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Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
More Than the Food on Your Plate
Season 6
Episode 611
Is there more to food than food? I think you know that I’ll say yes. Of course, there are our macronutrients, fat, protein and carbohydrates along with vitamins and minerals essential to our wellness. And then there’s the energy of the food; the impact it has on us in more than just physical ways. Can it help us to relax? Feel energized? Annoyed or happy? Yes, yes and yes.
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Eating like an Italian is holding a deep respect for food and tradition.
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Christina meets a chef who adapts Italian dishes to be healthier and kinder to the planet.
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Christina cooks with an instinctive chef who to creates luscious meals for each customer.
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What is Italy doing for sustainability?
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How can we manage stress when stress is a part of life? Italians have a clue.
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In a home kitchen in Tuscany, Christina creates a luscious meal with her friend Sandro.
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Eating locally-grown food has become mainstream, but what does “local food” actually mean?
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How can we adapt our lifestyles to step a little lighter on our planet?
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Can kale save the planet? What is green living and why should we live that way?
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Choosing more plant and less animal food intake is our best shot at making a difference.
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Travel to Pompeii to cook with one of the coolest, strongest and finest cooks I know.
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The Beatles sang it and it has become an anthem for living well.