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

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 Proudfit, Fairfax T.

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.

It includes a gymnasium, a crêche and a diet kitchen, and supports classes, lectures and concerts.

From The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. by New York Central Railroad Company

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 Emerson, Alice B.