diet kitchen

American  

noun

1. a kitchen, as in a hospital, where special food is prepared for those requiring it.

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Etymology

Origin of diet kitchen

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

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diet kitchen

WACs and Army nurses prepared baby formulas in a special diet kitchen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Any salt unused is returned to the diet kitchen, where it is weighed and the amount used is indicated on the chart.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit

Her practical work in the diet kitchen Ruth saw was worthy, indeed.

From Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam by Alice B. Emerson

Miss Adams, though surrounded with difficulties, and finding the surgeons indifferent if not hostile, succeeded in establishing a special diet kitchen, like that at Benton Barracks' Hospital.

From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Henry W. Bellows

“Mercy on us, Heavy!” expostulated Helen, “just because you work in a diet kitchen, don’t think that the only thing people want when they are sick is something to eat.”

From Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils by Alice B. Emerson