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.
For me, a trip to an Umbrian market is not complete without a stop by a porchettai, a vendor in a white van hawking delicious porchetta sandwiches, a large sandwich of savory roasted pork on a fresh white bun. A … Continue reading →
For a couple of weeks now I have been staring at my last winter pumpkin, waiting for some inspiration to determine it’s fate. After my travels last year to Ferrara, the “City of Squash Eaters”, I covered a sformato recipe … Continue reading →
Posted in Baking, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Pumpkin, Travel, Trentino Food, Uncategorized, Veneto Food
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, Bread, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Food, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, pane di zucca, private bike trips, private ski trips, Pumpkin, Travel, Tuscany, umbria, vegetarian, Veneto
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Our cycling tours in the Veneto bring us along the fertile valleys of rivers such as the Po, Brenta and Adige. These valleys offer us some wonderful terrain – scenic, yet flat – and a wide variety of agricultural products … Continue reading →
Posted in Dessert, Gluten Free, Risotto, Travel, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, Veneto Food
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Tagged almonds, Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Dessert, Fitness, Food, gluten free, Health, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, rice pudding, riso al latte, strawberries, Travel, vegetarian, Veneto
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My search for subject for my blog post this week began with a delivery of fresh duck eggs from a friend. I’ve been preparing them all week in frittatas, and I’ve already covered duck egg pasta in a previous post. … Continue reading →
Posted in Asparagus, Eggs, Soups, Tomato, Travel, Tuscany, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Tagged acquacotta, Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, eggs, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Soup, Travel, tuscan, Tuscany, vegetarian
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No matter where we travel in Italy, we find various types of meat ragu on the menu. A ragu is a sauce of sauteed vegetables and chopped meat cooked in a liquid. The liquid can be lots of things, – … Continue reading →
Posted in Beef, cabernet, Emilia Romagna, Lamb, Meats, Pasta, Pork, sangiovese, Sausage, Travel, Uncategorized, Wine Pairings
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, bolognese, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Emilia-Romagna, Fitness, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, ragu, Recipe, Sauce, Travel, Wine
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