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Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board

Mangia Foglie

Season 6 Episode 604

Taking care of our livers can be delicious. What you say? What if I told you a classic pasta dish from Puglia was designed to do just that? Let’s head to Bari, live our healthiest lives and become “mangia foglie,” since they have cleverly figured out that bitter greens can put us right.

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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?
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1 in 5 deaths caused by heart disease; easy to solve with most incidences preventable.
The Good Fats
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So much debate about oil. We need only look at ancient history for the answer.
BY BREAD ALONE
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Man can’t live by bread alone? Stop by the bakeries in Altamura, Puglia. Yes, you can.
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
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Christina travels to an ancient town in Tuscany that has produced chestnuts for centuries.
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Christina meets a former New York police officer who has landed in a small town in Italy
Sunday Gravy
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Call it tomato sauce or gravy, why is this dish so important to the Italian culture?
Eat Like an Italian
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Eating like an Italian is holding a deep respect for food and tradition.
Conscious Eating
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Christina meets a chef who adapts Italian dishes to be healthier and kinder to the planet.
Compassionate Cooking
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Christina cooks with an instinctive chef who to creates luscious meals for each customer.
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