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The church in my neighborhood cooks and gives free food to everyone every Sunday. I am going to make up two similar sentences below.
(1) I like the church-cooked food more than home-cooked food.
(2) I like the food the church cooks more than home-cooked food.
Which one is idiomatic or neither?
I prefer the second option, but I'd adjust it. "Home-cooked" is a familiar expression. I know that it doesn't literally mean that the home is cooking, but it means cooked at home, you could even just use "home-cooking". On the other hand cooking at church is less common, so there isn't a well-known expression "church-cooked". I think it is clearer to say "the food cooked at church", than "the food the church cooks". As such it is better to spell out the details:
I like the food cooked at church better than home-cooking.
