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

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

From Where There's a Will by Mary Roberts Rinehart

She was the first person to conceive the idea of a diet kitchen for the needy.

From A Portrait of Old George Town by Grace Dunlop Peter

“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

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 Alice B. Emerson