Novels like The Female Head Chef at the State-Run Restaurant
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- 1 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—Shelves
- 2 Bringing Gourmet Food to the 1980s 我在八零发扬美食 Tang Xi died, then returned to age fifteen with the wordless heavenly book her master had given her: The Delicacies of the World. That year, the Tang family's true daughter was found and brought home, while Tang Xi was left behind by her adoptive parents. Out of guilt toward their biological daughter, Tang Xi endured one slight after another, only to earn her adoptive parents' dislike and the scorn of her childhood sweetheart and fiancé... As if that weren't enough, she fell ill and missed the c —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 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! 186Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 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—Shelves
- 5 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 261Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 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 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 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! 50Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 8 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 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 An Eighties Military Marriage: From Socially Anxious to Social Butterfly 八零军婚，社恐爆改社牛的日常 Chang Xin, a modern-day overworked wage slave, wakes up in the 1980s as Chang Xin, a shy bookworm. She’s got herself a child and becomes a mom without the pain... The System requires her to talk in order to earn points. She chats about gossip and daily life, rediscovering her long-buried desire to share. Before she knows it, the people around her have grown more and more fond of her. After she takes her child back to the countryside, her inner anxiety finally fades away. Work from sunrise to sun 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 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 53Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 11 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—Shelves
- 12 I Close My Eyes and Wake Up in the 1980s, Ready to Open a Cafeteria 双眼一闭到八零，食堂开店全都行 [Short and binge-worthy × foodie vibes × nostalgic era setting × plot-packed × the official couple makes occasional appearances] Zhang Jinliu worked tirelessly for half her life to become the Imperial Kitchen’s top chef, despite being a woman. Then, just as she was getting somewhere, she slipped and died. When she opened her eyes again, she had become an eighteen-year-old orphan with nowhere else to go, living under someone else’s roof and enduring insults from her cheating aunt alongside her un 18Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 13 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
- 14 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 156Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Reborn in the 1990s: Winning Everyone's Hearts with My Culinary Space 重生九零：靠着美食空间当团宠 [Food + Portable Space + Strong Female Lead Reborn] Tang Ning was reborn, returning to 1990, when she was still a girl. Seeing the people who had ruined their lives in her previous life lining up to come cause trouble again, she sneered, punching the worst offenders and trampling the schemers. With a space at her disposal, the world was hers. She would cook delicious food and make a fortune. If she couldn’t be born rich, she’d become a wealthy, beautiful first-generation mogul! As for the man wh 273Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 16 The Charming ’80s Chef: From the Start, I Cut Ties and Set Up a Street Stall 八零俏厨娘：开局断亲摆摊忙 [Period Setting + System + Delicious Food + Entrepreneurship + Taking Down Scumbags] When she opens her eyes, a state banquet chef has become Shen Jingshu, a young factory worker in the 1980s. Her own mother wants to sell her off in exchange for her brother’s iron rice bowl, while her younger brother scolds her: “You should be sacrificing yourself for the family.” Shen Jingshu calmly serves up a bowl of plain noodles, makes the whole family drool, then slaps down her ledger. “You raised me for t 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Reborn in the 1980s: The Little Chef 重生八零小厨娘 Song Ran was reborn! She returned to the 1980s, a time of shortages, to a home with bare walls. Her sister-in-law even wanted her to marry a widower and become his children's stepmother! Song Ran was speechless. In her previous life, she'd been a renowned master chef and a top student who graduated from Tsinghua University with a degree in fashion design. There was no way she would accept this fate! A girl with a face covered in pimples? No