soul food

noun2

1. •
   A style of food originating in the rural southern US, traditionally associated with African Americans.

   • I couldn't wait for eight o'clock to get home to eat out of those soul-food pots of Ella's, then get dressed in my zoot and head for some of my friends' places in town, to lindy-hop and get high, […] — 1965
2. •
   Nourishment for the soul; spiritual sustenance.