Risotto with Bell Peppers

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 5:05 a.m.

Risotto with Bell Peppers: Bell pepper risotto is a specialty from Voghera, a city in the southern side of the Po Valley, between Piacenza and Alessandria. The region is famed for its peppers, which are also very good grilled with bagna caoda ...

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Bagna Caoda

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Published May 20, 2009 at 5:42 a.m.

Bagna Caoda (literally "hot sauce") arises from the interaction between land and sea, with the anchovies and olive oil brought overland by the Ligurian traders combining delightfully with the garlic grown in Piemonte, and is the symbol of joyful conviviality around which friends gather to renew the bonds that tie, serving the sauce in a bowl, and providing the diners with raw vegetables to dip in it, bread to accompany it, and rivers of Barbera or Dolcetto to wash it down ...

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Italian Vegetables & Side Dishes: Miscellaneous

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Published March 20, 2009 at 5:42 a.m.

apple fritters pickled turnips bagna caoda bavarian cream italian vegetables: Vegetables & Side dishes ...

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Daily dish: Bagna caoda con peperoni

Published Oct. 21, 2008 at 2:17 p.m.

Bagna caoda (which translates to hot bath) is a traditional cold-weather Piedmontese dish that is enjoyed in groups, like fondue. I prefer to present it in another way: atop roasted red, yellow and orange peppers.

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