Franca Garesio Romano Salvetti
Paroldo's bagna cauda
Paroldo is a town in the Alta Langa area of 178 inhabitants, famous for being, according to local folklore, the village of the masche drole, particular witches, sometimes mischievous and other time enchanting, still possessing healing powers.
For years, in this small village, the community has been committed to an event that manages to bring up to a thousand participants from all over Piedmont to Paroldo: the bagna caoda prepared by the Municipality and the Pro Loco and consumed in the houses of the Paroldo residents who open their doors to host the attendees. A community bagna in which the sense of sharing takes on a very broad meaning. In his interview Romano Salvetti, the promoter of this initiative, tells us how this idea came about..
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Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Cuneo
Locality: Paroldo
Romano Salvetti
Date of birth: 07-27-1954
City: Paroldo
School: University
Profession: Other
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Laura Bugliazzini
Video by: Laura Bugliazzini, Luca Ghiardo
Created: 22-03-2025
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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.
