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.
With miles of coastline along it’s familiar boot shape, you find fish in just about every regional cuisine in Italy. Even the landlocked regions we tour, we find fish – from Lake Garda, when we cycle down the Sudtirol wine … Continue reading →
Posted in Fish, Uncategorized
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cartoccio, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, fish, Food, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, packet, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Travel, umbria
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Summer is here, and zucchini is at every stall in my local farmer’s market and farm stand. But where, I wonder, are the blossoms? In Italy, these are as prevalent and the squash itself, but I can’t find them here. … Continue reading →
Posted in prosecco, Risotto, Travel, Tuscany, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Veneto Food
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Food, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Prosecco, Risotto, squash blossoms, Travel, Veneto, Wine, zucchini
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Pesto is most commonly interpreted as a mixture of crushed basil, garlic, cheese, nuts and olive oil, but this simple technique can be applied to so many other ingredients. We see many varieties on our cycling tours in Italy – … Continue reading →
Posted in Pasta, Radicchio, Travel, Uncategorized, Veneto Food
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Food, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, pasta, pesto, private bike trips, private ski trips, radicchio, Recipe, Sausage, Travel, Veneto
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The Valpolicella wine zone is located in the province of Verona, east of Lake Garda, and north of the Adige River. A great place to enjoy both cycling and wine, we visited here recently on one of our private cycling … Continue reading →
Posted in Braising, restaurants, Ricotta, Travel, Uncategorized, Valpolicella, Veneto Food, Wine, Wine Pairings
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cooking classes, corteforte, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, enoteca della valpolicella, Food, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, private bike trips, private ski trips, restaurants, Travel, Valpolicella, Veneto
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Our last Italiaoutdoors Food and Wine custom bike trip to Italy included a visit to an Amarone producer. Our clients were big fans of Amarone, and I wanted to take them someplace special. I didn’t want a large, well-known producer … Continue reading →
Posted in Amarone, Uncategorized, Valpolicella, Wine Pairings
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Tagged Amarone, Bike and Wine tours, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Ripasso, Valpolicella, Veneto, villa monteleone, Wine, wine tastings, Wine Tours
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