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.
Now that I have a few months in the US as our bike tour season is over, and ski tours are a few months away, I have some time to devote to recipe development and my food blog. My travels … Continue reading →
Posted in antipasti, Chicken, fennel, Figs, Peas, Picolit, Salad, Sausage, Travel, Uncategorized, Veneto Food
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, fig, Food, goat cheese, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Lake Garda, mostarda, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, salad, sirmione, Travel, Veneto, Wine
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At my home in rural Sugarloaf, Maine, October brings the end of the magnificent foliage, and the start of bird hunting season. I am not a hunter myself, but I am quite happy to accept gifts of game birds from … Continue reading →
Posted in Poultry and Game Birds, Schioppettino, Travel, Uncategorized, Veneto Food
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Food, game birds, grouse, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, Poultry, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Recipes, Travel, Veneto
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One of the highlights of our late summer/early fall bike tours in Italy is admiring the fresh figs hanging from the trees, just asking to be picked and savored. We are careful not to annoy the local farmers and just … Continue reading →
Posted in Emilia Romagna, Figs, Fruit, Pasta, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, bucatini, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Emilia-Romagna, figs, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Travel, vegetarian
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On a recent trip to Ferrara, I indulged in several of their local specialties, all that involved pumpkin, or zucca. According to Lynne Rossetto Kasper in The Splendid Table, “The Bolognese call the people of Ferrara ‘squash eaters’ because of … Continue reading →
Posted in Emilia Romagna, Pumpkin, Travel, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Ferrara, Food, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Pumpkin, Recipe, sformato, squash, Travel, vegetarian
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Located in Alto Adige, about 30 km east of the city of Bolzano, Selva de Val Gardena is a lovely town with plenty to attract the active tourist both winter and summer. Home to the Sella Ronda, a ski route … Continue reading →
Posted in restaurants, St. Magdalener, Travel, Trentino Food, Uncategorized
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, chalet gerard, Cooking, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Dolomites, Fitness, Food, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, italiaoutdoorsfoodandwine, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, ortler cheese, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Travel, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, val gardena, Wine
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