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Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
Pizza!
Season 4
Episode 407
If I could have only one meal before I died, it would be pizza. I love the yeasty perfume of pizza baking, the spicy gravy smothered on top; the veggies, the crunch of the outer crust, the breadiness; the flavors. Nature’s perfect food, in my view, began in Naples, so it’s off we go to see how pizza became the food we love so much.
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