Franca Garesio Corrado Scrascia
Laurea Honoris Cauda
Corrado Scrascia, a Venetian with relatives in Asti, has been participating in the bagna cauda day for 9 years, without missing any of the five scheduled appointments for each edition: Friday's dinner, Saturday's lunch and dinner, Sunday's lunch and dinner.
He therefore deserved the Honorary Bagna Cauda degree awarded by Sergio Miravalle, Director of the Astigiani Association. An honor he is very proud of, which he hung in his bedroom.
Absolutely at ease with the digital tools for choosing and booking restaurants participating in the initiative, he knows all the facets of present and past events, also to satisfy his innate curiosity. Corrado believes that the cornerstones of the success of the bagna cauda day are the bagna cauda itself, Piedmontese wines and conviviality.
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Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Asti
Corrado Scrascia
Date of birth: 10-08-1948
City: Venezia
School: University
Profession: Pensioner
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Laura Bugliazzini
Video by: Laura Bugliazzini, Luca Ghiardo
Created: 01-02-2025
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Nourishing Piedmontese Identity: Bagna Cauda’s tales
Nourishing Piedmontese Identity: Bagna Cauda’s tales
Bagna cauda is a complex and multifaceted gastronomic system partly constituted by its ingredients and, above all, by a repertoire of cultural aspects capable of conveying symbols, traditions, and knowledge of the communities of Southern Piedmont, from which it is considered an identity food.
A dish in which every variant of the recipe is evidence of a different tradition: hundreds of possible preparations that differ from each other, connected by distinctive traits such as conviviality, sharing, irony, and the celebration of a non-solemn festive event. A unique convergence that represents the common thread of this repository that contains interviews with farmers, cooks, and those who experience the practice of bagna cauda as a moment of communion with food and collectivity.
A meaning that, in the last twelve years, the Astigiani Cultural Association has been able to grasp, proposing to the Piedmontese communities all over the world the participation to the Bagna Cauda Day. A very successful initiative that involved over 30.000 diners in the 2024 edition.
