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.
After the elaborate meals of the holidays, I find lighter fare refreshing. Here is an elegant salad, amazingly simple, requiring only a few wonderful ingredients found throughout Italy during the winter season. We see fennel and pomegranate growing by the … Continue reading →
Posted in fennel, Gluten Free, Travel, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, fennel, Food, gluten free, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, orange, pomegranate, private ski trips, salad, Travel, vegetarian, walnuts
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This subject comes up quite often during our Bike the Wine Roads tours through Italy. Usually as we are enjoying a glass of a little-known Italian varietal at a family winery, where they have been producing wine for generations. Why … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized, Wine, Wine Pairings, wine tastings
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Tagged Bell Wine, Bike and Wine tours, california wines, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italian wines, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Napa, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Travel, wines
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Venetians themselves are not really meat eaters; their watery surroundings naturally drove them to a seafood based cuisine. However, as you move inland from Venice to the mainland, the low-lying wetlands that exist around the Po, Brenta, and Adige river … Continue reading →
Posted in Gluten Free, Poultry and Game Birds, Travel, Tuscany, Umbria, Uncategorized, Valpolicella
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Tagged anatra, Balsamic vinegar, Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, duck, Food, gluten free, Health, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, roast, Travel, Valpolicella, Veneto, Wine
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Ski season will soon be upon us, and I’m craving warm comfort food with the onset of cold temperatures. A warm meal in a mountain rifugio is a perfect mid-day break during our Dolomite ski holidays. But comfort food does … Continue reading →
Posted in Emilia Romagna, Gluten Free, Lentils, Soups, Travel, Umbria, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Food, gluten free, Health, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Lentils, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Soup, Travel, vegetarian
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On a past visit to Italy, I spent some time visiting Cormons, Italy, in the region of Fruili Venezia Giulia. Located in the north easternmost corner of Italy, right next to Slovenia, this relatively unknown region produces some of the … Continue reading →
Posted in Apples, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Gluten Free, Pumpkin, Ricotta, Soups, Thanksgiving, Travel, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, Wine, Wine Pairings, wine tastings
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, Branko, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, friulano, Friuli Venezia GIula, gluten free, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Pumpkin, Recipe, Soup, Thanksgiving, vegetarian, Wine, wine pairing
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