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Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board

Dinner with Sandro

Season 5 Episode 505

This deeply personal episode takes the idea of cooking and eating together to a new level. In a home kitchen in Tuscany, Christina cooks with her friend Sandro, in no way a vegan, to produce a dinner from seasonal, local ingredients with the idea to nourish loved ones a vegan feast that has everyone raving. A beautiful celebration of life itself, created in Sandro’s kitchen.

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Alberobello, famous for houses called trulli. For me, it’s almonds and figs that enchant.
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Is there more to food than food? There are nutrients we see and energy we feel.
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Can our ancestral past help us move into the future? Let’s see how our ancestors evolved.
Oh, Spicy!
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Variety is the spice of life. Nothing stimulates like hot spice, from ginger to chilies.
The Life of the Party
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Beans may be humble but when it comes to your heart, there is no bigger superstar.
Vegetable Love Affair
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1 in 10 Americans eat recommended servings of vegetables; I have my work cut out for me.
Tradition
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Italians love tradition, the foundation to build on wisdom. Today, we’ll visit Altamura.
Could We Live Longer… And Better?
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The life expectancy in America is 79 years of age, 42nd in the world. Could we do better?
The Good Fats
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So much debate about oil. We need only look at ancient history for the answer.
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
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Christina travels to an ancient town in Tuscany that has produced chestnuts for centuries.
Life in the Slow Lane
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Christina meets a former New York police officer who has landed in a small town in Italy
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