homestyle

adjective

home·​style ˈhōm-ˌstī(-ə)l 

variants or home-style

: having qualities (such as simplicity, familiarity, and unpretentiousness) associated with or evocative of home and especially home-cooked food

homestyle food/cooking

A comfy diner where locals old and new gather for big breakfasts and homestyle lunches.

—Thomas Matthews

… [Paul] Bocuse approves of the renewed favor of homestyle traditional cooking: "We have perhaps become too inventive," he says of professional chefs …

—Janine King

… restaurants generally sold inexpensive, southern home-style cooking: Beef stew, dumplings, vegetables, macaroni and cheese, …

—Donna R. Gabaccia

Examples of homestyle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

They also became associated with homestyle Portuguese cooking, using everyday ingredients like salt cod, sardines, and potatoes. —Austin Bush, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2024

Participants can learn about the history of Walnut Creek in the 1800s and 1900s via a walking tour of the downtown area, a tour of an historic home and a homestyle Peruvian lunch. —Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024

Beast Naomi Pomeroy won a James Beard Award for her work at this salon-style restaurant, with its homestyle French cooking and communal tables. —Mrussell, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above