Unexciting food, for example, Dorothy’s briefly brought up (6)
I believe the answer is:
stodge
'unexciting food' is the definition.
(term for heavy or boring food)
'example dorothy's briefly brought up' is the wordplay.
'example' becomes 'eg'.
'dorothy's briefly' becomes 'dots' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'brought up' says the letters should be written backwards (down clues only).
'eg'+'dots'='egdots'
'egdots' in reverse letter order is 'STODGE'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for stodge that I've seen before include "Indigestible or dull food" , "Heavy filling food" , "Steamed pudding" , "heavy fare" , "treacle pudding?" .)