Ebook: Back to the cutting board: luscious plant-based recipes to make you fall in love (again) with the art of cooking

"When did cooking become so exhausting? Thanks to information overload and the pressure to impress, we stress over every recipe and every meal. Back to the Cutting Board helps you set aside all that tension and pretense and rediscover a pure, joyful passion for the art of cooking. Professional chef and Emmy Award-winning host of PBS's Christina Cooks, Christina Pirello, takes you on a journey to re-engage with the soul of food preparation, from the slice of the knife to the aroma of steam rising from a perfectly roasted winter squash. With simple, delicious recipes and sage advice on streamlining your kitchen and your cooking, Christina empowers you to create personal wellness by nourishing your body, mind, and spirit. Through more than 100 enriching plant-based recipes that pair the freshest ingredients with cooking techniques meant to optimize their natural, native flavors, Christina reintroduces you to the creative potential of food and transforms the kitchen from into a nurturing sanctuary."--;Christina Pirello of the PBS series Christina Cooks returns with a new cookbook encouraging readers to stop stressing and rediscover the simple joys that food preparation offers.;Intro; PRAISE FOR BACK TO THE CUTTING BOARD; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: BACK TO THE CUTTING BOARD; CHAPTER 2: ON TO THE MEALS; CHAPTER 3: OH, THOSE VEGGIES; CHAPTER 4: SENSATIONAL SOUPS; CHAPTER 5: WHOLE GRAINS: THE STAFF OF LIFE; CHAPTER 6: ESSENTIAL PLANT PROTEINS; CHAPTER 7: KILLER DESSERTS THAT WON'T KILL YOU; RECOMMENDED READING; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; METRIC CONVERSIONS; RECIPE INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; BACK COVER.