need to worry. She had a remedy, and once she was cured 219Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 18 A Portable Space: Everyday Delicacies in the 1980s 空间之八零美食日常 [Period drama + space + food + male lead + dual rebirth + light fantasy + light sci-fi] Chen Manman is reborn, and now she knows that she was the spiteful, vain, doomed supporting character in a period drama about a stepmother, set up as a foil to the heroine. Now reborn, with a space and a golden finger, as well as excellent cooking skills, Chen Manman refuses to become anyone’s foil. Later... While the heroine tries to win over her husband, Chen Manman sets up a stall selling steamed buns and 977Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 19 This Is Crazy! The Little Chef of the 1970s Eats Well, Lives in Luxury, and Comes Out on Top 疯了！七零小厨娘吃香喝辣躺赢了 (Strong leads on both sides, one-on-one romance, no love-brained characters, career comes first in the early chapters) Shen Xiaotang, a celebrity chef worth tens of millions, transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1970s. No tradeable pocket dimension, no miracle pills or medicines, and no lucky star fate. Other heroines are the darlings of their families. Her? Sorry, she’s an orphan with no one to rely on. To make matters worse, her wicked aunt is forcing her to marry. Shen Xiaotang never accepts 199Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 20 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. 424Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Cooking in the 1970s 七零年代做美食 Meng Xi never imagined she would transmigrate into a book and become a lazy, gluttonous young wife with the same name as herself, useless at everything she tried. Then she received word that her husband had died in the line of duty. First, she would split from her awful mother-in-law! Then she would raise three children, build a new house, help spread the word, and earn the respect and approval of everyone in the village through her own hard work. But not long afterward, her supposedly dead husb 706Reads8.8Score103Shelves
- 22 A 1960s Supporting Actress Joins Her Husband’s Army on a Coastal Island 六零年代女配海岛随军日常 Island life with the military + Sweet romance + No toxic characters + Everyday life Ye Xi accidentally transmigrated to the 1960s. Before she could even process what had happened, the man who had saved her life proposed to her. Lu Zhou brought home a sweet, delicate wife, and the young woman was an incredible cook. Crab roe noodles, fish roe wontons, soybean cakes… Lu Zhou could only think how lucky he was to have found a treasure. 275Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 23 You Want Me to Do Chores? I'll Stun the Glorious Tang Dynasty with Modern Cuisine 让我打杂？我用现代美食震惊盛唐 [No Romance + Spirit Spring Space + Gourmet Farming + Feel-Good Story + Palace Intrigue + Leveling] Reincarnated as a lowly kitchen maid tending the fire in the Tang imperial palace, Pei Xuan wields the God of Cooking's space and takes on the palace's finest chefs. A spirit spring, mystical fields, and spirit fire: she has it all. Chili peppers, strawberries, coffee beans? Grow them all! Fried chicken, cola, spicy hot pot? Make them all! Ovens, woks, microwaves? Use them all! Modern cuisine coll 524Reads8.6Score102Shelves
- 24 The Spicy Girl of the 1980s: I Made My Fortune with Food 八零小辣媳：我靠美食发家致富 [Period Drama + Rebirth + Food + Feel-Good + Fiery Wife + Love After Marriage] A spirited food blogger who transmigrates into the past VS a calculating, loyal-dog hero who was once a technical whiz and later becomes a powerful tycoon Su Ning transmigrated to the 1980s and became a young wife with a terrible reputation. Her husband treated her with indifference, the neighbors gossiped about her, and her birth family kept finding ways to bleed her dry. Make a fortune, take down scumbags, deal with 520Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 25 The Saturday Otherworld Cafeteria 周六异世界食堂 Xin Beimò was forced to quit her dead-end job after five years. Disheartened, she inherits a humble private restaurant in a small county town from a distant relative. She expects life to carry on quietly, but the very next day after taking over, she opens the door to a whole new world and receives a pass that lets her connect to other worlds. Thus begins her extraordinary adventure running an interdimensional dining hall! 1. Inspired by the anime Restaurant to Another World, with some elements 1.1kReads8.4Score121Shelves
- 26 I Set Up a Snack Stall in the Eighties and Became a Sensation 我在八零摆摊卖小吃，火出圈了 Reborn at fifteen, Tang Xi makes sure she returns to her biological parents. She also sets up a stall to sell snacks, and before long, it takes off beyond all expectations. 957Reads5.3Score104Shelves
