Novels like The Ghost Chef: Cooking for Gluttonous Ghosts in Ancient Times
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- 151 Midnight Diner: Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup 深夜食堂：鸭血粉丝汤 Late-Night Diner: Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 The Jiang Family Restaurant: A Day-to-Day Story 江家食肆经营日常 Jiang Zi opened her eyes and found herself a village girl in ancient times. Her family had nothing; her mother was bedridden and frail, her older brother worked himself to the bone to earn money, and her youngest brother was only five, thin and weak. At least they had no awful relatives, and the whole family was doing their best to get by. What was there to fear about being poor? A person with a skill could make a good life anywhere. They earned money, built a house, bought farmland and shops, a 1.1kReads6.5Score143Shelves
- 153 With My Superb Cooking, I Blaze a Trail Through Ancient Times with Delicious Food 厨艺超高的我在古代用美食开道 [Transmigration + alternate world + food + business + opening a shop + farming + golden finger] Food is the focus, with no awful family members and few unpleasant characters overall. * The heroine is neither foolish nor naive, and she's no lovesick fool. She's kind but not a pushover, and she keeps a clear head. The hero won't appear until the later chapters set in the capital. No palace or household intrigues, just plenty of delicious food! * An alternate-world setting! Some systems are based o 182Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 154 Canceled After Becoming a Villainess, I Set Up a Food Stall and Make the Whole Internet Drool 穿成恶女被封杀，摆摊馋疯全网 [Food System + Lighthearted Comedy + Cozy + Heartwarming + Transmigration into a Food Story + Functional Ingredients + Comfort Food + Beautifully Plated Dishes + Romance] The male lead is more of a background character, just one part of our heroine’s play~~ (*^3^) /~☆ Transmigrated into a disgraced, scandal-ridden nobody, with her role stolen, her contract locking her in, and the entire internet telling her to get lost? Jiang Li tears up her contract and makes a run for it on the spot: “Let the 286Reads5.6Score100Shelves
- 155 Living in a Cowshed from the Start, I Build a Fortune with My Pocket Dimension 开局住牛棚，手握空间发家致富 [Rebirth + Farming + Feel-Good Story + AI] Yu Ruolan transmigrates to an ancient mountain village, into the home of a farming family, and becomes their eldest daughter: lazy, greedy, and vain. Her eldest younger brother is honest but useless; her second and third brothers are full of defiance; her fourth brother is disabled, and her mother is weak-willed... Eldest brother: “We don't have any farmland now. What are we going to do?” Second brother: “What are you looking at? It's all your fault. If 241Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 156 A Transmigrated Country Girl's Pastoral Life 穿越农女之婉清的田园生活 [Transmigration + spirit-spring space + farming (early) + business (middle and later)] One day, Wanqing woke up in the body of a farmer's daughter in the Great Qian Dynasty. With a nasty grandmother and a domineering aunt on one side, and an overly kind father and a meek mother on the other, Wanqing vowed to protect her family and lead them to a comfortable life! And the first thing she had to do was split the household! After getting her wish, she looked at the bare thatched hut and sighed. The 218Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 157 Gourmet: I Keep Myself Alive by Eating on a Dating Show 美食：我在恋综靠干饭续命 [Food first, with a goofy dating show on the side. The heroine is all about her career; men only slow down my eating.] After transmigrating into the body of a bit-part actress who won't survive three days, Ning Meng is packed off to a dating show as the universally disliked foil. Just when she's about to despair, the [Food Keeps You Alive System] binds to her! [Host, you have to eat to stay alive!] While everyone else is flirting and chasing butterflies, she calculates how many minutes a dish wi 72Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 158 Amazing! I Made a Fortune in Ancient Times with Modern Cuisine 惊！我靠现代美食在古代发家致富 (Transmigration + alternate world + farm space + devoted couple + food + farming and business + making a fortune + cozy, peaceful daily life) Lin Qiyue was punished with transmigration for wasting half a steamed bun. She arrived in an ancient village, in the poorest household around. Her eldest brother was disabled, her younger siblings were little, and the family had neither enough to eat nor clothes to keep warm. Lin Qiyue was close to tears, but luckily there was always a way out. She bound h 177Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 The Cook Takes Charge: I Use Food to Crush Villains and Become a Legend 厨娘当家：我靠美食虐渣封神 After transmigrating, Su Qiaoqiao, a twenty-first-century chef, wakes up in the body of a girl from a poor farming family in ancient times. From the start, she's in an “epic” mess: her parents want to sell her sister to pay for her brother's education. Faced with her self-important brother's disdain and her parents' obsessive devotion to their son, she lets out a cold laugh and goes berserk on the spot. “Sell my sister? Think bigger! Why not sell off you, the tender-skinned scholar, to become a 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 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
