Franca Garesio Elena Norma Rava
The vegan bagna cauda from Antica Casa Rava
Antica Casa Rava is a vegan restaurant in the center of Alessandria. Elena, the owner, through careful research into the ingredients and their combination, manages to reproduce the taste and texture of traditional Alessandria dishes to which she is deeply attached.
On some autumn evenings, Elena offers the vegan version of bagna cauda, which represents for her customers an alternative that satisfies the taste while aligning with their philosophy and lifedata-style.
For many years, the bagna cauda at Antica Casa Rava has thus been the gastronomic preparation capable of igniting the spirit of communion and sharing that traditionally accompanies it, despite the non-conventionality of the recipe.
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Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Alessandria
Elena Mara Rava
Date of birth: 05-18-1984
City: Alessandria
School: University
Profession: Chef
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Laura Bugliazzini Luca Ghiardo
Video by: Luca Ghiardo
Created: 23-10-2025
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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.
