Definition of "home-style" []

• Prepared or served as if in the home: a restaurant serving authentic home-style dishes. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Joe Kohen for The Wall Street Journal The menu includes home-style dishes that are hard to find in the average red-sauce joint, such as spinach and ricotta gnocchi."
• "Mr. Rose, a 32-year-old who works for American Express , lived in Mexico City last year and misses the home-style cooking of local cantinas in the countryside."
• "Because of my allergies and asthma, I discovered the great convenience of the AC car adapter, which plugged into the cigarette lighter and provided home-style electricity so I could give myself breathing treatments."