soul food
noun
: food (such as chitterlings, ham hocks, and collard greens) traditionally eaten by Southern Black Americans
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After a three-year run serving soul food with a twist, the dine-in restaurant Oooh Wee!
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Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
If that’s not your culinary jam, the city is also flush with awesome soul food and Delta-style fish restaurants.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
And then an idea struck the two of them, why not open a soul food restaurant together?
—Gary Stern, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Slaves created soul food by merging their knowledge of West-Central African cooking methods with those of Native Americans and Europeans.
—Diane Owens Prettyman, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Sep. 2024
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Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
If that’s not your culinary jam, the city is also flush with awesome soul food and Delta-style fish restaurants.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
And then an idea struck the two of them, why not open a soul food restaurant together?
—Gary Stern, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Slaves created soul food by merging their knowledge of West-Central African cooking methods with those of Native Americans and Europeans.
—Diane Owens Prettyman, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Soul food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soul%20food. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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