soul food

noun

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

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Gumbo King will close Sunday, the River Gardens soul food restaurant’s operators announced on social media. —

Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025 Alma is named for his mother, a connoisseur of fonda-style Mexican soul food. —

Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 The food hall features a number of local merchants selling everything from sushi to pizza to hot dogs to classic soul food to mini doughnuts. —

Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025 George and his high school sweetheart, Monica Nelson, began selling soul food for $5 a plate — and sometimes free hand-outs — outside their home on Graceland Avenue shortly after arriving in Indianapolis from Evansville in 1995. —

John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for soul food