homestyle

adjective

home·​style ˈhōm-ˌstī(-ə)l How to pronounce homestyle (audio)
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

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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

Time Traveler
The first known use of homestyle was in 1869

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“Homestyle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homestyle. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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