- 161 Reborn as a Market Town Girl, I Open a Shop and Make a Fortune 穿成市井小娘子开店发家记 [Humble Life + Time Travel + Food + Opening a Shop + Power Fantasy + Lighthearted] Set in an imaginary dynasty, so don’t worry about historical accuracy. Food takes center stage, with the plot playing a supporting role. The story is cozy and mellow throughout, with no dramatic ups and downs. It’s about everyday life and making a better living. The plot and characters are fairly ordinary, so it’s a good read when you’re bored. In her previous life, Jiang Yao lived alone through five years of the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 Transported to a Farm Village, I Became a General's Wife After Breaking Off My Engagement 穿到农门，退婚后我成了将军夫人 [Fleeing disaster + farming + getting rich + transmigration into a book + devoted couple + sweet romance; a strong heroine] Lin Yinyin died and came back to life, only to learn that she had transmigrated from one book into another. This time, at least, heaven had finally shown her some kindness. Unfortunately, before she could even celebrate, one miserable family problem after another came her way. She breaks off the marriage her grandmother arranged and marries the eldest son of the Fu family, 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 Transmigrate and Get Everyone to Love Their Food 穿越之让大家爱上干饭 [Gourmet] [Alternate Setting] [Sweet Romance] [Marriage Before Love] [Relaxed and Easygoing] [Alien Planet] [Everyday Life] Luo Yao never imagined that one day she would transmigrate to a planet much like Earth and inherit an estate. She planned to grow vegetables and cook, settling into a quiet retirement on her own. But to inherit the place, she also had to marry Mu Chen, the heir to the richest family. Mu Chen once happened to see Luo Yao squatting beside a car, eating glutinous rice ball 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 Transmigrated as a Kitchen Maid, I Win Over the Devil Prince with Viral Dishes 穿成厨丫，网红美食拿捏魔鬼殿下 A food blogger transmigrates and becomes an obscure kitchen maid in the Third Prince’s household! Her immediate superior is the notoriously fussy and difficult Third Prince, a devil who beats and berates the staff whenever a dish fails to please him. No problem! This modern food blogger’s skills are the real deal! Milk tea, cream-filled pastries, and creative snacks make their way to the table one after another, and before long she has the icy Third Prince completely wrapped around her finger. H 20Reads—Score182Shelves
- 165 Settling Down in the Greater Khingan Mountains 大兴安岭安家记 [The simple pleasures of eating and drinking with my young husband in ancient times] Transmigration + farming + no golden finger + no special abilities + no pocket dimension She transmigrates to ancient times and opens her eyes to find herself married to a young hunter who hasn’t grown into his full height yet. There are no parents-in-law above them, and no uncles, aunts, or younger sisters-in-law below. They have not a single strip of farmland, and their only room is deep in the mountains. Well 16Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 166 Transmigrating to the Countryside to Farm and Falling for a Prince 穿越农家种田遇上王爷 On her way home from her family's farm, Lin Ziyun encountered a drunk driver who sent her to Tianli, a kingdom that had never existed in history. She became the youngest daughter of a farming family that barely had enough to eat. Still, fate wasn't entirely unkind to her: here, her parents doted on her, and her older siblings looked after her. Since she was here, she decided to make the best of it. In the modern world, she had run a farm, a hospital, a hotel, a real estate company, and a clothin 214Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 167 Reborn as a Villainous Wife, I Spoil My Lame Husband 穿成恶妇，我娇养了瘸腿夫君 [Transmigration + farming + gourmet food + lame husband + sweet romance] [Obedient puppy-like male lead, beautiful and capable heroine who isn't an overbearing type, one-on-one, both leads' first time, happy ending] Ding Ling transmigrates into the wife Gu Ming bought for two taels of silver. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees a scrawny man dragging her beloved husband outside. Scrawny man: “Come help me! Do you still want the money or not?” Ding Ling: ... Am I really this bold? Lookin 5.7kReads8.6Score397Shelves
