skills have declined a hundredfold. Earth has become a wasteland of flavor, and the average person is a master of disastrous cooking. Only Jiang Tao, bound to a Gourmet Panel, has retained his original cooking skills. An ordinary jianbing guozi suddenly becomes a delicacy adored by thousands! A bowl of egg fried rice, perfectly ordinary in his eyes, draws food lovers from all over, trampling dow 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 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 4Reads—Score214d adds
- 13 The 1980s: The Darling Chef Has the Big Shot Craving Her Cooking Again 八零：娇娇厨娘又把大佬馋哭了 My new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novels. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 51Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 14 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—14d adds
- 15 Making Gourmet Food in the 1970s 我在七零年代做美食 When she woke up, she took in the drab surroundings and the memories in her mind that weren't her own, and Xiang Xiaowei realized she'd transmigrated. The bracelet she'd worn for years had come with her, too. Inside it was a space measuring ten square meters. Who would've thought she'd become a mother of two? Who understands the joy of becoming a mom without the pain of childbirth! As a food blogger, she was ready to show off her skills in this era, raising the kids and building a career, and do 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The 1980s and My Pocket Space: The Charming Chef Wins Over a Handsome Veteran 八零空间：娇俏厨娘撩爆退伍糙汉 Space, cooking, food, face-slapping, revenge, and making a fortune She transmigrated just in time for the family division, and before she could say a word, the household had already been split up! With nothing but a dilapidated house, how could a family of widows and orphans survive? Luckily, she was a master chef. A new body, but the same mind. No matter how simple the ingredients, once they passed through her hands, they became top-notch dishes! With her space to give her a boost, making money 14Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 17 The Scholar’s Wife’s Little Eatery 秀才娘子的小饭馆 Transmigration + farming + food + business Xia Momo is a food blogger who unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an orphan in ancient times. They say saving someone’s life should be repaid with your own. And just like that, she becomes the wife of a young scholar. She gets back to her old trade, making delicious food and brewing fine wine. Her little restaurant grows more and more famous. Then she discovers that her own background is far from simple. Song Zhuo: “Wife, you won’t leave me, wi 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Became a Military Wife in the 1970s and Built a Food Empire 穿到七零成军嫂，我开美食城致富 Lin Yue, the queen of the apocalypse, transmigrates into a book as the impoverished cousin in a period novel. Not only has the heroine’s family seized her property, they also treat her like a servant and order her around all day! Her cousin Lin Xuewei is the heroine. Reborn, she wants to steal Lin Yue’s love interest, the male lead Xiao Heng. She tricks Lin Yue into taking veterinary medicine and sends her to Liu the Hooligan’s bed, hoping to ruin her with a reputation as a wanton woman! But whe 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 After I Transmigrated, I Won Over the Imperial Harem With My Cooking 穿越后我用美食征服后宫 Gu Yanyue, a three-Michelin-starred chef, transmigrates. She becomes the empress, but the emperor is a puppet ruler. To survive, Gu Yanyue returns to her old profession and starts cooking in the palace! The villainous consort's maid: “Your Ladyship, it's not that we haven't tried to poison her. The empress cooks for herself every day, so we never get the chance!” The vicious legitimate elder sister's maid: “Miss, I've been trying my best to seduce the emperor for you, but he insists on eating al 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Fanning Myself, I Dream of Fine Food; I Lower the Fan and Fall into Your Arms 摇扇思美食，停扇入君怀 Synopsis: [Married first, love later; a slow and steady romance; food. Healing little ray of sunshine × cold, disabled tycoon.] Su Tang wakes up inside an old-fashioned household drama novel as a cannon-fodder passerby. In the original story, she despises her husband Yun Zhan for his disabled legs, conspires with outsiders to empty the Yun family estate, and is ultimately divorced and beaten to death. Looking at her husband in his wheelchair, a man as wealthy as a nation but as cool and distant 546Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 22 Transmigrating: I'm the Culinary God of the Marquis's Manor 穿越之我在侯府当厨神 Top private chef Su He had just won a major award when she opened her eyes and found herself the new wife of a marquis in ancient times! Her husband, Xiao Heng? He went off to war on their wedding night, leaving her with little more than a name in the background. Faced with a marquis's estate where she knew no one and the food was dreadful, Su, the legendary chef, had had enough: the kitchen was her battlefield! With modern cooking skills as her golden finger and her wealthy family backing her u 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 23 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—14d adds
