Nobunaga no Chef

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both involve the main character going back in time to the warring states period, and both have advanced future knowledge about a skill, in Nobunaga no Chef its cooking and in jin its medicine.  

If you are interested in modern characters supporting Nobunaga with ordinary skills like cooking or agricultural improvements, these manga are for you.  

Both manga are about someone from our era somehow ending up in the Sengoku era, and both are closely related to Nobunaga. In Concerto the protagonist is an ordinary high school boy who must become Nobunaga, in Chef we have a cook who takes his 21st century culinary knowledge to old Edo. 

Although both series take place in different settings, they both portray the theme of culinary arts effectively with their premise. The main male protagonists are skilled at cooking and seek to become a skilled chef in their world. At the same time, they face competition and demand from others. Both series test the skills of the characters as they are challenged to their limits. Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars) has more school life gimmicks with fanservice while Nobunaga no Chef delivers more realism with historical themes. I recommend both series if you are looking for a conventional manga of culinary arts. 

If you are interested in the Warring States period, but like stories about people around Nobunaga, these manga are for you. Nobunaga no Chef brings the perspective of a modern Japanese chef to bear whereas Hyouge Mono shows a more human side to samurai and the cultural upheaval of the time. 

Both convey deeper messages through their food or drink. 

They both were transported in a different era in Japan but with different roles to play 

Both of these manga are heavily focused on modern day people being time slipped into the past, they focus on Japanese history and are filled with moments of action. Their main draw though is the melodrama survival of the main cast after being time slipped so far back into the past, both of these series are drama heavy seinens.  

Both of these manga are drama heavy time slip manga that focus on surviving a time slip into the past and their struggles to survive and make sense of the predicament they've found themselves in. Zipang and Nobunaga both have very heavy suspenseful moments and melodrama that keep readers invested while you explore a Japan from the past 

Both series appeals to the culinary arts and defines their style through storytelling. There is a variety of dishes and every chapter has innovate ways to make them look good. The main protagonist also has similar personalities and we see how they show their skills in their perspective worlds. Dungeon Meshi is also well known for its fantasy themes while Nobunaga no Chef takes place in a period of historical ages. 

If you like Japanese history, especially military events that the Japanese are obsessed with, AND cooking, these are the manga for you. 

Both are food manga. 

If you like cooking manga with explanations of technique, you should like both of these. Oishinbo has more an angsty family backstory while Nobunaga no Chef obviously shows you more Japanese history. 

More cooking manga for you to enjoy. 

Both are cooking manga. 

Nobunaga no Chef is about how food can express messages and change history, whereas the stakes in Maiko-san Chi are much lower, but both are about chefs/cooks supporting others with their cooking. 

Both involve time slips to a close up view of a turbulent time in history with a violent charismatic leader.