Novels with crafting, cooking themes. There is a cooking tag but I want a little more than that. I recently found a really charming series about an isekai MC getting rejected and got a camper van. I love the detail the story has given, and the exposition on the characters feelings.
Maybe: Isekai Izakaya Nobu & Isekai Shokudou (no need for introduction for this 2) Isekai Izakaya Gen (manga, spin off of Nobu) Kajiya de Hajimeru Isekai Slow Life (blacksmith) Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi Isekai Yururi Kikou (isekaied big bro taking care of his adopted twin demi-god while adventuring, got cooking here & there) The Creation Alchemist Enjoys Freedom (not isekai, MC uses his skill to craft items from isekaied heroes world (he got himself a catalog book of sort) w/ surprising effect(s)) Toriko (manga & although listed/tagged as cooking, this one is more of hunting for ingredients)
Cooking with Wild Game - Chef protag isekaied, no cheats/powers whatsoever A Certain Middle-aged Man’s VRMMO Activity Log - ossan first VR experience, just leisurely gaming Level Up Just by Eating - protag has an eating disorder, does VRMMO as a possible cure
You'll love this one https://m.webnovel.com/book/survive-in-the-parallel-world-please!_23991483605051605
Hello, I don't know if you have read this novel but I recommend these novels for you to read ; The Other World Dining Hall (WN) (Novel/Manga/Anime) Gourmet Gaming SSS-Grade Cafe in Front of The Dungeon Strange World Little Cooking Saint Interstellar Chef Raising a Baby Futuristic Gourmet’s Spoiled Marriage Sweet Heart in Honeyed Desire Gourmet Food Supplier Bai Fumei in the ’70s God of Cooking Ancient Foodie Survival Guide Daddy Fantasy World Restaurant The Heartbeat at the Tip of the Tongue Gourmet of Another World Isekai Izakaya Nobu Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai Only Sense Online (LN) If you are also interested in reading manga you could also try reading this manga; Dungeon Meshi - After his sister was devoured by a dragon and all their supplies were lost in a failed dungeon raid, Lyos and his party are completely broke and have resorted to eating the monsters they hunt, but are still determined to save her before she gets digested. They then meet a dwarf who introduces them to the world of Dungeon Meshi: delicious cuisine made from ingredients such as the flesh of giant bats, walking mushrooms and even screaming mandrake. Mix Vegetable - Hanayu Ashitaba is the daughter of the celebrated Patisserie Ashitaba, but all she wants to do is be a sushi chef. Hayato Hyuga is the son of the prestigious Sushi Hyuga, and all he wants to do is be a pastry chef! It's love and leftovers at Oikawa High School Cooking Department as these star-crossed gourmands do their best to reach their cuisine dreams! Shokugeki no Souma - Soma Yukihira's old man runs a small family restaurant in the less savory end of town. Aiming to one day surpass his father's culinary prowess, Soma hones his skills day in and day out until one day, out of the blue, his father decides to enroll Soma in a classy culinary school! Can Soma really cut it in a school that prides itself on a 10 percent graduation rate? And can he convince the beautiful, domineering heiress of the school that he belongs there at all?!