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.
Carnevale, from the Latin carne vale, meaning “farewell to meat” is one of the biggest festivals in Italy. Similar to our Mardi Gras, it marks the two to three weeks before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the 40 days of … Continue reading →
Posted in Apples, Dessert, Figs, Radicchio, Travel, Uncategorized, Veneto Food
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, carnevale, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Food, frittelle, fritters, Italian cuisine, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, radicchio, Recipe, Travel, vegetarian, Veneto
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We are visiting Sudtirol on a couple of cycling tours next season, our Bike the Wine Roads of Trentino-Alto Adige adventure. We cycle along lovely bike paths that follow the Adige river, predominately flat, but surrounded by majestic steep hills. … Continue reading →
Posted in Kerner, Risotto, Travel, Trentino Food, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Wine Pairings
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cauliflower, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike trips, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, Recipe, Risotto, Travel, Trentino-Alto Adige, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
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Italy’s northernmost wine growing region is Alto Adige, also known as South Tyrol. Located in the northeastern corner of Italy, this region was part of the Austrian-Hungarian empire until the close of World War I. It is a fascinating region … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized, Wine, Wine Pairings, wine tastings
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Tagged alto-adige, Bike and Wine tours, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, nals margried, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Travel, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Wine
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Whenever I have a hankering for fresh homemade bread, but not the time nor energy to indulge myself in the rather time consuming process, focaccia is my treat of choice. Focaccia is a traditional Italian flatbread that is easily prepared … Continue reading →
While browsing in any US liquor store in the Italian wine section, I often see other shoppers totally mystified by the label on a bottle of wine from Italy. We are accustomed to selecting our wines via the type of … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized, Wine, wine tastings
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Tagged basics, Bike and Wine tours, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, italian, Italian cuisine, Italian wines, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, private bike tours, private bike trips, private ski trips, Wine
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