bagna cauda (caôda)

Italian (Piedmontese); sauce made from olive oil and butter flavoured with garlic and anchovy, small pieces of raw vegetables are dipped into the hot sauce.

[BAHN-yah KOW-dah] This specialty of Piedmont, Italy, is a sauce made of olive oil, butter, garlic and anchovies. It's served warm as an appetizer with raw vegetables for dipping. The term comes from bagno caldo, Italian for "hot bath".