Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board

Christina Pirello shares healthy, fresh Italian and Mediterranean recipes.

Episodes

  • Mangia Foglie

    What if I told you a classic pasta dish from Bari is designed to take care of your liver?
  • Bless Your Heart

    1 in 5 deaths caused by heart disease; easy to solve with most incidences preventable.
  • The Good Fats

    So much debate about oil. We need only look at ancient history for the answer.
  • BY BREAD ALONE

    Man can’t live by bread alone? Stop by the bakeries in Altamura, Puglia. Yes, you can.
  • Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

    Christina travels to an ancient town in Tuscany that has produced chestnuts for centuries.
  • Life in the Slow Lane

    Christina meets a former New York police officer who has landed in a small town in Italy
  • Sunday Gravy

    Call it tomato sauce or gravy, why is this dish so important to the Italian culture?
  • Eat Like an Italian

    Eating like an Italian is holding a deep respect for food and tradition.

About Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board

Christina Pirello shares healthy, fresh Italian and Mediterranean recipes as well as her brassy, insightful approach to liver, kidney and heart health and diabetes prevention. Diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1983, Christina turned to a macrobiotic diet of whole grains and vegetables to aid in her recovery, launching the 20-plus year run of her Emmy Award-winning series Christina Cooks.