About chefbikeski
Culinary Director and Owner of Italiaoutdoors Food and Wine. Creator of uniquely personalized tours in Italy. Small groups, owner/expert led, customized to your desires, your budget. We personally design and lead each and every tour ourselves, to deliver the best in personalized service.
Venetians themselves are not really meat eaters; their watery surroundings naturally drove them to a seafood based cuisine. However, as we move inland from Venice to the mainland on our Veneto walking tours and cycling trips, the low-lying wetlands that … Continue reading →
Posted in duck, Pasta, Travel, Uncategorized, Veneto, Veneto Food
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Tagged anatra, bigoli, Bike and Wine tours, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, duck ragu, Italian cuisine, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Travel, Veneto
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Exploring the countryside of Northern Italy during our walking and cycling tours we find ourselves on one of the only flat plains in this otherwise mountainous country. Here in the marshy areas of the Po River Valley, rice found a … Continue reading →
Posted in Gluten Free, Pumpkin, Risotto, Sausage, Travel, Uncategorized, Veneto
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, Cooking, culinary bike trips, gluten free, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy hiking trips, private bike trips, Pumpkin, Recipe, Risotto, Sausage, Travel, Veneto, Wine
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During many of our walking tours or cycling adventures, when we visit a small local restaurant catering to non-tourists, I am called upon to translate the menu. This is a particular challenge in Alto Adige, where the menu is just … Continue reading →
Posted in Pasta, Travel, Trentino Food, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cooking classes, culinary bike trips, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy hiking trips, mezzelune, Northern Italy, private bike trips, ravioli, Ricotta, schlutzkrapfen, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, vegetarian
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There is no better way to appreciate the terroir of a wine than to walk through it. On our private walking tours in Italy we typically plan a day to do just this – choosing a route that brings us … Continue reading →
Posted in Amarone, Travel, Uncategorized, Valpolicella, Wine, Wine Pairings, wine tastings
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Tagged accordini, Amarone, Bike and Wine tours, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Italiaoutdoors, private ski trips, Travel, Valpolicella, Veneto
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Who doesn’t love focaccia? A leavened flat bread with seemingly unlimited variations, everyone can find a favorite. This season as we visited Vicenza on a cycling tour and later on a walking tour we made focaccia with a true Italian … Continue reading →
Posted in antipasti, Baking, Liguria, Travel, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, Wine
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, Cinque Terre, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, focaccia, Genoa, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy hiking trips, LIguria, Northern Italy, private bike trips, Recipe, Travel, vegetarian
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