- 24 Wuhu! I Built a City and Earned a Noble Title in Space with My Cooking 芜湖！我在星际靠美食建城封爵 [System] + [Gourmet] + [Livestream] Xie Yu bonded with a Gourmet System and arrived in the interstellar era, just as the empire's cultures were blending together. Yet it was still a culinary wasteland. She was skinny, with dry, brittle hair, and had nothing but a brain-computer and a suitcase when she was sent off to a remote planet. Fortunately, she had the System. She could deprive anyone of anything, but never her stomach: spicy chicken, braised pork noodles, Dongpo pork, soy-braised pork knu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 My Restaurant Connects Two Worlds 我的饭店通两界 A new story is here. I hope you'll enjoy it! Shen Yanshu was specially admitted and promoted to Saint Delan Noble Academy because of her excellent grades. Who could have guessed that people at the school would take a dislike to her and bully her? But she wasn't one to take it lying down. After slapping a bully, she resolutely dropped out. She returned to the house her grandparents had left her, only to unexpectedly awaken a System and start a restaurant in ancient times. Even more surprising, s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Female Head Chef at the State-Run Restaurant 国营饭店女大厨 Luo Yu, heir to a family of imperial chefs, transmigrates from the flames of war in 1939 to the remote southwest frontier in 1971. Someone arranges for her to marry a fool? She kicks him to the curb! Her family doesn’t love her? She leaves them behind! There’s something suspicious about her background? Who cares! The southwest is wonderful, the southwest is a dream, and its mountains are filled with treasures. Termite mushrooms, indigo milk caps, longans, bananas, tree tomatoes… Watch an heir to 1.6kReads8.7Score17514d adds
- 27 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 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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—14d adds
- 29 Amazing! The Lovely Military Wife Goes on a Food-Fueled Rampage 惊！俏军嫂，靠美食杀疯了 Oh my gosh! Can you believe you could get crushed to death just while shopping at a supermarket? It happened to Du Jiao! After dying, she transmigrates to the 1980s. To her surprise, Heaven gives her loving parents and a pocket dimension, too. Well, she'll just have to accept reality and make the best of her new life! Oh? It turns out the original owner was married, but it was an accident, so there's no love between them! What? He's a handsome soldier with long legs and a slim waist, and he's no 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Cooking Up a Storm in the 1980s, My Kids Are Drooling 八零年代做美食，家里小孩馋哭了 [Everyday family life, told at an unhurried pace] Yao Jiang's consciousness inhabits the body of a chef in another world. After learning a wealth of skills, she returns to the 1980s, with a culinary pocket dimension thrown in as a bonus. She opens a steamed bun shop and raises a well-behaved child. All in all, life gives her plenty to look forward to. 453Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Gourmet: This Is Crazy! People Queued for Three Blocks Just to Eat 美食：疯了！为口吃的排了三条街 [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [Everyday Life] [Comfort Food] [Lighthearted] Xia Ning unexpectedly awakens a random Gourmet Shop System. Each time, he opens a shop in a completely random location, serving randomly selected delicacies to all kinds of customers. He sells sweet and spicy duck neck on Gourmet Street, and Tongguan roujiamo on the pedestrian street... While countless customers are still fretting over being unable to buy his food, Boss Xia has opened yet another shop... “Boss, could you op 57Reads—Score414d adds
- 32 Transmigrated to the 1980s: Every Dish at My Restaurant Is in High Demand! 穿越八零：我的饭馆一菜难求！ When Tang Ruanyuan woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated to the 1980s. At the time, Danchuan Village had just implemented the household land contract system. Her family consisted of a father with a bad leg and a seven-year-old younger brother. Looking at their dirt-poor tile-roofed house and the nearly empty rice jar, Tang Ruanyuan rolled up her sleeves and started doing what she knew best, selling food, with her little brother at her side. In the gold-rush decade of the 1980s, Tang Ruan 60Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 33 The Cannon-Fodder Villainess Uses Her Cooking Skills to Shine in a Period Novel 炮灰女配用厨艺在年代文鲨疯了 Su Wanyi discovers she’s transmigrated into a female-led novel set in a bygone era. She’s useless at everything, but number one at being cannon fodder. Every time her cousin rises to power, Su Wanyi becomes the perfect stepping