- 27 Unwavering Love: A Food Blogger in the 1970s 深情不渝：美食博主在七零 Gu Yu is a nighttime food blogger. All she did was try out a popcorn machine, and it sent her to the 1970s, a place where everything is in short supply! Luckily, her giant supermarket came along too, complete with a spring of spirit water. Gu Yu can’t tell if this is heaven’s way of making it up to her. From then on, the Gu family’s table, where they used to be so poor they could only eat coarse rice porridge, is laden with delicious dishes: braised wild rabbit, fish with pickled cabbage, garlic 2kReads7.2Score168Shelves
- 28 Seventies Military Marriage: The Sweet, Soft-Spoken Little Chef Is a Bit Too Coy 70军婚，娇软小厨娘有点嗲 [Period setting + transmigration + pocket dimension + military marriage + chef heroine + sweet romance + sizzling chemistry + devoted couple + doting husband] Soft, sweet little enchantress VS aloof soldier king Wen Shiyuan woke up from a night of heavy drinking to discover she had transmigrated. She was now the little granddaughter of Old Master Wen, a retired state banquet chef in the 1970s. She’d also brought along a special pocket dimension! Well, when in Rome. As a head chef at a five-star 7.6kReads8.5Score916Shelves
- 29 After My Jerk Boyfriend Dumped Me, I Got Rich Through Cooking 被渣男分手后，我靠美食暴富了 [Food + System + Everyday Life + Male Lead] Su Manning was laid off, dumped, and told her landlord was reclaiming the apartment all on the same day. Just like that, she became single and unemployed, with nowhere to live and the streets looming over her. She was at a loss for tears. Why did heaven have to be so cruel? But the very next moment, she was bound to a Food System. As long as she completed the tasks it issued, she would receive generous rewards. [System Task: Host, please cook yourself 1.5kReads9.0Score161Shelves
- 30 The State Banquet Chef of the 1980s 国宴大厨在八零 [Imperial banquet chef + unbeatable cuisine + satisfying wish fulfillment] Tang Xi died, then returned to age fifteen with the wordless book of secrets her master had given her: The World’s Finest Cuisine. That year, the Tang family’s biological daughter was finally found, and Tang Xi was left behind by her adoptive parents. Out of guilt toward the true daughter, Tang Xi gave in to her at every turn, but all she got in return was her adoptive parents’ dislike and her childhood sweetheart fiancé’ 949Reads8.2Score122Shelves
- 31 The Army Wife Has Triplets and Wins Over the Soldiers with Her Cooking 军嫂一胎三宝，美食征服兵哥哥 After Meng Qinghuan was caught in an explosion, her soul transmigrated into a novel set in the 1980s and 1990s. Not only had she become a pitiable cannon-fodder girl whose father had died, whose mother didn’t love her, and who was sold to an old man as his wife, she had also unexpectedly bound herself to a God of Cooking System and gained a top-tier kitchen with unlimited supplies! Meng Qinghuan promptly came up with a plan to escape her wretched family and make her mark on the food scene of the 711Reads7.6Score105Shelves
- 32 The Seventies' Beautiful, Wealthy Heiress 七零年代白富美 In a time of scarcity and famine, Shen Huannong wasn’t worried at all, thanks to her cooking skills. She could turn one pound of flour into five pounds of food, and make a whole banquet from a basket of taro. Even wheat bran and fish scales became delicious dishes. Her father was a political outcast, her husband was the male lead, and the heroine wasn’t her? With looks and talent, she could still live like a rich young lady, even as the villainess born into a bad family. But she got carried away 373Reads8.3Score110Shelves
- 33 The 1960s: I Follow the Army with My Child and Make the Whole Camp Drool 六零年，带娃随军我馋哭全军营 [Food + military life + adorable kids + Culinary God System + everyday child-rearing] Only after awakening does Song Qinghuan realize that the world she lives in grew out of a wicked stepmother novel, and that she is the original wife, a cannon-fodder character destined to die young. When she falls into a river, her children are abducted by human traffickers. Her children become villains who stand in the way of the heroine's children! In the end, some die and others are left crippled! All becaus 12.3kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
