Though not exclusively a romantic thing, this troper shows affection for people by cooking for them, to the point that she feels incredibly rejected if someone will not eat food she has made for them. One friend, who follows a diet and lifestyle that this troper has stated she thinks is absurd, once said, "I know that despite our disagreements you still really care about me, because when we're eating together you still make food I can eat."

This troper can't cook very well, but in high school he often shared his lunch with the girl he had a crush on. Her being a BigEater, he figured that this was a good way to get closer to her. He didn't win her heart over or anything, but hey, at least she started sitting next to him during lunch.

This troper often apologizes to family or greets them after a long absence via cooking something nice for breakfast like crepes.

This troper's middle school nemesis made peace after she passed out homemade shortbread cookies on grad day. (It's quite heartwarming to see anyone enjoy her baking as much as he did.) She hasn't had any classes with him since then, but they exchange friendly greetings in the high school hallways.

Cooking is one of This (male) Troper's favorite hobbies. he dreams of taking this approach to a woman, but...

This troper cooks for her friends/roommates all the time. Saturday is pancake day. She has had her opera cake described as "better than sex" and has had a friend declare that her chocolate chip cookies are better than her (the friend's) mom's. Also, this troper's dad only cooks when this troper or her mom is sick, and then he's adorable about making/buying exactly what we want. Dawww.

This was how I met my first bf. I can't cook anything, but buying him candy and Macdonald's food did the trick all the same. When I know I'm coming home to an angry mother (mine), I bring her chocolate as "peace offerings".

My husband learned fast about chocolate with me. When I'm hormonal or he knows I'm unhappy with him about something, he tends to, when arriving home, open the door just far enough to admit a hand waving a chocolate bar. In extreme cases, he opens the door, flings in the chocolate, closes the door, and gives me a minute or two to claim the bribe before he'll come in.

This troper succeeded at intentionally attempting this trope with a GenderFlip. It helped greatly that one of the first recipes perfected turned out to be his future wife's TrademarkFavoriteFood.

D'aaaw. =)

Dawwwwww :)

As a side note to anyone else hoping to woo a woman in this fashion - it really helps if you start learning to make something involving chocolate. This troper used chocolate chip cookies; chocolate cake, chocolate brownies, chocolate chip muffins, and chocolate ice cream are all fairly simple (if requiring particular equipment) and effective alternatives.

One of troper's famous lines is, "If you feed me, I shall love you forever. :)" If she ever finds a guy who will know her well enough to give her a cookie instead of some 1000 dollar gift, she'd glomp him :D <3

Would you take "Let's do lunch" as an invitation if I offer to cook?

Oh yeah ;)

This troper was branded 'the best girlfriend ever' when she made her then-new boyfriend cheesecake. She was then glomped when she gave him a candycane. A candycane. And because he's a nearly a foot taller than her, promptly fell over.

This troper (male) tried to invoke this trope with a girl. He made cookies for her, and she then told him in no uncertain terms that a relationship was never going to happen between the two of them. Then, she took the cookies.

This male troper once baked a batch of muffins for a female friend. This lead to a stream of complimentary blogging, and astonishment at the amount of sugar involved. He also occasionally bakes batches to share with male friends, who are always very appreciative.

If {{JET73L}}'s cooking passes your lips, you're either walking through the kitchen just in time to be a secondary guinea pig for a new recipe (due to SupremeChef being in play, cordon bleugh either turns out great or, rarely necessary, the troper knows it will be unpleasant or inedible immediately after the first mistake and doesn't offer it to anyone else), or you're in. To put it in perspective, a batch of homemade Jack Skellington cookies were once sent eleven hundred miles. Alas, the former of the two scenarios is far more frequent.

Inverted by this troper and his wife. The only thing she can make is meatloaf and grilled cheese, but she loves his lasagna, omelets, chicken pot pie, cheesecake, beef stew, fried chicken, cornbread, biscuits, marinara sauce, etc.

