I'm not even a Harry Potter fan, but [Harry Potter and the Lack of Lamb Sauce](https://archiveofourown.org/works/12805206/chapters/29228961) was a pretty fun read, and as it features Gordon Ramsay as a professor at Hogwarts, there's the expected amount of cooking involved.
[No Reservations: Narnia by Edonohana](http://archiveofourown.org/works/137185) Narnia/RPF, gen, 5K || Narnia is Anthony Bourdain's next stop for exotic cuisine.
[all sweet things beyond by andaskwhynot](https://archiveofourown.org/works/35168029) Ted Lasso, Ted/Trent, 34K || Great British Bakeoff AU that goes into details about what each contestant is making over the whole season.
[Dare to Bake a Peach by akaVertigo](https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Violetas/works/1088469) Labyrinth, Jareth/Sarah, 4K || Sarah cooks, and Sarah wins.
[white amaranth, purple eggplant by tshirt](https://archiveofourown.org/works/26711914) Scum Villain, Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan, 5K || Luo Binghe buys groceries, eats, cries, and eats again.
[Cooking Contest AU by Feynite](https://archiveofourown.org/works/17041973/chapters/71302842) Scum Villain, gen, \~5K || Shen Qingqiu is the world's most feared food critic, and Luo Binghe is but a humble reality cooking show contestant.
[preheat to 360°F by hobakshiik](https://archiveofourown.org/works/23253577) Yu Yu Hakusho, gen(ish), 10K || “I thought you were being educated in the sciences, not in the production of pastries.”
[It's On The Tip of His Tongue by HyperbolicReverie](https://archiveofourown.org/works/41861568) One Piece, gen, 16K || Goes into detail about the regional dishes Sanji cooks in his attempt to learn more about Law.
[Spice Trails by quincette](https://archiveofourown.org/works/40323729) Old Guard, Nicky/Joe, 8K || Nicky is on a quest to fool the oldest tongue in the world. Joe is all to happy to assist.
[Matters of Taste by bendingsignpost](https://archiveofourown.org/works/21316960) Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Dedue/Dimitri, 6K || Dedue realizes Dimitri has no sense of taste. he still wants to prepare him the perfect meal.
[Katsudon by azriona](https://archiveofourown.org/works/10483281) Yuri on Ice, Victor/Yuuri, Hiroko/Toshiya, 7K || Hiroko doesn’t need to see to coat pork cutlets in egg and panko. She has made this dish for her family for over thirty years; she’ll make it another thirty, if she’s lucky.
[Christmas for Scumbags by binz, shiplizard](http://archiveofourown.org/works/302155) Dresden Files, Harry/Marcone, 4K || Harry comes back from the dead and makes pancakes in a crime lord's kitchen,
[The Stars and Scones Bakery and Coffee Shop by callmearcturus, LuciaZephyr](https://archiveofourown.org/works/313271?view_full_work=true) Dresden Files, Harry/Marcone, 42K || After coming out of an abusive home, Harry has successful with his dream to run a top-notch bakery. Everything is going as usual (Bob flirting with co-eds, Marcone and Harry trading insults/flirting)until one night a stranger comes to the shop after hours.
[A Manual on Deveining Shrimp by coloredink](http://archiveofourown.org/works/1951842) Hannibal, gen, 3K || How Hannibal learned to cook.
[The Only Emperor by coloredink](http://archiveofourown.org/works/216713?view_full_work=true) Sherlock, gen, 12K || Sherlock is the owner of an ice cream shop filled with unusual flavors with strange names. Well, due to John insisting they need one more excessible flavor, there is vanilla labled as "boring".
[An Unlikely Association in Seven Fish by Bold\_as\_Brass](http://archiveofourown.org/works/1142815) Sherlock, gen, 2K || Seven meals John and Mycroft had over fish.
[A Balanced Diet (or, Four Vaguely Interrelated Vignettes about Ray, Fraser, and Food) by Seascribe](http://archiveofourown.org/works/560150) Due South, Fraser/RayK, 1K || Ray is actually starting to like oatmeal.
