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.
Chestnuts are found throughout Italy, and have been a staple of their cuisine for thousands of years. This past October I spent a week exploring venues for our Bike the Wine Roads of Trentino-Alto Adige bike tour, and chestnuts were … Continue reading →
My last post was on the classic dish from Milan, Ossobuco alla Milanese. The obvious follow-on is its time-honored accompaniment, Risotto alla Milanese. Risotto dishes have graced the tables of Northeastern Italy for centuries, as the special plump short grained … Continue reading →
Posted in Gluten Free, Lombardy, Risotto, Travel, Uncategorized
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, Cooking, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, gluten free, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy hiking trips, lombardia, lombardy, milanese, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Risotto, saffron, Wine
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As guests on our Italiaoutdoors Food and Wine Italy tours discover, Italian cuisine is very diverse in nature, exhibiting unique regional identity. But some dishes have escaped their regional borders and have been adopted throughout Italy, and even world wide. … Continue reading →
Posted in Beef, Braising, Gluten Free, Lombardy, Meats, Travel, Uncategorized
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Tagged a, Bike and Wine tours, Braise, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy hiking trips, lombardy, Milan, Northern Italy, ossobuco, private bike trips, private ski trips, veal shanks
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The region of Lombardia lies in northern Italy, sharing a border with Switzerland to the north, Piedmont to the west, the Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige to the east, and Emilia-Romagna to the south. We are designing a private cycling tour … Continue reading →
Posted in Braising, Pork, Sausage, Travel, Uncategorized
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, braised pork, cabbage, cassoeula, Cooking, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy hiking trips, lombardia, Northern Italy, pork, private ski trips, Recipe, Travel
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I am just back from Italy, closing out our season with a private cycling tour. After our guests leave, I usually spend a few days exploring and researching destinations for future tours. Next season we are hosting a private group … Continue reading →
Posted in Gnocchi, Pumpkin, Ricotta, Travel, Trentino Food, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, Gnocchi, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Pumpkin, Recipe, Ricotta, Travel, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, vegetarian
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