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.
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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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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