homestyle
adjective
home·style
ˈhōm-ˌstī(-ə)l 
variants
or home-style
: having qualities (such as simplicity, familiarity, and unpretentiousness) associated with or evocative of home and especially home-cooked food
homestyle food/cooking
A comfy diner where locals old and new gather for big breakfasts and homestyle lunches.—
Thomas Matthews
Thomas Matthews… [Paul] Bocuse approves of the renewed favor of homestyle traditional cooking: "We have perhaps become too inventive," he says of professional chefs …—Janine King
Janine King… restaurants generally sold inexpensive, southern home-style cooking: Beef stew, dumplings, vegetables, macaroni and cheese, …—Donna R. Gabaccia
Donna R. GabacciaExamples of homestyle in a Sentence
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Four years later, in 2022, Matheson opened Rizzo's House of Parm, a homestyle Italian restaurant named after his daughter, according to Taste Toronto.
—Avalon Hester, People.com, 26 June 2025
From its beginnings last year in a gas station grill that became a TikTok phenomenon, the tiny cafe has moved into a big east Fort Worth restaurant with a bar, a patio and lots of homestyle Southern food.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2025
They also became associated with homestyle Portuguese cooking, using everyday ingredients like salt cod, sardines, and potatoes.
—Austin Bush, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2024
Participants can learn about the history of Walnut Creek in the 1800s and 1900s via a walking tour of the downtown area, a tour of an historic home and a homestyle Peruvian lunch.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
Beast Naomi Pomeroy won a James Beard Award for her work at this salon-style restaurant, with its homestyle French cooking and communal tables.
—Mrussell, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
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Avalon Hester, People.com, 26 June 2025
From its beginnings last year in a gas station grill that became a TikTok phenomenon, the tiny cafe has moved into a big east Fort Worth restaurant with a bar, a patio and lots of homestyle Southern food.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2025
They also became associated with homestyle Portuguese cooking, using everyday ingredients like salt cod, sardines, and potatoes.
—Austin Bush, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2024
Participants can learn about the history of Walnut Creek in the 1800s and 1900s via a walking tour of the downtown area, a tour of an historic home and a homestyle Peruvian lunch.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
Beast Naomi Pomeroy won a James Beard Award for her work at this salon-style restaurant, with its homestyle French cooking and communal tables.
—Mrussell, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
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“Homestyle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homestyle. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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