Bagiana

Beef Stew with Fresh Favas, Green Peas, and Tiny Artichokes

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
In Nonna's Kitchen

By Carol Field

Published 1997

  • About

This recipe for bagiana, a mysterious word that appears in no dictionaries, comes from Rimini on the Adriatic coast of Emilia Romagna, where the Agricultural Secretary underwrote a project collecting recipes from old people as a way of documenting an important part of the culture. 1 imagine that the men and women who shared their recipes and their memories must have been deeply touched as they recalled the smells and tastes of their now distant childhoods. Some of th