Santa Cruz County firefighters cookin’ with fire [Santa Cruz Sentinel, Calif.]
Dec. 17 LIVE OAK With opportunities to dine out and the winter holidays approaching, local fire officials are delivering some public fire-safety tips with a spoonful of sugar.
The Central and Aptos/La Selva fire protection districts have pulled together a collection of staff favorite recipes in their “Serve Up Fire Safety In the Kitchen!” cookbook, free for the public to download and print.
The 26-page cookbook has color photos of the finished meals, its entries covering a range of recipes polenta pot pie and tarragon lemon roast chicken, strawberry poppy seed salad and artichoke chili dip & chips. Interspersed between the recipes are cooking safety tips and facts, because after all, cooking is the No. 1 cause of home fires and home injuries, according to the National Fire Protection Association.