Champion of the healthy firehouse kitchen

LA Observed

Sheila Kelliher, a firefighter-paramedic at the West Hollywood station, says the food in L.A. County fire stations has been getting healthier.

Her "quietly healthy" recipe for Texas chili won the Barney’s Beanery First Annual Five-Alarm Firefighter Chili Cook-Off.

The recipe—grilled tri-tip, red sauce, “no extra fat and not too many black beans”—went over so well that it's going on the menu at Barney's. Proceeds from will benefit the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation, a nonprofit for burn survivors.  More at ZevWeb.

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