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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

We bumped through the diet kitchen and into the scullery, when we found we had no matches.

From Where There's a Will by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

These are some of the things I have done since I joined up with that diet kitchen outfit.

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

After the fair, a special diet kitchen on a grand scale was established and supplied with all necessary appliances by the Pittsburg Branch.

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

A nurse should obtain this training during her course in the hospital, through the class room, the wards and the diet kitchen.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.