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** Kotaro's [[Heel Face Turn]] was facilitated by Chizuru's cooking. With [[Marshmallow Hell]] for dessert.

* In an episode of ''[[School Rumble]]'' Hanai challenges Harima to a cooking duel during a nature outing to impress a Tsukamoto girl. What Hanai is unaware of is that both he and Harima are each focused on a different sister: Harima wants to impress older sister [[The Ditz|Tenma]], Hanai wants to impress younger sister [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Yakumo]]. Naturally, [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* Hilariously played with in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''. The girls who are after Akito (already a decent cook in his own right, and [[Team Chef|the reason he joined the crew in the first place]]) try to compete for his affections through a [[Cooking Duel]]... and they're all [[Lethal Chef|really bad at it]].

* Taiga from ''[[Toradora (Light Novel)|Toradora]]'' is at her most content when she eats good food. Her classmate and neighbor Ryuuji is an excellent cook. [[Foregone Conclusion|Do the math]].

** Also, when Rosette first met Chrono, he was very weak--so she offered him some cookies and candies she had in her pocket. Chrono was deeply touched by her kindness and instantly took a liking to her after that--and, when she grows older, they become the series' [[Official Couple]]. (However, Rosette tries to actually ''cook'' for Chrono later in the series, and [[Lethal Chef|the result is less successful]].)

* Taken to a hilarious extreme in ''[[Clannad (Visual Novel)|Clannad]]'' where almost the entirety of Tomoya's [[True Companions/Harem|Harem]] makes him food, forcing him to force down five bentos in the same sitting.

* Nicely done in ''[[Saiunkoku Monogatari]]'', in which Shuurei's cooking wins Ryuuki's heart twice over. In the backstory of the series, Shouka shared the food Shuurei cooked for him with Ryuuki whenever Ryuuki visited the Archives, effectively becoming Ryuuki's [[Parental Substitute]] since he was neglected and abused by the rest of his family. Later, when Ryuuki and Shuurei first meet in person, she shares her tea and sweet bean buns with him; he recognizes her cooking, and falls in love with her in very short order.

* In ''[[Maburaho]]'' Yuna constantly cooks for Kazuki and brings him obento, because "that's whata wife is supposed to do". This is also played with in two episodes, one being where Rin wants to try to cook an obento for a teacher she had a crush on, however as she isn't as feminine as the rest of the female cast, her cooking tastes horrible. {{spoiler|In the end, she doesn't give the obento to the teacher, but instead gives it to Kazuki who eats it all, despite its horrible taste.}} In another episode, when Kazuki's parents are supposed to come over to visit, upon learning eel is their favourite meal, all three girls attempt to prepare eel to impress his parents.

 

== Fan Fiction ==

* Gender [[Inverted]] in [[Assumptions (Fanfic)|Assumptions]]: After [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Rainbow Dash]] wakes up in [[Nice Guy|Caramel's]] house (under innocent circumstances) after [[What Did I Do Last Night?|accidentaly drinking spike beer]], she starts dropping in regularly for breakfast, and even gets him to start preparing lunch. This is one of the reason she warms up considerably to someone she though of as useless a few days prior.

** On a somewhat related note in regards to ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfics, its pretty common to pair up Applejack with Soarin' the Wonderbolt based mostly on the fact that he bought (and [[Big Eater|really enjoyed]]) an apple pie from AJ in the episode "The Best Night Ever".

 

== Literature ==

* In the [[Kate Daniels]] novels, shapechangers ascribe ritual significance to food. Buying someone dinner at a restaurant is a symbol of affection; actually placing food into another's hands is an incredibly intimate gesture. Becomes a plot point when Kate unknowingly accepts food from a shapechanger's hands; she's accepting a sexual proposition and acknowledging his dominion over her.

* Comes up in the young adult novel ''[[Darkest Powers|The Awakening]]'' by Kelley Armstrong. When Derek first sees Chloe again, he offers her food and asks about her injury. His romantic rival for Chloe's affections even comments that Derek is "showing him up". Later, Derek acts a bit of a mother hen over Chloe, making her a bed of tarps, offering her his sweatshirt, and giving her his last granola bar. So it came as no surprise when a new character instantly observed that Derek considered Chloe [[Our Werewolves Are Different|his mate]].

** Averted later on when Kasidy and Ben are married. Sisko is shown throughout to, unusually for Star Trek, prefer cooking real food rather than eating out of a replicator, largely because his father is a chef. Kasidy tries to cook for him and burns the peppers he'd been growing for months, then agrees that she's best off leaving the cooking to him.

* [[Played for Laughs]] in an episode of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' where Captain Sheridan attempts to cook Minbari food for Delenn. She's [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|absolutely delighted]]... until she [[Crowning Moment of Funny|actually]] [[Vomit Discretion Shot|tastes]] it.

* Eliot on ''[[Leverage]]'' uses a platonic variant on the team as a whole. And it's adorable.

* On one occasion in ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'', Crichton secures Jool's help by bribing her with the location of Rygel's stash of ''wamelon'' cake.

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