This troper's first girlfriend, somewhat of a tomboy, once as a gesture of affection, baked a very cute heart shaped cake for him. Unfortunately,something went horribly wrong somewhere during the baking process (I have no idea what, being a man), and the result looked pretty but could only ever be useful as battleship armor plating.

This troper once stayed with a close friend due to uncomfortable circumstances involving a certain JerkAss. She ended up cooking Asian food and took additional toast with her when she walked over to the kitchen to get some for herself. No, he's not that kind of friend.

I can't cook anything practical or particularly fancy, but I'm a damn artist when it comes to gamon steak and most types of barbecue friendly meat due to a natural knack. Whenever I mention how I cook something it tends to draw a lot of...attention.

Same here. I can do pasta and the occasional cake, but I mostly stick with BBQing meat. I'm also great with noodles and my greatest recipe (which was developed while staying at my aunt's house) features carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, peppers, noddles, chicken and a secret ingredient which I will not mention here. As a warning, however, you have to stir fry the vegetables carefully to get the entire meal done at the same time. Also, even if you remove the chicken, it is not vegetarian friendly.

My mother ''attempted'' to invoke this trope when she was dating my father in TheSixties. She transferred the contents of several tv dinners to plates and filled her sink with dishes to create the illusion of a home-cooked meal (she could not cook a lick at the time), and it was years before my father (whose mother owned a restaurant) told her that he was not fooled at all.

Not romantic at all, but this troper's automatic reaction to anyone around her feeling bad is to bake them brownies. This backfires with the clinically-depressed TheAlcoholic who hates sweets. :(

Also, this WILL work in reverse on her, as there is NOTHING sexier than a guy who can cook. Except maybe a guy who can cook, ballroom dance, sing, and clean house.

Gender flipped by this male troper. I started University a year ago, and the classes I had just happened to be all-female except for me and a total of two of the teachers (possibly because it was a drama course being held at a university in a very manly area). Now, as it happens, I am a feeder. So, of course, I baked and offered the goodies to my classmates. They were not unappreciative. A professor that had started her career that year actually joked in the last class of the year that she'd thought she had escaped the "freshman fifteen", years ago, and that it had finally caught up with her and "brought a friend".

This troper loves to cook and bake, and will make food for anyone as a sort of peace-keeping/making gesture (never mind that it calms my nerves significantly). I've also used one of my favorite dishes (fettuccine carbonara) to impress a cute guy who loves pasta.

This troper's mother had a college music theory teacher who would boost his students' grades up to 100's or so if they just gave him a bag of chocolates before a big project or test. She says that he was the insane sort of professor who did these sorts of things on a regular basis - he was known for giving his students F's for participation ("I saw it with my own two eyes in his gradebook!") if they did not laugh at his stupid jokes.

While @/DesertDragon loves cooking for boyfriends, the ultimate sign of love is when we're cooking ''together.'' That...and the fact that I'm really bad at cooking multiple things at once (one-dish meals are great, but when balancing a pan of meat, a pot of pasta, and a pot of vegetables, something is bound to overcook).

This Troper's best friend realized he needed to move the "cook dinner" date from the 1st date to the 3rd. Too many girls were taking it as a sign he wanted a long term relationship when he was still deciding if he wanted a 2nd date.

This Troper decided that for her close friends' birthdays she'll make a cupcake for them. A multicolored cupcake, either rainbow-colored or with said person's favorite colors. The icing is fluffy white icing dyed with food coloring to the person's favorite color. She gave one to her friend, and he loved it. Not only did this make the Troper elated, but she also now knows what to do if she ever needs anything. >:D

O-Oh god...the friend who the Troper made cupcakes for made FOUR for her. He did devil's food cake chocolate...He got her. Totally through her stomach.

This Troper has a girl in his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class who will bring in delicious cookies to eat after class. Unfortunately, part of the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu involves dropping weight rapidly to come in under a weight limit for tournaments, so while the gesture is often appreciated, there are certain weeks when half the class will look at the cookies and sigh forlornly.