King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo

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1. Moonlight Chicken

   2023 · Drama, Food, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Food / Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Moonlight Chicken follows Jim and Wen who are ready to reveal their recipe of love and dish of happiness, Steamed Chicken with Rice, that will make your heart full.  It tells the story of love and complicated relationships in different flavors of moods waiting to be touched and tasted.

2. Chocolate

   2019 · Food, Romance, Medical · ended

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   The story of a man who became a neurosurgeon though he dreamed of becoming a cook, and a woman who became a cook because of him.Lee Kang is a neurosurgeon, who once dreamed of becoming a chef. As a child, Moon Cha Young once met Lee Kang at a small restaurant in the seaside town. There, Lee Kang cooked and gave her a meal, which in part inspired her to become a world-famous chef. Many years later, the two meet again at a hospice ward and together they heal their own emotional scars by preparing meals for the patients there.Not counting the commercials, each episode is 60-65 min long.

3. Murder, She Baked

   2015 · Food, Mystery · ended

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   This freshly baked new murder mystery introduces Hannah Swensen, a creative and bubbly baker extraordinaire in a sleepy town in Minnesota, where everyone knows each other and secrets don't stay hidden for long. Hannah's bakeshop, the Cookie Jar, is where much of the town's gossip percolates along with the strong coffee.Based on the Hannah Swensen culinary mystery series by Joanne Fluke.

4. Army Wives

   2007 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

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5. Downton Abbey

   2010 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile, highly rated (8.7).

   The Downton Abbey estate stands a splendid example of confidence and mettle, its family enduring for generations and its staff a well-oiled machine of propriety. But change is afoot at Downton--change far surpassing the new electric lights and telephone. A crisis of inheritance threatens to displace the resident Crawley family, in spite of the best efforts of the noble and compassionate Earl, Robert Crawley; his American heiress wife, Cora his comically implacable, opinionated mother, Violet and his beautiful, eldest daughter, Mary, intent on charting her own course. Reluctantly, the family is forced to welcome its heir apparent, the self-made and proudly modern Matthew Crawley himself none too happy about the new arrangements. As Matthew's bristly relationship with Mary begins to crackle with electricity, hope for the future of Downton's dynasty takes shape. But when petty jealousies and ambitions grow among the family and the staff, scheming and secrets--both delicious and dangerous--threaten to derail the scramble to preserve Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey offers a spot-on portrait of a vanishing way of life.

6. Hannah Swensen Mysteries

   2021 · Food, Romance, Mystery · returning

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   Hannah Swenson is back. Same characters, and delicious mysteries you love, with a new name. Baker Hannah Swenson teams up with her fiancé Detective Mike to solve a string of crimes including theft, vandalism, and murder. 

7. Feed the Beast

   2016 · Drama, Food, Crime · ended

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   Feed the Beast tells the story of Tommy and Dion who are like brothers. Dion can't stay out of trouble. Tommy can't move past it. For two friends on the brink of losing everything, a dusty pipe dream of opening up an upscale restaurant in their hometown of the Bronx is all they have left to turn their lives around. Together, they take on the insanity of the New York restaurant world, and navigate its underbelly of petty criminals, corrupt officials and violent mobsters.

8. Move to Heaven

   2021 · Drama, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Finding life in all that's left behind, a trauma cleaner with Asperger's and his ex-con uncle deliver the untold stories of the departed to loved ones.

9. The Heritage of Lancaster County

   2011 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile, highly rated (8.3).

   Journey into the fascinating world of the Amish with the three-part story of a young woman who must face her past in order to discover her future.

10. Bon Appétit, Your Majesty

    2025 · Drama, Food, History · ended

    Recommended for similar Food profile, hidden gem.

    What happens when a Michelin-worthy chef from Paris accidentally time-slips to the Joseon dynasty? She meets the King, a fearsome tyrant with an unexpectedly refined palate. In a bid to survive palace intrigue and royal appetites, she whips up dazzling fusion dishes that tempt even the coldest heart. But as sparks fly in the royal kitchen, a slow-burn romance simmers beneath the surface.