The Queen of the Table

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.

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The Queen of the Table

Season 4 Episode 413 | 26m 46s | CC

There are women in my life that shape the woman I am. They’re forces of nature; strong, loving, driven by their life’s work and their families. Like most women, we band together and get…stuff…done. And we do it with style. Let’s travel to Pompeii to cook with one of the coolest, strongest and finest cooks I know.

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