The Nosh: What’s cooking at Seattle Firehouse 27?

Host Rachel Belle joins in the kitchen to learn how food can bond first responders and help improve mental health for those protecting the community.

Rachel Belle

Rachel Belle Jun 21, 2025

May 15, 2025

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            <p>If you see a fire truck pulling into a supermarket parking lot, don’t panic.</p><p>The firefighters are there to grocery-shop for tonight’s dinner! But what they eat, and even how and when they shop, is strategic. Rachel Belle popped by the Georgetown firehouse to help Lt. Hilton Jones make dinner for the crew who work, sleep and eat together during shifts that last at least 24 hours.</p><p>Shared meals build trust and create a sense of family and a home away from home. But for folks who’ve spent their careers serving the community, the dinner table is also a natural place to get support and work through a tough or traumatic workday.</p><p>What is a firehouse kitchen called? Who pays for the kitchen equipment? Let’s go behind the scenes and find out! The episode ends with a <em>Golden Girls</em> moment as Lt. Jones serves a delicious homemade dessert that’s made him very popular around the firehouse.                                                                                                                                                   <br><em>Support for </em>The Nosh with Rachel Belle<em> is provided by Alaska Airlines.</em></p>
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If you see a fire truck pulling into a supermarket parking lot, don’t panic.

The firefighters are there to grocery-shop for tonight’s dinner! But what they eat, and even how and when they shop, is strategic. Rachel Belle popped by the Georgetown firehouse to help Lt. Hilton Jones make dinner for the crew who work, sleep and eat together during shifts that last at least 24 hours.

Shared meals build trust and create a sense of family and a home away from home. But for folks who’ve spent their careers serving the community, the dinner table is also a natural place to get support and work through a tough or traumatic workday.

What is a firehouse kitchen called? Who pays for the kitchen equipment? Let’s go behind the scenes and find out! The episode ends with a Golden Girls moment as Lt. Jones serves a delicious homemade dessert that’s made him very popular around the firehouse.
Support for The Nosh with Rachel Belle is provided by Alaska Airlines.

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By Rachel Belle

Rachel Belle is the host of The Nosh and the host and creator of Your Last Meal, a James Beard Award finalist for Best Podcast. She is an editor-at-large at Cascade PBS.