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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That’ll do more for your home cooking than any recipe ever will. Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026 Noma Projects launched in 2022 as an offshoot of the world-famous restaurant, offering the fine-dining juggernaut’s small-batch hot sauces, coffees, vinegars and other products for home cooking. Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 In the afternoon, spend two to three hours at the Country Music Hall of Fame and grab lunch at a meat-and-three like Arnold’s Country Kitchen — a Southern comfort-food tradition that will feel familiar to anyone raised on Texas home cooking. Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026 The earliest selections date from right after her move from her hometown of New Orleans to San Francisco, the Gulf Coast’s temperamental weather and her mother’s home cooking fresh in her memory. Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026 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 26 Apr. 2026.

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