soul food

1. 1.

   food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South

   Broaderfood

Questions about soul food

What does soul food mean?

soul food means "food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South".

Is soul food a common word?

soul food is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.