stone. Every time her cousin meets a promising backup suitor, Su Wanyi is the perfect comparison. Once every last drop of her value has been squeezed out, she dies a miserable death. Everyone says that’s simply her fate! Su Wanyi scoffs! You want to make a state-banquet c 157Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Sweet Pampering in the 1980s: The Foodie Wife Is No Pushover 八零暖宠，美食娇妻不好惹 She opens her eyes and finds herself back in 1983, transformed into a pitiful bride whom her parents “sold” to a local thug for two hundred yuan. Her bride price went straight toward covering the debts of her good-for-nothing younger brother. With her husband’s family living in abject poverty and her own family watching like vultures, she wields spicy mala xiang guo in one hand and braised intestines in the other, winning over the whole street with her cooking and turning her carefree husband in 457Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 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—14d adds
- 36 The 1980s Chef's Rise to Wealth 八零厨娘发家史 A master chef takes a tumble and is reborn in a poor rural village in the 1980s. Her parents are useless, her relatives are all weirdos, handsome men are impossible to handle, and people call her a jinx, a seductress, a money pit, and an ungrateful wretch... A terrible hand of cards is no big deal. With her incredible cooking skills, Jiang Zhilian can take on the world with nothing but her bare hands! [The heroine plays dumb while secretly outsmarting everyone; the male lead is scheming but dote 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I Set Up a Street Stall Selling Snacks in Ancient Times and Made My Fortune 我在古代摆摊卖小吃，逆袭致富了 In her previous life, Ning Xia had little control over her own fate. She was an agent, but loved experimenting with pastries. In the end, she was outmatched and blown to pieces. After transmigrating and being reborn, Ning Xia took one look at the mess left behind by the original owner and got straight to work. She beat her vicious uncle and aunt so badly even their own mother wouldn’t recognize them. She swindled a sum of money from her treacherous fiancé and gave it to the shameless woman he wa 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Sent Back to the Countryside, the Fake Heiress Feeds Her Whole Family with Her Cooking 被赶回乡下，假千金大厨养活全家 Chu Xiang, a head chef at state banquets, transmigrates into a novel set in the 1970s. She becomes a fake heiress framed by the real heiress and on the verge of being sent to the countryside to die. Faced with a drafty mud-brick house and a family of gaunt, malnourished people, she rolls up her sleeves and activates the [God of Cooking Space]! One serving of spicy diced rabbit leaves the whole village drooling; one bowl of napa cabbage in clear broth wins over the military district’s top brass. 149Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 39 Reborn, I Became a Rich Woman With a Food System 重生后我靠美食系统成了富婆 Su Xianyin grew up under her mother's loving care in her previous life, but she was set up and married off to Wang Laowu, a man who committed every kind of evil. He tormented her for half her life. Just as she was preparing to spend the rest of her days in resignation, she discovered that she had been reborn on the day she was framed. By a twist of fate, she was saved by Ling Qingqiu, whom she had known in her previous life. In this new life, Su Xianyin will make everyone who wronged her pay. H —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Reborn in 1990: After Splitting from the Family, I Sold Braised Meat and Became a Rich Woman 重生九零分家后，我卖卤肉成富婆 Synopsis: [Period setting + sweet romance + revenge + face-slapping + making money] [Sweet, independent, strong-willed heroine x aloof on the outside, flirtatious inside, devoted hero] After a three-day fever, Shu Man wakes up and realizes she's reborn, back at age sixteen in 1992. Her grandmother is in good health, but her scummy uncle and aunt are in charge. They force her to work while sick and even want to sell her to an old man as his wife for just 2,000 yuan. Don't mistake a tiger for a ki 54Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 41 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—14d adds
- 42 Sweet Military Romance: The Villainess Builds a Fortune and Raises Her Child 军婚甜宠，恶毒女配发家致富养娃 Eighties military marriage + cozy child-rearing + female lead transmigrates into a book + second female lead reborn + marriage before love + regretful pursuit + food-producing space + rugged, tough hero Fang Yan transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder mother, who doesn’t survive the first three chapters. Her husband belongs to the nation, and after their marriage, her vicious mother-in-law’s family torments her until she becomes depressed. Her postpartum depression worsens, and sh 9Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 43 A Foodie's Daily Life After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Character 穿成炮灰后吃货日常 A few things to know: one-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s first and only, and a warm, everyday-life feel. Most importantly, this is a food novel! Everything in the plot serves the food! Gu San, the most dazzling young man in Bianjing, is getting married. His bride is Xie Yuechan, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Heyang. The news sends the capital into an uproar. The young ladies tear their handkerchiefs to shreds, while the handsome young gentlemen with even a little charm a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I Set Up a Food Stall in the 1980s and Became a Sensation 我在八零摆摊卖美食，火出圈了 Tang Xi dies and returns to the age of fifteen, carrying the wordless book her master gave her years ago: All the Food Under Heaven. That year, the Tang family’s biological daughter is finally found, and Tang Xi is left behind by her adoptive parents. Feeling guilty toward their real daughter, Tang Xi gives in to her at every turn, only to earn her adoptive parents’ resentment and the disdain of her childhood sweetheart and fiancé... On top of that, she falls ill and misses the college entrance 160Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Reborn in the 1970s: Extra-Spicy Hot Pot and a Henpecked Male Lead 重生七零：火锅变态辣男主耙耳朵 [Transmigrate into a book + Period setting + Gourmet + System + Adorable kids + Military marriage + Sweet romance + Get rich] Wu Fengjuan is reborn in the body of a cannon-fodder military wife in the 1970s. From the start, the male lead has “died in action,” her in-laws despise her, and she has three hungry little babies to feed. Life is hard? Luckily, the [Good Fortune Gourmet System] drops right into her lap! Get pregnant and have babies to level up! From pearl milk tea and golden pumpkin cake 187Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Young Imperial Chef Becomes the Green Tea Girl's Sister in the Eighties 小御厨在八零给绿茶当妹妹 [Food + Marriage Before Love] Shen Qinglan was an ordinary young woman living in 1986. After unexpectedly transmigrating into an ancient food novel, she honed her cooking skills. But when she transmigrated back, she discovered that her life had changed. Her father, who used to dote on her, now hated her. Her mother, once devoted to her father, had left home and filed for divorce. And she herself had become a foolish girl who did nothing but obey. The entire Shen family was under the control of h 266Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The System Makes Me a Master Chef and Ruin My CEO Husband's Life 系统逼我当厨神顺便搞垮总裁老公 [Food blogger + secret recipes + livestreaming + entrepreneurship + doting romance] The night I was bound to a food System, I met a delivery guy so handsome he seemed otherworldly, but also kind of weird. I never expected him to become my future boss! System: “As the eighteenth-generation heir to a family of Chinese cuisine, will you choose to save traditional food culture?” Me: “Is this some new kind of scam by a fishing AI?” System: “Collect evidence of scandals at the Ling Group’s prepared-f 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 I Wielded the Wok in the 1970s 我在七十年代颠大勺 Shen Xiuzhi, the top chef in Huaguo, accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. She becomes a pampered young lady whose family is from the Five Black Categories, the daughter of a “stinking intellectual,” and someone who’s useless at everything and eats more than she can earn. Facing a terrible hand from the start, she uses her state-banquet-level cooking skills to establish herself at a state-run restaurant. She also puts the cultural knowledge left behind by the original owner to clever use, sna 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Gourmet: Running a Nursing Home Kitchen, While the Whole World Begs Me to Open a Restaurant 美食：掌勺养老院，全世界跪求我开店 [Food + cozy daily life + healing and relaxing + building a fortune] Lin Momo, a nursing home caregiver, unexpectedly acquires a gourmet pocket dimension. Every time she earns praise through her cooking, she can claim even better rewards! Crispy river shrimp, stir-fried to bring out their fresh, savory flavor; Silk-baby vegetable wraps in rich broth, full of texture and good for your health; Steamed soup dumplings with thin skins, generous fillings, and plenty of juice; Rich, delicious coconut m 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Transmigrated as an Evil Mother in Ancient Times? I Built a Fortune with Food and Fed the Whole Family 穿成古代恶毒娘？美食致富养全家 [Farming + food + raising children + everyday life] One day, Jiang Miao transmigrates into a wicked woman who used to abuse her son!!! Looking at her sweet, sensible, adorable eldest boy, Jiang Miao decides to spread Chinese cuisine throughout this world and make enough money to support the family. Spicy dry pot, sweet-and-sour carp, mapo tofu, spicy pepper soup, Dongpo pork... There are all kinds of delicious dishes. She never expects that her cooking will turn her into a top chef. From a tiny 18Reads—Score—14d adds
