Bagna Cauda

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Bagna Cauda (from the Piedmontese bagna caôda, "hot bath") is a warm dip for bread, boiled vegetables (especially cardoons), and roasted peppers, which is native to Northern Italy in the Piedmont. It is also eaten over pasta (preferably penne) and on polenta. The dish is traditionally made with olive oil, butter, anchovies and garlic. Some versions call for cream as well. It is traditionally eaten during the winter months, and must be served piping hot, as the name suggests.

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While bagna cauda is generally considered a regional specialty not much known outside Italy, the Babylon 5 episode "A Distant Star" featured as comic relief Michael Garibaldi's successful but protracted effort to smuggle the ingredients onto the station in defiance of doctor's orders.