- 34 What Should I Do? After Our Divorce, the Cold and Aloof Villain Won't Leave Me Alone 怎么办！离婚后高冷反派总缠着我 [Completed + Food + Livestreaming + Transmigrate into a Book + So Good It Changes Your Mind] Sheng Xia transmigrated into an entertainment-industry novel as its vicious supporting villainess. The original owner had caused endless trouble, earning herself a barrage of online hate. Her wealthy husband, destined to cheat on her: “Divorce. The Huo family can’t afford to be humiliated like this!” Indignant gossip-loving netizens: “Get that vicious attention-seeker out of show business!” Sheng Xia rol 875Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 35 Transmigrating to 1990s Hong Kong: The Underworld Heiress Clears Her Name Through Food 穿九零港城：黑道千金靠美食洗白 [Transmigrate to 1990s Hong Kong] [Daughter of a crime boss] [Food and business] [Turning gangsters into honest workers] Transmigrated as the daughter of a Hong Kong crime boss in the 1990s, she's got a gang of underlings who know nothing but fighting. While everyone else is fighting over territory, she picks up a spatula and gets into the food business! She trains street thugs to become food delivery riders and errand couriers. With the help of her cha chaan teng's delicious food, she gradually 1.9kReads—Score221Shelves
- 36 Back to the Seventies, Before I Abandoned My Husband and Children 重回七十年代还未抛夫弃子时 [Period Setting] [Reborn] [Food] In her previous life, after the college entrance exams were reinstated, Chen Xiaoxiao abandoned her husband and child and returned to the city. When the man later brought their child to find her, she drove them away without mercy. Only after learning that the father and son had been lost forever in a river back in the countryside did she finally realize how important they had been to her. Back in the past, Chen Xiaoxiao wants only to love them both and take good 3.9kReads7.0Score230Shelves
- 37 A Pretty Military Wife Follows Her Husband to an Island, and the Stoic Officer Can't Take It 俏军嫂随军海岛，闷骚军官顶不住 [Female-oriented + one-on-one romance + devoted to each other + historical era + military marriage + love after marriage + sweet romance + island setting + multiple babies at once + raising children] Xia Qingqing transmigrates into a novel set in the 1970s, becoming a doomed supporting female character with a tragic ending. She tears up the script written for her and latches onto someone reliable. The two become a “contract couple” and follow the army to a southern island. Gu Yuheng brings a fai 537Reads8.5Score104Shelves
- 38 Bringing a Tiny Kitchen to Cook for an Entire Ancient Army Camp 带小厨房在古代军营做大锅饭 Yun Shu, a modern food blogger, had finally worked hard for years to buy an apartment in the big city. But on the very first day after moving into her new home, she inexplicably transmigrated to a dynasty called Great Yan. The food here was plain. People only knew how to boil or steam their ingredients, making it a veritable culinary desert. Having grown up immersed in Chinese food culture, Yun Shu had no choice but to cook for herself and make sure she had enough to eat. To survive, she found a 4.9kReads8.2Score343Shelves
- 39 I Opened a Restaurant in Ancient Times 我在古代开饭馆 Ye Xiaowei inexplicably transmigrates into the body of a farm girl in ancient times. Her family is struggling, so she uses her own hands to build a fortune, one step at a time. She starts out selling scallion pancakes at a street stall, then opens a little diner, and eventually builds a chain of grand restaurants. Her life gets better and better. What? The little beggar she took in has a truly impressive background? And the handsome young man she found, who had lost his memory, leaves without a 1.4kReads8.2Score117Shelves
- 40 The Feast Records: The Simple Joys of a Flavorful Life 食案录：人间有味是清欢 [Transmigration + everyday cooking + running a neighborhood business + female chef] After becoming the cook at a small shop in ancient times, Lin Zhiwei doesn’t rely on reclaiming wasteland to survive. Instead, she runs a humble neighborhood shop with her skill at preparing all kinds of delicious dishes. Starting with a bowl of bone broth that costs four coins, she serves rice with lard, braised pork bones, and glutinous rice cakes, warming an entire street with one homestyle dish after another. 172Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 A Villainess from the Start? I'll Turn the Tables With Gourmet Food 开局恶毒女配？我靠美食逆风翻盘 [Transmigration + rebirth + food + sweet romance + wish fulfillment + nation building] Shen Tianjiao wakes up one morning and gets slapped. What? She's the youngest daughter of a general's household, doted on since childhood. Why is she being hit? What? Her fiancé, Crown Prince Qi Chenyu, has just broken off their engagement in front of everyone? Fine, fine! So that's how you want to play it! From that day on, the mood in the capital changes. Shen Tianjiao gives up her lovesick-puppy act: Breaki 11.1kReads7.3Score861Shelves
- 42 I Returned with Two Tiny Lookalikes, and My Whole Family Dotes on Me 带着两个缩小版回归被全家团宠了 [Complete + 1970s + space + transmigrate into a book + adorable kids + food] At thirty-five, Jiang Li was unmarried and childless, ran a small company that earned millions a year, and enjoyed a wonderful life. At nineteen, Jiang Li was beautiful but foolish. She had a terrible reputation in her village, lived in poverty, was abandoned by everyone, and eventually died at the hands of her younger siblings, whom she had sold. The thirty-five-year-old Jiang Li transmigrated into a book and became th 4.3kReads9.1Score611Shelves
