Contents
Introduction
You and Your Cutting Board Chapter 1 – Back to the Cutting Board
The Yin/Yang Factor
Chapter 2 – On to the Meals
The Five Transformations of Energy: The Dynamic Cycles of Nature
Chapter 3 – Oh, Those Veggies
The Nourishing Cycle
Chapter 4 – Sensational Soups
The Controlling Cycle
Chapter 5 – Whole Grains: The Staff of Life
Fear and Loathing in the Kitchen: How Soy and Gluten Became Demons and Why They Shouldn’t Be
Chapter 6 – Essential Plant Proteins
Chapter 7 – Killer Desserts That Won’t Kill You
Recommended Reading
Resources
Acknowledgments
Recipe Index
About the Author
An Emmy Award-winning television personality,
Christina Pirello, MFN, is one of America's preeminent
authorities on a healthier lifestyle utilizing natural and whole
foods. This bright, free-spirited, vivacious redhead with a
radiant personality delivers a much needed message to the
world. She's made it her purpose in life to show the world
that everyone can look their best and feel great too, by learning
to correctly select the best ingredients available.
Christina's love affair with food began at a young age when she
spent many happy hours cooking with her mother, who centered the
family life in her Italian kitchen. That joy prepared Christina to
understand the healing power of food. An understanding
Christina would put to its test at age 26 when she was diagnosed
with terminal leukemia. A chance meeting with her now-husband
Robert Pirello would change her life
forever. Robert, a whole foods advocate, helped Christina
change her lifestyle and diet based on healthy eating incorporating
whole and unprocessed foods. Christina overcame the odds and in the
process developed an expertise in cooking with whole natural
foods.
From that time, she was utterly convinced of the close relationship
between diet and health. She found her life's calling was to
help others discover the importance of this relationship in their
own lives. Christina studied and became an expert in
Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, acupuncture, macrobiotics
and earned a Masters Degree in Nutrition and has authored seven
cookbooks on the subject of healthy eating and natural
living.
Today, almost 34 years after her illness, Christina is a glowing
example and inspiration illustrating that food choices have an
enormous impact on health and well-being. Utilizing her
internationally-respected TV show Christina Cooks and her many
books, she is "changing the health of the world one meal at a
time."
"Back to the Cutting Board is the most fun you will ever have in a
cookbook!! It is filled with great recipes—of course, it's by
Christina Pirello!—and it also has great tips and robust nutrition
information on every page. As your guide, Christina shares her
extraordinary knowledge, wisdom, and personality. Soon, you will
know what makes good food really good, and Christina will make you
fall in love with cooking again."
—Neal D. Barnard, MD, FACC, bestselling author of Dr. Neal
Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes
"Christina's magical cooking secrets are at your fingertips.
Glowing health and delicious recipes aside, embark on this journey
to rekindle cooking bliss a.k.a. the art of cooking! With Christina
as your guide, the stress associated with tackling a meal will be
alleviated and replaced with curiosity, intuition, simplicity, and
play. How awesome is that?"
—Alicia Silverstone, award-winning actress, bestselling author of
The Kind Diet, animal rights and environmental activist, and
entrepreneur
"Back to the cutting board? Gladly! This wonderful new
book from Christina is full of excellent ideas that will make you
fall in love with cooking again. If you have drifted from the
kitchen it will inspire you to get back to it. If you are new to
cooking then you couldn't ask for a better ‘in.' Vegan
cooking is having its moment, and Christina's new book
perfectly captures the spirit of what's happening in today's food
world."
—Rich Landau, chef/owner of The Vedge Restaurant Group, James Beard
nominee, and bestselling author
"There is joy in Christina's cooking. Because her food isn't just
delicious and beautiful. It's also wholesome in ways that draw you
in, making you simply want to eat and be better. And her recipes
make that easy."
—J.M. Hirsch, editorial director, Milk Street Magazine
"In Back to the Cutting Board, Christina introduces the kitchen
tools, gadgets, techniques, and ingredients as if they are old
friends that have been patiently waiting to re-connect with us and
nourish us. She shares many good reasons why it's essential that we
get back inside the kitchen. And, once you're there . . . your body
and mind will be deeply nourished by Christina's delicious recipes.
Don't wait one more second! Open up this book, connect with your
old friends (and yourself), and start cooking!"
—Andrea Beaman, HHC, chef, herbalist, and author of Happy Healthy
Thyroid
"What Christina has written here is unlike any cookbook you've ever
read. She presents a philosophy that uses the kitchen as a tool to
allow you to connect with your true self. Yes, the recipes in here
are delicious and can help you reclaim or optimize your health—and
in Christina's case, they actually saved her life. But you will
learn how to not just nourish your body, but your soul—by finding a
deeper meaning in the so-called ‘chore' of cooking."
—Chef Robert Irvine
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