Posts Tagged ‘Bagna’
I’ve got to agree with Lisa over at What We Eat… bagna cauda (or “magna carta” as we often jokingly refer to it) is one of our very favorite things off of the Omnivore’s 100. But, our love for bagna cauda was initially a bit of a surprise.
And yes, you do feel a story coming on.
It all started on a Saturday night in May — Memorial Day weekend of 2005, I think. We decided to have what we call a “cooking night” — which means we spend the entire evening cooking together, making little plates of this and that, noshing and enjoying the whole experience. This is usually the sort of night when we come up with our best ideas for the “Burp” menu.
On this particular evening, we shopped and settled on some tasty dry-packed scallops (this was our first time buying these, and we are converts!), some fresh spinach, a nice loaf of French bread, some fr…