How to Use soul food in a Sentence

soul food

noun
  • Jennifer Banks wears the apron and cooks up soul food.
    — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Houston has some of the best soul food in the country, hands down.
    — Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The perfect place, in fact, to give birth to the perfect soul food.
    — Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Nana’s was recently called the best soul food in Texas.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Donuts are the soul food of a place that is often accused of lacking a soul.
    — The Economist, 26 July 2019
  • Don’t hesitate to ask for a large helping of soul food to ease the pain.
    — L'oreal Thompson Payton, SELF, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Esther's, an amazing place to go and get soul food every day.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 13 July 2022
  • But there may still be a future for the iconic soul food restaurant in the city.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • Overheard Talk of soul food, specials, and the lunchtime scene.
    — Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2018
  • There aren’t many soul food places in New England or in this area at all.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Look for soul food plates like fish and collard greens, along with burgers and salads.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024
  • And then an idea struck the two of them, why not open a soul food restaurant together?
    — Gary Stern, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Full soul food menu, craft cocktails, mocktails and more available.
    — Anne Schrager, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Luckett and his team were serving up a list of Southern soul food.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2022
  • Those spots range from Italian and Filipino to soul food and seafood.
    — Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2023
  • On the surface, this sounds like a menu of soul food delicacies.
    — Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Japanese and soul food, to pay off the Hawaiian bride and black groom.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The best way to snag its Caribbean and soul food is to just show up in person.
    — Jennifer Peter, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Of course this roundup includes the city's best soul food and barbecue standouts.
    — Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Hard Times for years because its one of the only sit-down soul food restaurants in the area.
    — Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2018
  • Simply put, chef Tanya Holland is the queen of West coast soul food.
    — Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The brothers are planning to open a soul food joint in Lincoln Park next year.
    — Katie Galioto, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
  • This event celebrates the varieties of soul food.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • This iconic soul food joint serves up specials for as little as $5 and plates for $10.
    — Chron Staff, Chron, 13 Oct. 2021
  • In just a few hours, her quaint and homey soul food staple, Shaw-naé’s House, will be bustling with guests.
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The soul food cafe — like many others — was completely destroyed by the Eaton fire.
    — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Snoop Dogg opened his kitchen up to the world with this cook book, which features a ton of delicious soul food recipes.
    — Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2022
  • The space was most recently home to soul food restaurant Skyview 22.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
  • Put these and other local soul food gems on your to-do list, in what remains of June and beyond.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
  • After a three-year run serving soul food with a twist, the dine-in restaurant Oooh Wee!
    — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024

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