soul food

noun

: food (such as chitterlings, ham hocks, and collard greens) traditionally eaten by Southern Black Americans

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His Korean/soul food fusion spot, Sun Chong, is also hot, and his restaurant Monday has TikTok's favorite sweet potato beignets. Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025 Table Talk Games Restaurant Critic In-Training Chef David Kuo, head chef and owner of West Los Angeles’ Little Fatty Taiwanese soul food restaurant, Fatty Mart market hall, and award-winning craft cocktail destination, Accomplice Bar. Lanee Lee, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 Husband and wife Ronald and Tanika Glenn own and operate the restaurant, which specializes in soul food, cheesecake and gluten free soft serve ice cream. Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2024 Gumbo King will close Sunday, the River Gardens soul food restaurant’s operators announced on social media. Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for soul food 

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of soul food was in 1960

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“Soul food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soul%20food. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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