- 168 Transmigrated into a Tragic Novel as Cannon Fodder, I Turned the Tables with Food 穿成虐文炮灰，我靠美食逆风翻盘 [Food + System + business + healing each other + obsessive, scheming male lead] Yun Shu, a descendant of imperial chefs, opens her eyes to find she has become a doomed cannon-fodder character in an old-fashioned tragic romance. Not only did she spend her life giving the heroine resources and taking the blame for her, but even after her death, she became part of their PLAY. They really used her to the very end. Why should the whole world’s lives be sacrificed just so their love story can be passi 28Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 169 After the Earl’s Household Kicked Us Out, Our Family Came Back for Revenge 被伯府赶出府后我们一家杀回来了 [System space + fictional setting + heartwarming + political intrigue + secret identities + feel-good power fantasy] Chu Yuechi, an award-winning personal bodyguard, falls into the water while trying to save her younger sister, who had slipped in… And her whole family comes along to a fictional dynasty. Their family transmigrates to ancient times. Their parents’ original selves were both real pieces of work, and the eldest branch of the family was driven out of the Earl’s residence and sent t 381Reads9.0Score101Shelves
- 170 Su Jixiang, the Frontier Cook 边疆厨娘苏吉祥 Food blogger Su Jixiang transmigrates into the body of a palace maid in the Cold Palace. What does palace intrigue have to do with a mere maid like her? She thought she could keep her head down and quietly survive until she turned twenty-five, when she'd be released from the palace to live like a wealthy woman. Little did she know the emperor would flee! As a remnant of the fallen emperor's court, Su Jixiang was bestowed upon a general guarding the border. The palace had one fewer Aunt Jixiang, 127Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 171 A Family in a Little Village 小村人家 [Farming + Food + No System + No Romance + Building a Career] When Li Yun wakes up, she is still Li Yun, but not quite the same Li Yun anymore. She has been reborn as Li Yunniang in Anyang Village. Her father dotes on her, her mother loves her, and her older brothers and sisters-in-law spoil her. She has plenty to eat and drink, but not a penny to her name. No matter. Let's see how Yunniang leads her family in farming and storing grain, then makes delicious food to sell at a stall. She builds wo 246Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 172 Fragrance Across the Nine Provinces: A Gourmet Legend 香飘九州，美食传奇 A food-focused transmigration story, light and cheerful, perfect for reading in the evening with a meal. Food is at its heart, but home, nation, the world, and a sense of duty are all part of the story. A legitimate-born daughter versus an overbearing heir: power struggles, business management, palace and household intrigue, and face-slapping. The male and female leads are both smart and capable, and bring out the best in each other... Charcoal-grilled matsutake, hand-torn roast rabbit, meat ske 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Made a Fortune with My Rugged Husband 穿越古代，带糙汉相公发家致富 [Historical romance + farming and commerce + sweet romance + food + rugged husband and lovely wife] Su Qingqing transmigrated into a dynasty that had never existed in history. Looking at her dilapidated home and her husband, whose clothes were covered in patches, she decided to build her fortune in ancient times with her own two hands! The first step to getting rich: Su Qingqing dusted off her signature skill, selling braised pork rice! Next came braised pork ramen, milk tea, spicy hot pot, and 679Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 174 The Little Lucky Star of the Farming Family: We Turned Our Fortune Around with Food 农门小福星：全家靠做美食逆袭了 Su Xiaojin, a modern-day foodie, transmigrates into the body of a poor peasant girl in ancient times and becomes the Su family’s beloved lucky charm. What? The family sold their land, her eldest brother’s engagement was called off, and her second brother even sold himself? The Su family has become the laughingstock of the village. No problem! I’ll make delicious food to earn silver, buy land and fields, build a house, and open a shop. The Su family will rise again and have the last laugh. And al 2.2kReads8.3Score219Shelves
