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 fall project, outside of Italiaoutdoors, is developing a 10-segment series of short cooking episodes for WSKI-TV at Sugarloaf, ME. A long way from Italy, but my philosophy remains the same – celebrating fresh, local foods. This is a bit … Continue reading →
Posted in antipasti, Cheeses, Fitness, Mozzarella, Tomato, Travel, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, Veneto Food
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Tagged Backyard Farms, basil, Bike and Wine tours, caprese, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, d, Fitness, Food, Health, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy, Italy hiking trips, local, Maine, mozzarella, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Skowhegan Savings, tomato, Travel, vegetarian, WSKI-TV
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During my June trip to Italy, I visited several vineyards in the Valpolicella wine region, doing ‘research’ for Italiaoutdoors Bike the Wine Roads bike trips. One stop I made was the Novaia winery, located in a large manor in the … Continue reading →
Posted in Amarone, Uncategorized, Valpolicella, Wine Pairings
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Tagged Amarone, Bike and Wine tours, classico, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, Corte Vaona, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Fitness, Food, Health, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Marano di Valpolicella, Northern Italy, Novaia, private bike trips, private ski trips, Ripasso, Susan Regis, Travel, Valpolicella, Veneto, Wine
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Last weekend I took part in an unbelievably inspiring event – the Pan-Mass Challenge. It is a 190-mile, 2 day bike ride that raises funds for cancer research at Dana Farber. I was a member of Team Rialto, a group … Continue reading →
Posted in Baking, Cookies, Dessert, Fitness, Uncategorized
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, Chocolate chip, coconut, cook, cookies, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Fitness, flaxseed, Food, Health, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Jody Adams, Northern Italy, oatmeal, Pan-Mass Challenge, peanut butter, PMC, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Team Rialto, Travel
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Fennel is a hardy, perennial herb that is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean, but today is found many parts of the world, especially on dry soils near the sea-coast and on riverbanks. Known as the Florence fennel, it … Continue reading →
Posted in antipasti, Braising, fennel, Uncategorized
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Tagged antipasti, Bike and Wine tours, braised, confit, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, fennel, Fitness, Food, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, Olive oil, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Susan Regis, Travel, vegetarian, Veneto
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Garlic is a key ingredient in my cooking both here and in Italy. There is hardly a sauce, soup, or pasta that doesn’t include it. And it seems to have found it’s way into every region of Italy. In … Continue reading →
Posted in Chicken, Fish, garlic, Pasta, Pizza, Travel, Uncategorized, Veneto Food
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cook, Cooking, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Fitness, Food, garlic, garlic scapes, Health, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, pesto, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Travel, Veneto
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