Christina Cooks

Public television cooking show host Christina Pirello is the woman who put the fun back into healthy cooking. In Christina Cooks she's responded to the hundreds of questions that her viewers and readers have put to her over the years-with lots of sound, sane advice, hints, tips and techniques-plus loads of great recipes for scrumptious, healthy meals with a Mediterranean flair.

A whole foods cookbook, Christina Cooks offers inventive ideas for breakfast, special occasions, and what to feed the kids. Chapters include Soups, Breakfast, Kids' Favorites, Beans, Grains, Vegetables, Beverages, and Desserts-Christina addresses popular myths about dairy and protein amongst other often misunderstood ideas about healthful eating.Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Whole Foods but Were Afraid to AskAcknowledgments
Introduction

Eating Well Is All that It's Cracked Up To Be

It's Not Just a Diet

A Day in the Life

The Twenty Questions I Get Asked Most Often

For the Love of Soup

Great Grains. Great Strength

Passionate about Pasta

Beans: The Food of Vitality

Vivacious Vegetables

Spectacular Sea Vegetables

Desirable Desserts

Healthy Kids

Rise and Shine!

It's a Party!

Bibliography
Resource Guide
Index

In 1983, Christina Pirello was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia. With little prospect of help from conventional therapies, she turned to a nutritional program using a whole foods approach. Now, after more than 15 years cancer-free, Christina Pirello is the Emmy award-winning host of Christina Cooks! on National Public Television, teaching whole foods cooking classes and lecturing nationwide. Christina is the author of Cooking the Whole Foods Way, Christina Cooks, and, most recently, This Crazy Vegan Life. She and her husband publish a natural foods magazine, Macrochef.