Temel Mutfak Bilimleri, Seçim Yılmaz,Bayrakçı Selman, Editör, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara, ss.139-170, 2021
In order to prevent hunger and malnutrition of victims, nutrition management (NM) is a very critical and urgent part of disaster management (DM). Field kitchens play pivotal roles in NM by producing and serving hot meals at various places where the victims are. The fact of their impact on human health with their production roles under unpredictable conditions, disaster field kitchens (DFK) necessitate and deserve special attention. Apart from some limited and undetailed mentions, there are barely any academic explanations about these kitchens with a holistic approach. This descriptive and explanatory study aimed to understand the properties of DFKs by reviewing related books, researches, reports about DM, NM and mobile kitchens. In addition to these, web sharings of chefs were also used to understand outdoor food production conditions. With this study, disaster field kitchen was described and explained with operational dimensions and planning considerations. These can help upcoming modelling and standardizing efforts. Disaster field kitchens are a component of nutrition management in scope of disaster management. In order to understand the specific properties of DFK, breaking it down could be more helpful. DM > NM > DFK