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.
Leeks are a member of the garlic and onion family, believed to have originated in central Asia.Grown by the Greeks and Romans, Emperor Nero is said to have eaten leek soup every day to make his voice sonorous for delivering … Continue reading →
Posted in Terlaner, Travel, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Wine Pairings
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, gratin, Italian cuisine, Italiaoutdoors, leek, porri, private bike trips, private ski trips, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, vegetarian
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Venice is perhaps Italy’s most extraordinary city – a city of elegant palazzos, palaces, theaters and markets surprisingly situated in the middle of a lagoon, connected by a maze of canals and bridges. Guests on our Veneto cycling tours often … Continue reading →
Posted in Clams, Pasta, Travel, Uncategorized, Veneto Food, Wine Pairings
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, culinary bike tours, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Northern Italy, private bike trips, Recipe, spaghetti di nero, squid ink, Travel, Veneto, Venice, walking tours
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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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