Firehouse Cooking: Food from America's Bravest [Hardcover]

R. G. Adams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 2004

The cookbook that set the standard is back!!! This much sought after national best-seller is now available as a collectable Limited Edition. This comprehensive cookbook features North American firehouse recipes from both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. It is an invaluable companion to the firehouse cook and homemaker alike. With attention to detail, Islandog Publications, has restored many features and original information. Included are "the lost pictures"; and Firefighter Mike is returned to the cover. The many full color photographs, spotlight spectacular fires from Nova Scotia to Los Angeles and Edmonton to Miami. Firefighters throughout the United States and Canada helped by contributing to the over 200 recipes included. Firehouse Cooking, ranges from Appetizers to Beverages, and also includes Soup, Salad, Quickbread, Main Course, Side Dish, and Dessert chapters. Each recipe lists ingredients in order of usage, with easy to follow instructions, and clear terminology, making them a pleasure to use again and again. These recipes will satisfy any picky appetite, add a bit of variety to old standbys, and enjoy raves at the next potluck barbecue. Use this very special cookbook everyday. To any cook, career or volunteer, it will become an important resource tool, and an epicurean journey through the firehouse kitchens of North America.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Islandog Publications proudly makes available Firehouse Cooking: Food From America’s Bravest. This deluxe Special Author’s Edition, begins a new life, guiding a new generation of firehouse cooks through the kitchens of North America. This special hard cover edition, is bound and printed in the United States of America, using the highest quality materials, and finest craftsmanship. To thank you, our favorite sponsors make available an extra special coupon to every firefighter supporter who buys a copy of this cookbook. Islandog Publications donates a portion of proceeds to The National Disaster Relief Fund.

Adams believes that communal dining is a treasured pastime, and that firefighters epitomize this spirit. With the table set, and the ever-present awareness that an alarm might sound, these brave men and women are still able to prepare hearty, down-to-earth, and often wonderful meals together. In Adams’s words, "For all their hard work and courage, I wanted to honor them with a book from their contemporaries around the continent."

From the Author

I am as proud of this cookbook as I am of all the men and women who helped make "Firehouse Cooking" so successful. While promoting this cookbook over the last ten years I've had an opportunity to meet even more firefighters, from Bangkok to the UK, and it never ceases to amaze me how strong their sense of fraternity is. This book is dedicated to our firefighters—some of the most heroic men and women the world has ever known. Everyday they bravely expose themselves to potential peril; often saving us from ourselves and often under-appreciated. That is one reason why I insisted the quality of this edition had to be excellent. You deserve it. You deserve the best. For keeping watch over our lives and property—

I join everyone, everywhere, in saying thank you.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 230 pages
• Publisher: Islandog Pubns; Special edition (October 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963808915
• ISBN-13: 978-0963808912
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #909,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FireHouse Cooking-Food From America's Bravest, January 20, 2005

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GEF - See all my reviews

This review is from: Firehouse Cooking: Food from America's Bravest (Hardcover)

I new I would like this book when I saw it. It is a COLLECTION of firehouse recipes-not just recipes from one person or the way a certain person cooks. It has a lot of variety, simple to follow instructions, recipes with few ingredients that I usually have in the house and are quick to prepare. I have used the same recipes for dinner parties or just the two of us. Recipes are easy to double, triple or halve and still taste the same and turn out. It is also food we normally eat. I use it constantly, often doubling recipes so I can freeze leftovers. It's a great everday cookbook-THANK YOU RG ADAMS!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great firehouse cookbook, October 5, 2005

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Chris Mckenzie "h2osqtr" (Moore, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Firehouse Cooking: Food from America's Bravest (Hardcover)

This is a very detailed, very nice book. Great for the firefighter looking for a little help in the kitchen. We all know how picky firefighters can be when it comes to chow.