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Dining in Italy – Gasthof Chalet Gerard, Val Gardena
The spectacular Dolomites at Val Gardena 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...
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Pesce Agli Agrumi – Fish with Citrus
Pesce Agli Agrumi Lago di Garda, the largest lake in Italy, is located in Northeastern Italy between Milan and Venice. Three regions border this lake which we visit on our Italiaoutdoors Food and Wine...
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An Easy, Healthy Granola (or Muesli)
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....
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Casunziei Ampezzani – Beet Ravioli with Poppy Seed Browned Butter
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...
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Minestra di Farro – Hearty Farro Soup from Tuscany
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...
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Ragu Bolognese – As Prepared for The Dalai Lama
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, –...
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Easy Rice Pudding – Riso al Latte con Fregole e Mandorle
Our cycling tours in the Veneto bring us along the fertile valleys of rivers such as the Po, Brenta and Adige. These valleys offer us some wonderful terrain – scenic, yet flat – and a wide variety of...
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White Bean Puree with Roasted Garlic
We are heading to Umbria for one of our Bike the Wine Roads cycling tours, so my culinary and wine investigations are targeting that region currently. Umbria is particularly well known for its beans...
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Spiedini di Seppie e Finocchi – Squid Skewers with Fennel and Citrus
Anticipating our upcoming Bike the Wine Roads of Umbria cycling tour, I am reading a new book on this lovely region, “Umbria: A Cultural History” by Jonathan Boardman. A very readable overview of the...
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Pappa al Pomodoro
We see many bread based dishes on our cycling tours in Umbria and Tuscany. Here, bread is not often enjoyed alone, but worked into a dish. I covered one of these recipes, the great summer salad made...
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