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Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
Family Over Everything
Season 7
Episode 701
Scala is a sleepy little town on the Amalfi Coast, where a visionary cook, policeman and jack of all trades decided to open a hotel and restaurant, run by his family to serve his friends and neighbors good, simple food from his organic garden. Christina visits them for a lesson in cooking and the importance of family…over everything.
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