Cooking Stories: Difference between revisions

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[[Cooking Stories]] are works of fiction or games that revolve around food and drink. The main characters are cooks, chefs or work in some sort of restaurant, bakery, bar, or other establishment dedicated to food. They might also be students studying to be in the food preparation business. Cooking stories are often [[Slice of Life]] shows that have little in the way of action driven plot, but focus on daily life and characters. However, they can use plots similar to [[Sports Stories]]. For example, instead of [[Big Game]] or a [[Tournament Arc]], they might have a cooking competition, or preparing for the visit of an important VIP guest, a major food critic, or the health inspector.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''Addicted To Curry'' is about a curry restaurant and its ace cook.

* ''Bambino'' is about a young, ambitious and hot-blooded Italian cuisine apprentice chef.

* ''Cooking Papa'' is about a husband and father who happens to be really good at cooking and helps people out with this.

* ''[[Iron Wok Jan]]'' is about an [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Arrogant Chinese Cooking Guy]] attempting to prove he's at the top of the Chinese cuisine game.

* ''Mixed Vegetables'' is a manga about two students at a cooking school: the daughter of a pastry chef, who dreams of being a sushi chef, and the son of a sushi chef, who dreams of being a pasty chef. Each one separately comes up with the idea that if they could just marry into a family with a business in their favorite cuisine, they'd have an excuse to abandon their family cooking tradition for that of their spouse's family....

* ''Oishii Kankei'' aka ''A Delicious Relationship'' is a manga about a former rich girl becoming a chef.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Good Eats]]'' is a partial example, in that it is a [[Cooking Show]] that often employs a narrative [[Framing Device]] hold the theme together.

* ''[[Two Broke Girls]]''. Not only do the main characters work as waitresses at a diner, they are also trying to raise money to run their own bakery.

 

== [[Tabletop Game]] ==

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Chowder]]'' is about a young chef's apprentice.

* ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'', about a family-run diner.