California Firefighter, Jacob Mual A chef for 22 years, Jacob Mual started volunteering with the local fire department in Sonoma County, California, in 2015. He now works full-time as an EMT with a local ambulance service, but he still volunteers with the local fire department and was on the ground at the Walbridge Fire that devastated the state last summer. He is writing a cookbook, ‘Functional Food for First Responders’, to which Lidia has contributed her recipe for
Chicken Alla Pitocca, a hearty one-pot dish for the firefighters.
Watch, as Lidia oversees Jacob preparing the Chicken alla Pitocca.
Meet Jacob Mual
Jacob Mual holds a bowl of Lidia’s Chicken Alla Pitocca.