- 175 Are You Kidding? You Call Her a Little Farm Girl? 疯了吧，你管这叫小农女 After being humiliated, Xiang Wanshu finally woke up to who she was! She collected manure to make fertilizer, planted corn, and rallied the whole village to join her. She set up a barbecue stall that even attracted the county magistrate, and taught a group of refined scholars the proper way to eat skewers! She bought a bully’s mansion and turned it straight into a barbecue restaurant, making it a popular local hot spot. She carved out a world of ice and snow by hand, drawing visitors from far an 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 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 205Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 The Beloved of the Family in the 1980s: I Open a Shop with My Family and Make Everyone Drool 八零团宠：带全家开店馋哭天下人 (Period setting + System + gourmet food + rich beauty + transmigrate) The original owner was the youngest daughter, adored by her entire family. After transmigrating, Song Mengying gets the God of Cooking System. Though she has never cooked in her life, this complete novice starts by steaming buns. Then she and her family sell food from a handcart, steadily making their way toward prosperity, one step at a time. Huh? How did I get so strong? Huh? Why do I have so much more energy? Good heavens, 134Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 178 The Little Chef of Judge Shen's Household 沈提刑家的小厨娘 Fresh crucian carp sliced thin, celery soup from the emerald stream. A breeze brushes the willows, and a beauty... can lift a mountain with a mighty roar! Everyone knows that Miss Meng of the inn is as beautiful as a flower and a wonderful cook, but no one knows she can lift a giant vat with one hand or bend down and pull up a willow tree. Passing by, Judge Shen: Excuse me! * I love you, my lord. Do you know? The audacious Meng Sujin pounced on Shen Shinian, the judicial commissioner of the Cour 682Reads7.2Score128Shelves
- 179 A Chang’an Food Entrepreneur’s Diary 长安美食创业记 The spring breeze stirs the willows, and apricot blossoms glisten in the misty rain. Behind the counter at the Wonderflavor Restaurant in Chongdefang, the proprietress stands poised, eyes lowered. One hand moves the abacus while the other writes and sketches on a sheet of paper. Lin Yuxi: Buy a house and land, settle in Chang’an, and live a wealthy, carefree life with fine food and wine for company. Qin Yue: I’ve established my career. It’s time to start a family. (A transmigration story in an i 197Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 180 I Opened a Food Shop in Bianjing 我在汴京开食铺 Su Tang opens an eatery on Majia Street in Bianjing. Every day, she's either experimenting with new dishes or going out to visit friends. In autumn, there's tea brewed over a brazier, osmanthus sweet-bean paste dumplings, and roasted milk tea with osmanthus honey dumplings. In winter, there's plum-blossom soup noodles, plum-blossom honey, boiled meat and vegetables, and candied hawthorn skewers. In spring, there's osmanthus cake, spring platters, wontons with bamboo shoots and bracken, green ric 736Reads—Score101Shelves
- 181 The Farmer's Daughter Is Blessed, Sweet, and Beautiful 农家福女娇又美 Synopsis: [Healing Peasant Girl] + [Beloved by the Whole Farming Family] + [Devoted Man] Fu Ning woke up as a young village woman who had been dumped by a scumbag. She had barely woken up before her wicked granny tried to sell her off, so she had no choice but to transmigrate and get married. At least her new husband was handsome and educated. But once she left her parents' home, she realized her new husband couldn't stand her at all!!! Fu Ning rolled her eyes at the sky. Fine, just don't regret 1.1kReads9.0Score151Shelves
- 182 The Five-Flavored Miss 五味小娘子 After transmigrating into an ancient farming household with nothing but bare walls, Wanqing takes it all in stride. She brings modern internet-famous seasonings to the past, and even at a young age, she makes a name for herself far and wide with her cooking, builds a fortune, and sees her business flourish. By chance, she picks up a darling husband along the way, a possessive man with a deep love for her. Together, they return home, and their leisurely country life begins. 515Reads8.6Score102Shelves
- 183 The Farmer’s Little Baby: Blessing the Entire Empire 农家小奶包，福泽全皇朝 Everyone’s Darling + Farming + Business + Medicine + Spatial Powers + Adorable Pets The three-thousand-year-old Divine Maiden has once again reached the time when she needs to cultivate a lifetime’s worth of merit. This time, she arrives in an alternate ancient era. The Lou family hasn’t had a baby girl born in three generations, so she becomes the little one who is about to be born into the family. The ten older brothers: Our little sister is so adorable. The doting grandparents: None of your b 501Reads9.0Score103Shelves
- 184 After Overthrowing the Court, the Doomsday Big Shot Chooses to Farm 推翻朝廷后，末世大佬选择种田 [Farming + strong female lead + pocket dimension + supernatural powers] A powerful survivor from the apocalypse died alongside the Zombie King while saving her young sidekick, then transmigrated to ancient times as a lowly farm girl. Jiang Lianyu planted her hands on her hips and laughed. Heaven had finally taken pity on her! She had escaped that pitch-black hellhole of an apocalypse and could now enjoy a life where success came easy. She farms, hunts, opens workshops, builds a school, gets th 127Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 185 One Cup of Milk Tea Paves the Way to Wealth in Ancient Times 一杯奶茶造就古代致富之路 Transmigration + Simple, Peaceful Life + Starting from Scratch + Making a Fortune + No Romance {Food + Opening Shops + Buying Houses and Storefronts + Making Tea + Opening a Mountain Resort + Milk Tea + Nail Art + Supermarket Chains... She’ll build it all!} All I did was drink a cup of milk tea and stay up late. Why did I, a fine young woman of the 21st-century Chinese nation, wake up in an obscure dynasty with no place in the history books, as a sickly, delicate girl from a tiny village? At lea 135Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 186 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
- 187 Reborn as an Elementary Schooler, I Take the Internet by Storm with My Cooking 重生小学生，我靠做饭火爆全网 Rebirth + elementary school student + heartwarming + family life + a touch of ensemble cast + romance [The score is rather low since it just started, but it'll rise later.] In a single moment, Fang Xuan is reborn as an elementary school student. With elderly grandparents, unreliable parents, and a little sister still crying for milk, she has no choice but to shoulder the burden of supporting the family at such a young age and become an internet influencer. But how did she accidentally end up wit 95Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 188 The Chief Minister's Darling Wife: I Run a Country Feast in the Ancient Countryside 首辅娇娘：我在古代农村烧大席 [Banquet Cooking + Farming + Business + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance] Tang Yuanyuan, from a family of master chefs, wakes up in the body of a farm girl in Great Zhou, only to have her engagement broken off from the start! Her father is sickly, her family is poor, and when they run out of grain, they eat bran. The whole family scrimps and saves, going hungry one day and eating their fill the next, just to pay their taxes. How are they supposed to get through these hard times? They’ll get through 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 A Young Mother of Three Marries a Foolish Man and Builds a Better Life 小娘子一拖三，嫁给傻夫奔小康 With both her parents dead, Li Shu is about to be sold to a brothel by her idle, gambling-addicted uncle to pay off his debts. Then a marriage proposal arrives. What? The man is a fool! Fine, as long as he’ll take her and her three siblings, she’ll marry even a fool. And so Li Shu marries into the family with her three younger siblings in tow, becoming the wife of a fool whose parents are also dead. But before she can enjoy even a few peaceful days, disaster strikes and famine follows. She got m 44Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 190 After Reincarnating as a Villainess, I Helped My Worthy Husband Fulfill His Ambitions 穿成恶女后，我扶贤夫凌云志 [Transmigration] + [Farming] + [Making a fortune] Oh no, I got struck by lightning! Don't panic, I'm not dead. I've transmigrated! 🥰 What? My parents are both spineless, my relatives are awful, and my husband is disabled? What did I ever do to deserve this? I refuse to accept it! I'll defy fate and change my destiny! 🥰 I'm a pro at making money. Listen up, everyone, time to get to work! Horrible relatives, stick your faces out and get ready to meet my Five Finger Mountain! 🥰 And you, dear reader 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 After Transmigrating, I Pick Up Three Good-for-Nothing Sons 穿越后白捡三个不成器的儿子 Su Tan had it rough! She had somehow transmigrated into the role of stepmother to three children. Her unreliable husband spent all his time in the army and never came home more than once a year. Her mother-in-law spent her days mooching off others and waiting for someone else to take charge. The three half-grown boys were so thin and pale from hunger that they practically drooled two pounds at the sight of white rice. “What kind of transmigration leaves you this malnourished!” Su Tan was too exh —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 A World of Flavor 风味人间 Food is the main storyline, travel the side plot. This is not a wish-fulfillment story, there’s no face-slapping, and the tone is laid-back and slice-of-life. (He starts out alone and picks up friends along the way.) Xu Jinhuan is a skilled chef, with questionable manners, and the number-one slacker in the country. After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world and unlocking the Food System, Xu Jinhuan goes from a newly graduated aspiring chef to a creator of flavorful cuisine. His schedu 12Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 193 A Prosperous Era's Chef: Too Bad My Husband Lives to Eat 盛世厨娘：奈何夫君是吃货 An accident sent Lin Jiu, a twenty-four-year-old Chinese chef, transmigrating into the body of a dim-witted fourteen-year-old girl in Jiangzhou City, Great Qi. It was a strange dynasty, but it was just as full of food lovers. So Lin Jiu drew on her excellent modern cooking skills to spark a food craze in Great Qi and lead an entirely new culinary trend. What Lin Jiu didn't expect was that as her fame grew, she would also catch the eye of a certain scheming foodie… 396Reads8.3Score106Shelves
