Gardening
In Westwood's food deserts, families prepare gardens for growing season
Family gardens provide fresh produce, outdoor activity and cultural connection for residents living in a designated food desert.
Conscious Eating
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.
Conscious Eating
Season 5 Episode 509 | 26m 46s | CC
Conscious eating is a mindset in which the food you choose is thought about on all levels, from its physical satisfaction and nutrition to its impact on the planet. Christina travels to Rome to cook with a chef who has taken the idea of conscious eating and adapted many iconic Italian dishes to become kinder to human health and to the planet. His work is changing the way Romans think about food.
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