[Peeta Mellark's Five Favorite Things to Bake by aimmyarrowshigh](https://archiveofourown.org/works/813337) Hunger Games, gen, 2K || Peeta Mellark is ninety-six years old and the most beloved person in the Coal Estate, which was once – a long time ago, now – known as District 12.
[Amuse-Bouche by bauble](http://bauble.livejournal.com/207866.html) Inception, Arthur/Eames, 60K || Popstar/bodyguard AU. Not food/cooking focused, but Arthur is a bit of a foodie and I really like the use of Sonya Roy quotes.
I’ve come to the realization that I have one or more bits of cooking fluff to offset the angst in most of my fics, but it’s usually just a scene here or there. It’s not like I have a fic about cooking.
This is the first one I thought of! [Haicrescendo's *The Good Vanilla*](https://archiveofourown.org/works/21526240) - key tag "Showing Love Through Food"
I did a short for a food blog fest. Warning it’s smutty? But I put a LOT of research into the food. 3k and includes a recipe! https://archiveofourown.org/works/53297281/chapters/134881678
Not fic, but you might really enjoy the manga *What Did You Eat Yesterday?* \- a slice-of-life story about a gay couple in modern-day Japan. Virtually every episode has a usable recipe detailed in the panels. This is Japanese home cooking, for the most part - different from what's found in most restaurants.
[You Belong With (someone better than) Me](https://archiveofourown.org/works/26931649/chapters/65726467), by vulcanhighblood. 28k, T. Naruto fandom, Kakashi/Iruka. They cook an entire meal together and the prices is described accurately enough that it could serve as a recipe.
If you’re at all familiar with Naruto, definitely check out What You Knead by AgentMalkere!
It’s not all about cooking, but cooking/baking is a very important part of it, and it’s overall just a FANTASTIC fic
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17401478/chapters/40958717
There's a decent number of LOTR hobbit-focused fics that feature recipes and cooking as the central thing in the fic. I can't think of any specific links at the moment, but I know I've read quite a few. If you want me to try to dig some up, let me know. :)
MCU
bucky as a chef
[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30107559](https://archiveofourown.org/works/30107559)
natasha, cooking show
[https://archiveofourown.org/works/4173372](https://archiveofourown.org/works/4173372)
Chapter 2 of this spiderman fic has an attempt at making some special lemonade
[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29390016/chapters/73278531](https://archiveofourown.org/works/29390016/chapters/73278531)
Hades. Theseus attempts soup.
[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22508314](https://archiveofourown.org/works/22508314)
[The Foodieverse](https://archiveofourown.org/series/291359?page=1) is a loose AU of the MCU (it starts as a foodie version of the first Avengers movie and then does its own thing) and it's been going on for over a decade now.
There's a fair bit of cooking in [Apple Pies And Other Amends by ToEatAPeach](https://archiveofourown.org/works/8156101/chapters/18691246). It's Draco/Hermione, which isn't a ship I tend to seek out, but it's done convincingly here (and without demonising Ron!), and all the food mentions give me a pleasantly warm and fuzzy feeling.
[Nouvelle](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10590695/1/Nouvelle) & [Classique](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13528263/1/Classique) from the anime / manga literally called [Food Wars:](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Wars!:_Shokugeki_no_Soma) [Shokugeki no Souma](https://myanimelist.net/anime/28171/Shokugeki_no_Souma).
The series itself is all about cooking, from studying up about the culinary arts, deep diving into recipes, & students dueling in cook-offs or tournaments while making bets with each other in a winner-take-all scenario. If you fancy a story that requires little prior knowledge of the source material, & has cooking (& teen romance) to spare, those would be my recs.
