The Restaurateur and His Daughter - A Cooking/Cultivation Cozy Fantasy

On Earth, Draden was alone, building his home on the side of a lake in a desperate bid to escape the world. Now, he’s a father with the world’s cutest daughter and a missing wife. Draden awakens from death's embrace to a life he didn't choose—in the body of a drunkard who has failed his beloved, half-elf daughter, Leah. His once powerful cultivation is shattered, and his past is a wreck, but he has a secret weapon. His memories of another world and a mysterious system that lets him summon ingredients from Earth. He trades his sword for a spatula, discovering that Earthly ingredients and the resulting cuisine have miraculous effects in this new world. A simple burrito can mend broken meridians, and a fresh-baked biscuit can soothe old wounds. His cozy restaurant, built from the ground up, becomes a beacon of hope for the weary and the wounded. But his success is a double-edged sword. Every dish he serves attracts more powerful and dangerous attention. A volatile City Lord and a ruthless noble see him not as a chef, but as a prize to be controlled. They threaten his home, his freedom, and the one thing he will not allow them to touch- his daughter. With Leah’s own prodigious magic beginning to awaken, Draden must master his unique culinary power to protect the only family he has left. Can a chef armed with a skillet and a growing book of Earthly recipes stand against the cultivators and mages who want to devour him whole? ---------------------------------------------This story is a departure from my normal ones and is definitely an experiment. (Note: As with my other stories, this one focuses more on the characters than on constant action. Though it does admittedly have more action than most of my other stories.) Author's Note: This is my raw, mostly unedited, first draft text. I am using RR to test out this story as I'm writing it to get a feel for how the published and edited copy will be received. Certain sections of the story will be changed or added to when I publish it as well. However, that said, all attempts to edit the story will be deleted, unless they are correcting AN ACTUAL ISSUE! IE a forgotten word, a misspelled word, things of this nature. Grammar does not count, because guess what, grammar in fiction is vastly different from grammar in academia. All you grammar nazis know less than jack-all about the grammar in a story, because the grammar in a story is up to the author (within reason). My Other Books: The Nameless Chronicles - 3 Books (Completed) (LitRPG/YA)The Game of Gods - 6 Books (Completed) (LitRPG/Post-Apoc)The Dungeon Alaria - 2 Books (Completed) (Dungeon-Core/Gamelit)The Ridden - StandAlone (Zombie Apoc/Gamelit)Refton & Thomas - 2 Books (Completed) (Spy Thriller)The Well Within - (YA/Urban Fantasy)A Journey of Runes & Realms - 3 Books (Completed) (Cultivation/Gamelit)DungeonFall - 1 Book Released (+2 Finished and actively released on RR)Created G.H.O.S.T. System - 1 Book Released (+3 Finished and being actively released on RR)WetWorks  - StandAlone (Assassin/Thriller) Thanks for reading and supporting me!