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 cooking …

—Gourmet

… an antacid may save the day if that roadside diner doesn't live up to its "home cooking" claims.

—Joe Graedon

Examples of home cooking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The agency said recipes are designed to cost less than $5 per serving whenever practical, with an emphasis on whole ingredients and home cooking. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026

The menu is designed to trigger an ache of nostalgia for Puerto Rican home cooking. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

The dish has become emblematic of Barbs-B-Q in Lockhart, Texas, but has roots in Mexican-American home cooking. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 July 2026

An interactive map operated by the Cook Alliance, an advocacy group that supports informal home cooking businesses, shows hundreds of operations scattered throughout the Bay Area, each with their own approach to the micro-restaurant concept. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for home cooking

• overlooking
• booking
• brooking
• hooking
• looking