Meaning of soul food | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Nourishment for the soul; spiritual sustenance.
   countable, uncountable
2. A style of food originating in the rural southern US, traditionally associated with African Americans.
   US, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“I couldn't wait for eight o'clock to get home to eat out of those soul-food pots of Ella's, then get dressed in my zoot and head for some of my friends' places in town, to lindy-hop and get high, […]”

“Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets / Looking for soul food and a place to eat”

“Generations of African Americans in the US were told soul food was simple and unhealthy, Oliver says.”

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