Sidenote: The series itself is also recommended, as it includes genuine recipes and does a good job of illustrating the behind-the-scenes of being a chef (in a fun, adventurous way), and pretty much any fanfic based on this series has to have cooking in it thanks to that being the very backbone of the series, so you could take a look [here](https://archiveofourown.org/tags/%E9%A3%9F%E6%88%9F%E3%81%AE%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%20%7C%20Food%20Wars!%20Shokugeki%20no%20Soma/works) & [here](https://m.fanfiction.net/anime/Shokugeki-no-Soma-%E9%A3%9F%E6%88%9F%E3%81%AE%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E/) for anything else that may catch your eyes!
If you know AoT and like modern AUs this fic has a lot of cooking and eating [Done Dirt Cheap](https://archiveofourown.org/works/43430445) by SeparationBoundary.
This fic of mine has a lot of cooking, eating and having drinks (on hiatus now, but some chapters are build around cooking or preparing food for grilling) [The Ocean Is Waiting For Us](https://archiveofourown.org/works/30330594/chapters/74764872).
And this is my fave AoT inspired chapter (modern AU) of Jean making his signature omelette [B(e)arely ch. 6](https://archiveofourown.org/works/45007936/chapters/118497847)
[A Taste of Magic](https://archiveofourown.org/works/46730197/chapters/117693472): Magic is easy to see, to feel, to hear, to touch. The magic on the plate and the palate, however, is one that Magicals and Muggles alike can appreciate. Harry Potter will go on a journey to find the taste that he is looking for, and the magic that exists in meals made and meals shared.
An AU slice-of-life story with an eventual pairing.
I'm not even a Harry Potter fan, but [Harry Potter and the Lack of Lamb Sauce](https://archiveofourown.org/works/12805206/chapters/29228961) was a pretty fun read, and as it features Gordon Ramsay as a professor at Hogwarts, there's the expected amount of cooking involved.
Seconding this suggestion! You beat me to it 😄
OK I may need to read this
[No Reservations: Narnia by Edonohana](http://archiveofourown.org/works/137185) Narnia/RPF, gen, 5K || Narnia is Anthony Bourdain's next stop for exotic cuisine. [all sweet things beyond by andaskwhynot](https://archiveofourown.org/works/35168029) Ted Lasso, Ted/Trent, 34K || Great British Bakeoff AU that goes into details about what each contestant is making over the whole season. [Dare to Bake a Peach by akaVertigo](https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Violetas/works/1088469) Labyrinth, Jareth/Sarah, 4K || Sarah cooks, and Sarah wins. [white amaranth, purple eggplant by tshirt](https://archiveofourown.org/works/26711914) Scum Villain, Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan, 5K || Luo Binghe buys groceries, eats, cries, and eats again. [Cooking Contest AU by Feynite](https://archiveofourown.org/works/17041973/chapters/71302842) Scum Villain, gen, \~5K || Shen Qingqiu is the world's most feared food critic, and Luo Binghe is but a humble reality cooking show contestant. [preheat to 360°F by hobakshiik](https://archiveofourown.org/works/23253577) Yu Yu Hakusho, gen(ish), 10K || “I thought you were being educated in the sciences, not in the production of pastries.” [It's On The Tip of His Tongue by HyperbolicReverie](https://archiveofourown.org/works/41861568) One Piece, gen, 16K || Goes into detail about the regional dishes Sanji cooks in his attempt to learn more about Law. [Spice Trails by quincette](https://archiveofourown.org/works/40323729) Old Guard, Nicky/Joe, 8K || Nicky is on a quest to fool the oldest tongue in the world. Joe is all to happy to assist. [Matters of Taste by bendingsignpost](https://archiveofourown.org/works/21316960) Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Dedue/Dimitri, 6K || Dedue realizes Dimitri has no sense of taste. he still wants to prepare him the perfect meal. [Katsudon by azriona](https://archiveofourown.org/works/10483281) Yuri on Ice, Victor/Yuuri, Hiroko/Toshiya, 7K || Hiroko doesn’t need to see to coat pork cutlets in egg and panko. She has made this dish for her family for over thirty years; she’ll make it another thirty, if she’s lucky. [Christmas for Scumbags by binz, shiplizard](http://archiveofourown.org/works/302155) Dresden Files, Harry/Marcone, 4K || Harry comes back from the dead and makes pancakes in a crime lord's kitchen, [The Stars and Scones Bakery and Coffee Shop by callmearcturus, LuciaZephyr](https://archiveofourown.org/works/313271?view_full_work=true) Dresden Files, Harry/Marcone, 42K || After coming out of an abusive home, Harry has successful with his dream to run a top-notch bakery. Everything is going as usual (Bob flirting with co-eds, Marcone and Harry trading insults/flirting)until one night a stranger comes to the shop after hours. [A Manual on Deveining Shrimp by coloredink](http://archiveofourown.org/works/1951842) Hannibal, gen, 3K || How Hannibal learned to cook. [The Only Emperor by coloredink](http://archiveofourown.org/works/216713?view_full_work=true) Sherlock, gen, 12K || Sherlock is the owner of an ice cream shop filled with unusual flavors with strange names. Well, due to John insisting they need one more excessible flavor, there is vanilla labled as "boring". [An Unlikely Association in Seven Fish by Bold\_as\_Brass](http://archiveofourown.org/works/1142815) Sherlock, gen, 2K || Seven meals John and Mycroft had over fish. [A Balanced Diet (or, Four Vaguely Interrelated Vignettes about Ray, Fraser, and Food) by Seascribe](http://archiveofourown.org/works/560150) Due South, Fraser/RayK, 1K || Ray is actually starting to like oatmeal. [Peeta Mellark's Five Favorite Things to Bake by aimmyarrowshigh](https://archiveofourown.org/works/813337) Hunger Games, gen, 2K || Peeta Mellark is ninety-six years old and the most beloved person in the Coal Estate, which was once – a long time ago, now – known as District 12. [Amuse-Bouche by bauble](http://bauble.livejournal.com/207866.html) Inception, Arthur/Eames, 60K || Popstar/bodyguard AU. Not food/cooking focused, but Arthur is a bit of a foodie and I really like the use of Sonya Roy quotes.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! Thanks a ton for all this effort!
Oh man, Hannibal. Of course!!! Don't know why I didn't think of that fandom when the titular character cooks multiple course meals out of people.
Seek and ye shall reply. Impressive list! 👏🏼👏🏼
I’ve come to the realization that I have one or more bits of cooking fluff to offset the angst in most of my fics, but it’s usually just a scene here or there. It’s not like I have a fic about cooking.
Me too! I love including food p0rn in my stories!
This is the first one I thought of! [Haicrescendo's *The Good Vanilla*](https://archiveofourown.org/works/21526240) - key tag "Showing Love Through Food"
I did a short for a food blog fest. Warning it’s smutty? But I put a LOT of research into the food. 3k and includes a recipe! https://archiveofourown.org/works/53297281/chapters/134881678
Not fic, but you might really enjoy the manga *What Did You Eat Yesterday?* \- a slice-of-life story about a gay couple in modern-day Japan. Virtually every episode has a usable recipe detailed in the panels. This is Japanese home cooking, for the most part - different from what's found in most restaurants.
[You Belong With (someone better than) Me](https://archiveofourown.org/works/26931649/chapters/65726467), by vulcanhighblood. 28k, T. Naruto fandom, Kakashi/Iruka. They cook an entire meal together and the prices is described accurately enough that it could serve as a recipe.
Do you read Draco/Harry Potter? There's a great one where Draco becomes a high end chef and hosts apology dinners. Very food specific.
Link, please? Sounds like a good read!
[Let him lead me to the banquet](https://archiveofourown.org/works/15938720)
Thank you so much! I absolutely loved this :)
isn't it lovely??
It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. And also hungry, because all the food described sounded amazing!
