How to Use soul food in a Sentence

soul food

noun
  • Here's Chron's guide to soul food in the city of Houston.
    Shelby Stewart, Chron, 18 June 2021
  • The perfect place, in fact, to give birth to the perfect soul food.
    Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2024
  • In the North, soul food is collard greens and chitlins and fried pork chops.
    Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The smell of Southern soul food drifted from the kitchen.
    Michael A. Gonzales, The Root, 25 Mar. 2018
  • His dad owned a soul food restaurant just down the street.
    Kelli Kennedy, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 June 2018
  • Houston has some of the best soul food in the country, hands down.
    Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 6 Jan. 2023
  • SI Fish & More nearby is the soul food spot to ready your body for fall.
    New York Times, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Overheard Talk of soul food, specials, and the lunchtime scene.
    Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2018
  • There aren’t many soul food places in New England or in this area at all.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Don’t hesitate to ask for a large helping of soul food to ease the pain.
    L'oreal Thompson Payton, SELF, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Alta Corbin and Gomez will spend time in the kitchen of the soul food restaurant Alta.
    Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
  • But there may still be a future for the iconic soul food restaurant in the city.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • Donuts are the soul food of a place that is often accused of lacking a soul.
    The Economist, 26 July 2019
  • Those spots range from Italian and Filipino to soul food and seafood.
    Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Simply put, chef Tanya Holland is the queen of West coast soul food.
    Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Japanese and soul food, to pay off the Hawaiian bride and black groom.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The best way to snag its Caribbean and soul food is to just show up in person.
    Jennifer Peter, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2021
  • All of the Southern and soul food staples are on offer.
    Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2018
  • Hard Times for years because its one of the only sit-down soul food restaurants in the area.
    Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2018
  • Michael's Soul Kitchen is a soul food restaurant and jazz club that opened downtown in 2019.
    Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2020
  • The brothers are planning to open a soul food joint in Lincoln Park next year.
    Katie Galioto, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
  • When my parents went to their favorite soul food restaurant, the servers got a kick out of the 3-year-old who read the menu word for word.
    Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2024
  • Used for generations in soul food, the black-eyed pea is thought to have come to the U.S. colonies with enslaved Africans.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Luckett and his team were serving up a list of Southern soul food.
    Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2022
  • Dreamz Cafe is considered one of the best soul food restaurants in the city, based on Yelp reviews.
    Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 8 June 2020
  • Snoop Dogg opened his kitchen up to the world with this cook book, which features a ton of delicious soul food recipes.
    Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2022
  • Even the audience agreed that Chef Wells’ new spin on this soul food classic was worthy of all the praise.
    Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 6 July 2019
  • Look for soul food plates like fish and collard greens, along with burgers and salads.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024
  • That morning Milton had posted a rave video review of Byrd’s soul food made from her late mother’s recipes.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2024
  • Open for lunch or dinner, the soul food spot is sought after for its Southern dishes like fried chicken, candied yams, mac and cheese, and cornbread.
    Mariette Williams, Essence, 25 July 2024

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