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.
Fava beans, or broad beans (fava is Italian for ‘broad bean’) have been cultivated in the Old World for thousands of years. Along with lentils, peas and chickpeas, these easy to grow beans have been part of the Mediterranean diet … Continue reading →
Posted in beans, Gluten Free, Salad, Travel, Tuscany, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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One of our favorite towns to visit on our cycling tours is the beautiful historic Pre Alps town of Bassano del Grappa. Our spring trips in the area give us the opportunity to indulge in the area’s renowned white asparagus, … Continue reading →
Posted in Asparagus, Eggs, Gluten Free, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Veneto Food
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Tagged asparagus, Bassano del Grappa, Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, egg, Food, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Travel, Veneto, white
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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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