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

I'm on the water-wagon and the diet kitchen.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

I went back for some, and when I got as far as the diet kitchen again Doctor Barnes was there, just inside the door.

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

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.

You are going to get over it, even if you have to live for weeks on "Nuttolene" or other products of the diet kitchen.

From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian