traditional fare
Old family recipes
Traditional fare refers to food or meals that are customary, time-honored, or characteristic of a particular culture, region, or occasion: The restaurant serves traditional fare like shepherd's pie and fish and chips.
Holiday menus often feature traditional fare—turkey at Thanksgiving, ham at Easter.
The phrase suggests dishes prepared according to established recipes rather than modern innovations.
- homestyleSimply prepared, like family cooking
- home cookingMeals prepared at residence
- comfort foodEmotionally consoling dishes
- heartyWarm and substantial
- rusticRural and unrefined
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- local foodslocal favorite, regional cuisine, local produce, local seafood, regional specialty
- regional cuisineTexas chili, New England clam chowder, Texas BBQ, Chicago deep dish, Detroit pizza
- Scottish thingshaggis, shortbread, Scotch whisky, tartan, kilt
- Irish foodIrish stew, colcannon, soda bread, Irish soda bread, black pudding
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