- 194 Farming in a Fishing Village: The Lucky Carp's Sweet, Tender Bride 渔村种田，锦鲤甜妻软又娇 Food blogger Li Ying opened and closed her eyes, and found herself in ancient times, suddenly a mother... Her mother-in-law was unkind, her brother-in-law overbearing, and her husband indifferent... With a pocket dimension and one hundred thousand coconuts, Li Ying flipped the table. She was done with this! She was taking the kids and running away! After ending up in a small fishing village, Li Ying’s eyes widened. Those seafood products being sold for next to nothing could all be turned into de 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 The Rising Foodie 进击的美食达人 [Secret Crush Turns Real + Sweet Romance + Workplace + Everyday Life + Inspirational] Her classmates mocked her as “petty and hopeless,” saying she was only fit to scrape by at a small company. But through her own efforts, she created the hugely popular food channel “Feast on Fire.” One day, she accidentally let her true identity slip, leaving everyone stunned! Fans: “I always thought you were a huge fatty. I never imagined you’d be such a beauty! You love eating so much, yet you’re still that s 265Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 196 The Prince Has a Princess Consort Who Knows How to Make Money 王爷有个会捞钱的小王妃 Leng Ruobing is a popular livestreamer. Invited to promote a brand's new gourmet products in H City, she made the campaign such a success that the brand arranged for a group of marketing department executives to take her to a local seven-A scenic attraction as a reward. What a VIP treatment! But good fortune and bad luck go hand in hand. On the boardwalk, she came across a man trying to end his life by jumping off a cliff. He decided to take someone with him, and, as luck would have it, grabbed 763Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 197 The Clever Little Chef: Running a Canteen in Ancient Times 锦心小厨娘：我在古代承包食堂 The dining hall at the Imperial College was a complete mess. Then one day, a new cook arrived, and an endless array of delicious dishes followed. The dining hall became not only a place the students flocked to, but also the dream destination of countless food lovers. “Son, go buy your father two meat-stuffed flatbreads from your dining hall today. Otherwise, I won’t have the strength to attend court.” Even the emperor was getting restless. “I hear the food at the Imperial College is delicious, b 286Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 198 Transmigrating to the Northern Song: A Wet Nurse’s Daughter’s Life in the Kitchen 穿越北宋：奶娘女儿的厨娘日常 [Farming and Food] [Everyday Street Life] [Slice of Life] A modern girl woke one day in the Northern Song dynasty as the daughter of a wet nurse in an official's household. She watched the scheming around the county magistrate's legitimate daughter, the girl her mother had nursed, the tenth daughter of the Li family. Now called Tan Yawen, with the childhood nickname Wenjie'er, the little girl thought it over and over. Become the tenth young lady's personal maid, as her mother wanted? No, no. Ser 1.3kReads8.1Score119Shelves
- 199 The Imperial Kitchen Maid Comes to the Modern World: A Small Shop's Rise 御膳厨娘闯现代：小店逆袭记 [Gourmet business + cozy everyday life + ancient times to modern day] Please note: This is a fictional setting and includes many original worldbuilding details. In a single twist of fate, Su Tang goes from being the star chef of the Imperial Kitchen to a woman with nothing: her father is dead, her mother is gone, her boyfriend has cheated, and she’s lost her job! Even worse, her two younger siblings have been tormented by cruel relatives until they’re skin and bones! Everyone is waiting to see 422Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 200 I Sell Bento Boxes in the Cultivation World 我在修真界卖盒饭 (One-on-one romance + absurd comedy + System + food + trash-talk champion) Zhang Jiuqiu accidentally transmigrated into the role of a vicious female antagonist and got bound to a diss System that let her diss anyone she couldn’t stand. From then on, Zhang Jiuqiu’s name spread far and wide, and she became the foulest-mouthed person in the cultivation world. After eating the meal her senior brother cooked, Zhang Jiuqiu’s cultivation level dropped. Zhang Jiuqiu: “What the hell is this? Even my dog 179Reads8.1Score—Shelves
