homestyle en · ADJ
Etymology
From home + style.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Cooked or prepared in a traditional manner as would be done at home.
LUNETTA The Manhattan outpost of the Smith Street, Brooklyn, restaurant, opened Monday in the former Mayrose space, with homestyle Italian cooking by Adam Shepard, who is also a partner: 920 Broadway (21st Street), (212) 533-3663.
2007 October 31, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times:Dish out lots of homecooked foods like pot roast, meat loaf, Maine beans and franks, homestyle fries, fish chowder and fresh-baked breads[…]
1994, Vermont Life, volumes 49-50, page 7: