Firehouse Cooking

Firehouse cooking has become entrenched in American popular culture. Firefighters conspicuously shop en masse, write cookbooks, and demonstrate their recipes on television. Excluding food-service professionals, perhaps no other occupation is so deeply and publicly involved in shopping, cooking, and eating as part of their work lives. Although each city has a slightly different story, New York City typifies and has influenced the evolution of firehouse cooking as a significant social fixture.