home cooking

noun

: food that is cooked at home or is similar to food cooked at home
… the lunchtime special … pays homage to his grandparents' simple home cookingGourmet
… an antacid may save the day if that roadside diner doesn't live up to its "home cooking" claims.Joe Graedon

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And right now, home cooking is at the center of it all. Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 Air fryers hit the market around 2010, but rose to fame during the home cooking craze of the pandemic lockdown. Meg St-Esprit, Bon Appétit, 18 Mar. 2025 Food rationing in the U.K. only ended in 1954, when Twiggy was 5 years old, and her generation lived on simple, plain home cooking. Samantha Conti, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025 Despite short-term challenges in the housing market, the company expects to capitalize on the growing trend of home cooking and an increasing preference for high-end kitchen appliances as the housing sector stabilizes. Joe Cornell, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home cooking

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of home cooking was in 1831

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“Home cooking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20cooking. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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