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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At Café Cecilia in Hackney, the chef Max Rocha serves nods to Irish home cooking that have included colcannon, a creamy blend of mashed potatoes and cabbage, and Guinness became so popular in Britain last year that pubs experienced shortages. Alice Newell-Hanson, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025 Diners opted for fast food or home cooking instead of sit-down restaurants. Anne D’innocenzio and Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024 If using a base, chef Coleman Jernigan opts for Minors which makes a variety of flavors (both vegetarian and meat-based) for all of your home cooking needs. Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024 Taste traditional home cooking If fish is for Friday, the traditional Bajan dish of pudding and souse is the staple of Saturday. Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 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 1 May. 2025.

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