foodway
Americannoun
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a culinary dish, custom, or food-related practice associated with a particular culture.
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the digestive tract or, sometimes, the esophagus.
Example Sentences
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The peasant kitchen is inclined toward nativism and xenophobia; Berger describes the peasant’s aversion to “foreign” provisions, which are not part of the intimate local foodway and are thus unknowable and untrustworthy.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025
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