Franca Garesio Pippo Sacco
The Asti fancier
Pippo Sacco is an Asti historian who, alongside his work at the Town Hall, cultivated the passion for journalism and commitment to the local territory as organizer of the Asti Palio and as Rector of the San Secondo district.
In his narration about tools and strategies to combat the great cold on the Blackbird Days, we rediscover the Asti of the past era. Memories emerge intertwined with brief digressions on the different types of papers used by local shopkeepers, or on the importance of the wood stove as instrument for cooking food, heating the entire house and, finally, as a family waste incinerator.
A part of his testimony focuses on the bagna cauda, on the rituals connected to this important traditional dish, and on the time of its consumption.
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Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Asti
Pippo Sacco
Year: 1945
City: Asti
Profession: Pensioner
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Laura Bugliazzini
Video by: Laura Bugliazzini, Luca Ghiardo
Created: 31-01-2025
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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.
