Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna
She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat

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Summary:
Cooking is how Nomoto de-stresses, but one day, she finds herself making way more than she can eat by herself. And so, she invites her neighbor Kasuga, who also lives alone. What will come out of this impromptu dinner invitation...?

I fond this title as a recommendation from a TikTok, and thought that the plot seem interesting enough.

Oh Boy! what a surprice it was to me to fall in love with the characters so quickly, I love how these two woman form a cute relationship out of the blue just cuz they both love food so much. I also like how they both found each ... other companionship so calming and great after a tough day on the job and other stressful matters, etc.

I love how different they are of one another and somehow their love for the food pulls them closer and closer, and thanks to this they found themself thinking of one another very often, like when Nomoto is just shopping for ingredients and when she sees something that catches her eye she alwasy wonders "Will Kasuga-san mind if I cook this meal for her?" asdasdas!!! it's just so cute.

I don't know if they will end up together and start dating (I hope so!!! hehehe) but even if they don't date I just love to see them happy and discovering new things of one another that makes them happy.

So far I just have read the first volume, but I for sure will get the next ones when they are avalable on my language, I can wait to see this characters having fun and making memories together. ( n n )

She loves to cook, She loves to eat is a very cute GL manga with a focus on food and people's different relationships with food. In fact, through reading, the romance between the main characters is almost secondary but still an important aspect of the story. The main intent of this manga is to send a message about how society treats women and LGBT people and societal expectations regarding family relationships.
The main character Nomoto loves to cook food to de-stress, but she feels guilty about not being able to eat it all. Additionally, being a woman, people attribute her love of cooking to the fact ... that she is a woman and believe her passion for cooking must have something to do with trying to find a man. I appreciate how this manga delicately tackles issues like misogyny in a realistic way. As a woman, the way in which this manga portrays misogynistic comments is grounded in reality and not over-the-top or making light of the matter.
Kasuga, Nomoto's new friend, with whom she begins to share meals, deals with several family issues. Throughout her childhood, she was forced to eat less than she wanted; she was always told to watch her weight or made to feel bad for eating a lot of food. Her family always expected the girls to prepare the meals and cleanup for the men. In this way, the story also captures another aspect of misogyny very well. The many societal expectations regarding women and food/cooking
Of course, this is a GL story, and as the two women continue to share meals, they struggle to find out how they actually feel about each other. The process by which Nomoto actually begins to come to the conclusion that she is a lesbian is very realistic, and it is evident that the author had personal experience. The way it also handles homophobia is realistic, and I appreciate the care that was taken.
Lastly, I will say the art is very good. The part where the art really shines is the food. Every time I saw the food, I felt myself getting hungry and wanting to try and make whatever it was they were making. The character art suits the serious but at the same time lighthearted tone of the series.
My main criticism is that I wish there was more time devoted to developing their relationship as a couple. As I previously stated, the budding relationship does feel as if it is beginning to take a backseat to other conflicts at times. They share some cute moments together, but I wish we had more of those romantic moments and feelings of tension to make the reader excited over the prospect of them getting together.