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.
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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We find frittatas all over Italy during our cycling tours and ski holidays, but each region has its own favorite traditional variation. This dish hails from Umbria, where it would be served for Easter lunch. Easter dishes to me always … Continue reading →
Wherever we travel in Italy on our bike tours, be it Tuscany, Umbria, the Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, or Friuli Venezia Giulia, we find farro dishes on the menu. Farro is one of my favorite whole grains, we which find in … Continue reading →
Posted in beans, Soups, Uncategorized, Whole Grains
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Tagged beans, Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, farro, Fitness, Food, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, minstra di farro, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Soup, Travel, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Tuscany, Veneto
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During our visits to the Dolomites, we enjoy some wonderful and distinctive local dishes, along with great skiing and cycling. One of the most unique, and striking, is casunziei ampezzani, a specialty of the ski town Cortina D’Ampezzo (Curtain of … Continue reading →
Posted in beets, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Pasta, Ricotta, Travel, Trentino Food, Uncategorized, Veneto Food
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Tagged beet ravioli, beets, Bike and Wine tours, casunziei, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, Fitness, Food, fresh, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, pasta, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Travel, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, vegetarian, Veneto
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