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.
Pasta is considered by many to be the ‘staple’ starch in the standard Italian diet, but on our biking, skiing and hiking adventures in northern Italy, we see more polenta than pasta. Northern Italians literally survived on this staple for … Continue reading →
Posted in Polenta, Travel, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, Veneto Food, Whole Grains
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, corn, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Food, gluten free, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, Polenta, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Travel, Veneto, whole grains
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Ricotta cheese is an Italian whey cheese found all over Italy. Virtually every cheese producer we find on our Italy gourmet bike tours or ski adventures make some sort of ricotta, along with their other products. Whey is the liquid … Continue reading →
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Ricotta, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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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, Northern Italy, Pastry, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Ricotta, strudel, Travel
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One unique specialty of Tirol cuisine are canederli, large round dumplings that are found on just about every restaurant table in Alto Adige and Trentino. We see these, in various shapes and sizes, almost daily on our bike and ski … Continue reading →
Posted in beets, Travel, Trentino Food, Uncategorized
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Tagged beets, Bike and Wine tours, canederli, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Food, Health, horseradish sauce, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Travel, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, vegetarian
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On our adventures in Italy, be they biking, skiing, or hiking, we are off each morning to enjoy some sort of activity. Enjoying a good healthy breakfast is important to fuel our bodies for the day. Each of the places … Continue reading →
Posted in Travel, Vegetarian, Whole Grains
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, breakfast, buckwheat groats, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Fitness, flaxseed, Food, granola, Health, healthy, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, muesli, oats, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, vegetarian
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Ravioli (a single one is called a raviolo) are a traditional type of Italian filled pasta. Our tours to Emilia Romagna bring us to the heart of Italy’s stuffed pastas, where we find tortellini, tortelloni, tortelli, cappellacci, and many others. … Continue reading →
Posted in Eggs, Emilia Romagna, Pasta, Ricotta, Travel, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, Cheese, chives, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Dough, Emilia-Romagna, Food, Health, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, ravioli, Recipe, red pepper, Ricotta, tomato, Travel
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