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Christina Pirello shares healthy, fresh Italian and Mediterranean recipes as well as her brassy, insightful approach to liver, kidney and heart health and diabetes prevention. Diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1983, Christina turned to a macrobiotic diet of whole grains and vegetables to aid in her recovery, launching the 20-plus year run of her Emmy Award-winning series Christina Cooks.

Scala where a man opened a hotel/restaurant to serve friends & neighbors good food from his garden.
Is there more to food than food? There are nutrients we see and energy we feel.
The life expectancy in America is 79 years of age, 42nd in the world. Could we do better?
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  • Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board Season 7
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Scala where a man opened a hotel/restaurant to serve friends & neighbors good food from his garden.
Explore the bonds of friendship with Christina and her loved ones in Italy.
Cooking with brothers is a rite of passage; Christina cooks with an Italian brother in Pompeii.
There are people in this world who are forces of nature. Christina cooks with one of her favorites.
Learn how young people can fall in love with cooking through traditions that give purpose to life.
Naples, the home of great coffee. Philadelphia, a little spot with the best coffee not in Naples.
The foundation of happiness begins with pasta. In this episode, enjoy life, love and noodles.
Italians love tradition and honoring the past. They also famously live in the moment, enjoying now.
Can we create beautiful skin and hair with the food we eat? Yes, we can.
Women work as a team making lemonade…or lemon cake out of the lemons life hands us.
Embrace, celebrate and give all the love you have with good food.
What if I told you a classic pasta dish from Bari is designed to take care of your liver?
1 in 5 deaths caused by heart disease; easy to solve with most incidences preventable.
So much debate about oil. We need only look at ancient history for the answer.
Man can’t live by bread alone? Stop by the bakeries in Altamura, Puglia. Yes, you can.
The life expectancy in America is 79 years of age, 42nd in the world. Could we do better?
Variety is the spice of life. Nothing stimulates like hot spice, from ginger to chilies.
Can our ancestral past help us move into the future? Let’s see how our ancestors evolved.
Beans may be humble but when it comes to your heart, there is no bigger superstar.
1 in 10 Americans eat recommended servings of vegetables; I have my work cut out for me.
Italians love tradition, the foundation to build on wisdom. Today, we’ll visit Altamura.
The man famous for “I’ll be back” said “Hasta la Vista” to meat. Can we be big and strong?
Alberobello, famous for houses called trulli. For me, it’s almonds and figs that enchant.
Is there more to food than food? There are nutrients we see and energy we feel.
Christina cooks with an instinctive chef who to creates luscious meals for each customer.
Eating like an Italian is holding a deep respect for food and tradition.
Christina meets a chef who adapts Italian dishes to be healthier and kinder to the planet.
Call it tomato sauce or gravy, why is this dish so important to the Italian culture?
What is Italy doing for sustainability?
Christina travels to an ancient town in Tuscany that has produced chestnuts for centuries.
Christina meets a former New York police officer who has landed in a small town in Italy
Choosing more plant and less animal food intake is our best shot at making a difference.
Can kale save the planet? What is green living and why should we live that way?
How can we adapt our lifestyles to step a little lighter on our planet?
In a home kitchen in Tuscany, Christina creates a luscious meal with her friend Sandro.
Eating locally-grown food has become mainstream, but what does “local food” actually mean?
How can we manage stress when stress is a part of life? Italians have a clue.
Explore the world of caffe in Naples.
It's off to Naples we go to see how pizza became the food we love so much.
There’s more to heart health than kale? Life is short so let’s live well and thrive.