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Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
Living the Good Life
Season 3
Episode 313
Life is hard. We face unprecedented challenges in the best of times, so when things are hard, they’re really hard. So what has food to do with living the good life? Simple. You can’t live well without it. Let’s cook for living well. Recipes include Black Rice Salad with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes, Mint and Pistachios, Whipped Eggplant with Butter Beans and Herby Roasted Maitake.
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There are people in this world who are forces of nature. Christina cooks with one of her favorites.
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Cooking with brothers is a rite of passage; Christina cooks with an Italian brother in Pompeii.
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Scala where a man opened a hotel/restaurant to serve friends & neighbors good food from his garden.
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The man famous for “I’ll be back” said “Hasta la Vista” to meat. Can we be big and strong?
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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.
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Beans may be humble but when it comes to your heart, there is no bigger superstar.
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1 in 10 Americans eat recommended servings of vegetables; I have my work cut out for me.
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The life expectancy in America is 79 years of age, 42nd in the world. Could we do better?