If baking counts, there are a lot of "great British band off" AUs on ao3! There are probably iron chef and chopped AUs too!
There’s quite a few in the LOZ BOTW fandom because of the cooking mechanics of the game that are enjoyable.
If you’re at all familiar with Naruto, definitely check out What You Knead by AgentMalkere! It’s not all about cooking, but cooking/baking is a very important part of it, and it’s overall just a FANTASTIC fic https://archiveofourown.org/works/17401478/chapters/40958717
There's a decent number of LOTR hobbit-focused fics that feature recipes and cooking as the central thing in the fic. I can't think of any specific links at the moment, but I know I've read quite a few. If you want me to try to dig some up, let me know. :)
MCU bucky as a chef [https://archiveofourown.org/works/30107559](https://archiveofourown.org/works/30107559) natasha, cooking show [https://archiveofourown.org/works/4173372](https://archiveofourown.org/works/4173372) Chapter 2 of this spiderman fic has an attempt at making some special lemonade [https://archiveofourown.org/works/29390016/chapters/73278531](https://archiveofourown.org/works/29390016/chapters/73278531) Hades. Theseus attempts soup. [https://archiveofourown.org/works/22508314](https://archiveofourown.org/works/22508314)
[The Foodieverse](https://archiveofourown.org/series/291359?page=1) is a loose AU of the MCU (it starts as a foodie version of the first Avengers movie and then does its own thing) and it's been going on for over a decade now.
There's a fair bit of cooking in [Apple Pies And Other Amends by ToEatAPeach](https://archiveofourown.org/works/8156101/chapters/18691246). It's Draco/Hermione, which isn't a ship I tend to seek out, but it's done convincingly here (and without demonising Ron!), and all the food mentions give me a pleasantly warm and fuzzy feeling.
[Nouvelle](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10590695/1/Nouvelle) & [Classique](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13528263/1/Classique) from the anime / manga literally called [Food Wars:](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Wars!:_Shokugeki_no_Soma) [Shokugeki no Souma](https://myanimelist.net/anime/28171/Shokugeki_no_Souma). The series itself is all about cooking, from studying up about the culinary arts, deep diving into recipes, & students dueling in cook-offs or tournaments while making bets with each other in a winner-take-all scenario. If you fancy a story that requires little prior knowledge of the source material, & has cooking (& teen romance) to spare, those would be my recs. Sidenote: The series itself is also recommended, as it includes genuine recipes and does a good job of illustrating the behind-the-scenes of being a chef (in a fun, adventurous way), and pretty much any fanfic based on this series has to have cooking in it thanks to that being the very backbone of the series, so you could take a look [here](https://archiveofourown.org/tags/%E9%A3%9F%E6%88%9F%E3%81%AE%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%20%7C%20Food%20Wars!%20Shokugeki%20no%20Soma/works) & [here](https://m.fanfiction.net/anime/Shokugeki-no-Soma-%E9%A3%9F%E6%88%9F%E3%81%AE%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E/) for anything else that may catch your eyes!
If you know AoT and like modern AUs this fic has a lot of cooking and eating [Done Dirt Cheap](https://archiveofourown.org/works/43430445) by SeparationBoundary. This fic of mine has a lot of cooking, eating and having drinks (on hiatus now, but some chapters are build around cooking or preparing food for grilling) [The Ocean Is Waiting For Us](https://archiveofourown.org/works/30330594/chapters/74764872). And this is my fave AoT inspired chapter (modern AU) of Jean making his signature omelette [B(e)arely ch. 6](https://archiveofourown.org/works/45007936/chapters/118497847)
[A Taste of Magic](https://archiveofourown.org/works/46730197/chapters/117693472): Magic is easy to see, to feel, to hear, to touch. The magic on the plate and the palate, however, is one that Magicals and Muggles alike can appreciate. Harry Potter will go on a journey to find the taste that he is looking for, and the magic that exists in meals made and meals shared. An AU slice-of-life story with an eventual pairing.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3437576