diet kitchen

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of diet kitchen¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

In the autumn of 1918, the Girl Scouts established what was called the influenza diet kitchen at Central High School, today’s Cardozo, and set about preparing broth, custards, blancmange, gelatin and soup.

From Washington Post

The diet kitchen’s meals were delivered to homes.

From Washington Post

The facility has ten clinical rooms, a blood processing facility and a diet kitchen for nutrition studies.

From BBC

“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 Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg