Bagna Cauda Salad with Optional Truffle Upgrade by Cal Peternell

Bagna cauda—hot fragrant anchovy sauce to dip raw turnips into—might sound, to some, more like the end of the party than the beginning, but my experience tells a different story.

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Anchovies, and Pancetta: A Vegetarian Cookbook, Kind Of by Cal Peternell.

Yield: Makes 6 servings

Typically at my dinner parties, everyone eats standing around for at least part of the time. People get hungry, smelling enticing smells while they drink and talk in the kitchen, and start tearing into loaves of bread, dippin…