foodways
plural noun
food·ways
ˈfüd-ˌwāz 
: the eating habits and culinary practices of a people, region, or historical period
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Their efforts — at researching Levantine foodways and then pushing ever so gently against their boundaries — have culminated in a flatbread that borrows from street food traditions without being subservient to them.
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Tim Carman, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
Many people have worked toward making foodways more sustainable, but often to the detriment of the actual taste of the end product.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2022
Dana Thompson, who along with Sherman co-founded the nonprofit North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems, sees the restoration of traditional foodways as key to addressing health and economic crises in Native communities.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Nov. 2022
When laid bare, these facts reveal a serious problem with our global food chain, starting with the risk of losing our traditional foodways and by no means ending with the danger of vulnerability in the face of climate change.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2022
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Tim Carman, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
Many people have worked toward making foodways more sustainable, but often to the detriment of the actual taste of the end product.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2022
Dana Thompson, who along with Sherman co-founded the nonprofit North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems, sees the restoration of traditional foodways as key to addressing health and economic crises in Native communities.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Nov. 2022
When laid bare, these facts reveal a serious problem with our global food chain, starting with the risk of losing our traditional foodways and by no means ending with the danger of vulnerability in the face of climate change.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for foodways
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“Foodways.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foodways. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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