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.
During many of our walking tours or cycling adventures, when we visit a small local restaurant catering to non-tourists, I am called upon to translate the menu. This is a particular challenge in Alto Adige, where the menu is just … Continue reading →
Posted in Pasta, Travel, Trentino Food, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, cooking classes, culinary bike trips, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy hiking trips, mezzelune, Northern Italy, private bike trips, ravioli, Ricotta, schlutzkrapfen, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, vegetarian
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There is no better way to appreciate the terroir of a wine than to walk through it. On our private walking tours in Italy we typically plan a day to do just this – choosing a route that brings us … Continue reading →
Posted in Amarone, Travel, Uncategorized, Valpolicella, Wine, Wine Pairings, wine tastings
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Tagged accordini, Amarone, Bike and Wine tours, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, Italiaoutdoors, private ski trips, Travel, Valpolicella, Veneto
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Who doesn’t love focaccia? A leavened flat bread with seemingly unlimited variations, everyone can find a favorite. This season as we visited Vicenza on a cycling tour and later on a walking tour we made focaccia with a true Italian … Continue reading →
Posted in antipasti, Baking, Liguria, Travel, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, Wine
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, Cinque Terre, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, focaccia, Genoa, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy hiking trips, LIguria, Northern Italy, private bike trips, Recipe, Travel, vegetarian
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Lebkuchen is a traditional German baked Christmas treat, similar to gingerbread. It is a classic Chrismas treat in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy, reflecting the area’s history as part the Austrian-Hungarian Empire until after World War I. The ancestor … Continue reading →
Posted in Baking, Christmas, Cookies, Travel, Trentino Food, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, Wine Pairings
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, Christmas, Cooking, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, d, Food, gingerbread, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy hiking trips, lebkuchen, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Travel, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, vegetarian, Wine
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Our favorite evening during tours through Alto Adige is the one we spend exploring the unique cuisine of Sudtirol with Chef Michael Seehauser. This season he introduced us to a new version of the traditional South Tyrolean dumplings, called ‘canederli’. … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
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Tagged Bike and Wine tours, canederli, cooking classes, culinary bike tours, culinary bike trips, dumplings, graukase, Italian cuisine, Italian Food, Italiaoutdoors, Italy hiking trips, Northern Italy, private bike trips, private ski trips, Recipe, Sudtirol, Travel, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, vegetarian
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