- 43 After Rejecting the Match in the 1980s, I Opened a Canteen at a State-Owned Factory 八零拒婚后，我在国营厂开饭馆 [Reborn] + [The 1980s] + [Gourmet] + [Building a business] Shen Qingyue returned to the 1980s. In her previous life, her family drained her dry, and all three sisters were cheated by their grandparents. Reborn, she refuses to be a sucker again. She takes on the unreasonable troublemakers, and whoever picks a fight with her gets crushed underfoot. After splitting from the family, she starts a business with her sisters, opening a restaurant at a state-owned factory. The troublemakers fail to get t 2.9kReads9.0Score238Shelves
- 44 Everyday Life for the Children of a Military Compound 军属大院子女成长日常 Until she was five, Jiang Youcheng lived in the countryside with her mother, grandmother, and younger brother, carefree and happy. Then, in the early summer of 1987, Jiang Youcheng's father came home... 3.3kReads8.8Score235Shelves
- 45 I'm a Culinary Genius, So Why Does Everyone Call Me a Heretic Cultivator? 明明厨艺天才，怎么都叫我邪修？ [Gourmet] [Comedy] [Slice of Life] Lin Xiaoyan is a rookie food blogger who, in an age when food bloggers are locked in a fierce struggle for clicks, has opened up a new path by learning as she cooks. But Lin Xiaoyan's videos never go the way you'd expect. She gets every step wrong, yet somehow the finished dishes turn out brilliantly! “Wait, if you don't know how to caramelize the sugar for red-braised pork, you can just use cola instead? And it still comes out so glossy and red. Are you sure 4.5kReads8.9Score331Shelves
- 46 The 1970s: The State-Run Restaurant's Head Chef Supports the Whole Family 七零，国营大厨带飞全家 [Transmigrate into a book + period drama + food + System + whole-family transmigration + 1V1] Su Wanwan transmigrates into a book and even brings along a Light of Cuisine System... As a minor female character who didn’t make it past chapter three in the original novel, Su Wanwan expected life as a disposable side character to be tough. But who could have guessed... With a mother who dotes on her, a loving father, a fiercely protective second sister, and an honest older brother, Su Wanwan suddenl 3.9kReads8.5Score282Shelves
- 47 The Army Wife and Her Child Join the Troops: Her Cooking Takes the Compound by Storm 白月光带娃随军：靠美食风靡大院 [Delicate Beauty + Tough Military Officer] (Alternate History + Food + Military Wife + Raising Kids + Reborn + First Love + Family Life) When Cheng Yuewan opened her eyes, she had returned to the day in her previous life when she abandoned her children and ran away. In her previous life, she resented Song Huaisheng for ruining her life, and disliked their two children because of him. Only at the end of her life did she realize she had blamed the wrong person. Given another chance at life, all sh 2.8kReads7.2Score202Shelves
- 48 Delicious Country Cooking: The Little Chef Is Beautiful and Adorable 农门佳肴：小厨娘她美又娇 [Sweet Romance + Farming + Food + Mutual Devotion] Shen Jiayao, a young chef in her previous life, didn't let her skills go to waste after she transmigrated to a small mountain village. Life in the village was hard, but her father doted on her, her mother loved her, and her older brother protected her. Most importantly, she had a childhood sweetheart who'd grown up alongside her. When he became an official one day and planned to marry a noblewoman, Shen Jiayao wielded her big ladle and knocked h 4.7kReads9.0Score562Shelves
- 49 I Married a Senior Officer at Forty, and Got a Fresh Start in Life 四十岁嫁首长，我的人生重开了 [Second marriage to a soldier + nostalgic retro era + comeback power fantasy] [Beautiful, clear-headed snack-shop owner vs. stern, steady senior military officer] In middle age, Ye Wentang discovered that her adopted son was actually the child her husband had had with her friend. Her husband had even hidden the truth from her and spent all their savings buying his friend a three-bedroom apartment. Ye Wentang finally saw the light. She kicked out her scumbag husband, gave up the adopted son, and 18.9kReads8.6Score2.7kShelves
- 50 The Marquis's Wife's Culinary Journal 侯夫人美食手札 A once-popular food blogger transmigrates to ancient times and conquers the land with all kinds of delicious dishes. From the countryside to the county seat, she goes from having nothing to owning a modest fortune. From being taken in to having every aspect of her life neatly arranged for her, she finds the whole thing a little embarrassing. Lin Yushi believes there’s no problem in this world that a good meal can’t solve. And if one meal isn’t enough, make it two. 876Reads8.5Score104Shelves
