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Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

Christina travels to an ancient town in Tuscany that has produced chestnuts for centuries.

Aired 09/01/2023 | Expires 09/01/2026 | Rating TV-G

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

Season 5 Episode 513 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Christina travels to an ancient town in Tuscany that has produced chestnuts for centuries.

Chestnuts have been a food source for thousands of years. They can be eaten raw, roasted, ground into flour, or mixed into pastries. In times of famine in Western Europe, it was the chestnut and its flour that saved many from starvation. Christina travels to the town of Pratalecchia in Tuscany that has produced chestnuts for centuries, where she harvests and cooks with this amazing ancient food.

Aired 09/01/2023 | Expires 09/01/2026 | Rating TV-G

Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board is presented by your local public television station.

Distributed nationally by American Public Television

Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

Season 5 Episode 513 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Chestnuts have been a food source for thousands of years. They can be eaten raw, roasted, ground into flour, or mixed into pastries. In times of famine in Western Europe, it was the chestnut and its flour that saved many from starvation. Christina travels to the town of Pratalecchia in Tuscany that has produced chestnuts for centuries, where she harvests and cooks with this amazing ancient food.

Aired 09/01/2023 | Expires 09/01/2026 | Rating TV-G

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Distributed nationally by American Public Television

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