soul food
noun
: food (such as chitterlings, ham hocks, and collard greens) traditionally eaten by Southern Black Americans
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Restaurants like Sushi Saint, The Monroe, and The District Gastrobar, along with long-time Parramore soul food standbys like Nikki’s Place, provide enough good food to have more than a few reasons to return.
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Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2025
Her new menu adds a bit of Southwestern flair to the vegan soul food repertoire made popular, and acclaimed, by the restaurant’s former executive chef, Shenarri Freeman.
—Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Parramore For sports, soul food, and burgeoning arts This downtown main street neighborhood is Orlando's oldest and largest African-American neighborhood in the city, and home to the Wells’ Built Museum of African-American History.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2025
Adrian Miller, the soul food scholar who eats black-eyed peas on New Year's Day, says since the tradition's origin is not set in stone, neither is the day it's observed.
—Luis Giraldo, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
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Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2025
Her new menu adds a bit of Southwestern flair to the vegan soul food repertoire made popular, and acclaimed, by the restaurant’s former executive chef, Shenarri Freeman.
—Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Parramore For sports, soul food, and burgeoning arts This downtown main street neighborhood is Orlando's oldest and largest African-American neighborhood in the city, and home to the Wells’ Built Museum of African-American History.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2025
Adrian Miller, the soul food scholar who eats black-eyed peas on New Year's Day, says since the tradition's origin is not set in stone, neither is the day it's observed.
—Luis Giraldo, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for soul food
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“Soul food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soul%20food. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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