Monthly Archives April 2013

When fluffy light worlds of flavoured almonds merge and liberate passion and supposition, gravity can within these moments fluctuate and leave you in momentary rapture

This is an accurate as possible description, in regards my tasting Mikaela’s macarons. Basically, I was never a macaron lover, until I tasted her very personal and elaborate fabrication, I was then conquered for life!

She has been established in Ajaccio since three years now, in the centre of the city, where she creates, blends and produces her impressive thirty varieties of flavour, which, I may add, are uniquely made from regional products. Having been trained in Paris prior to her arrival in Corsica, she possesses her unique view of extending flavours, colours and variations.

A few examples here that may tempt your curios...

Well known to all, Nicolas Hulot has his own personal idea on how he views this island

A traveller and explorer, he has adventured all over the world, and here is what he has to say:

“Corsica is perhaps the first place, and God knows how many I have visited – where I would have wished to stay. We can not love a place just for the beauty of its landscapes, because you get tired very quickly of this. For Corsica to love you, you must love the Corsicans. Me, what I like about them is that they do not engage immediately, they are not teasers. The Corsican is profound, sometimes lively but at least he has character, as does the island. I hate lukewarm things. Of course, he also has flaws, because he loves the land and defends it.

Being Corsican, still means something,  whilst elsewhere in Fr...

My first thought would have been that the island is not unlike one large extended village itself

They were always associated to attending a fair or some type of outing, and around Christmas time – until I arrived in Corsica

I really hadn’t the slightest idea as to their importance and representation here. Autumn is chestnut season, and when many people take the opportunity to spend hours collecting them in the surrounding woods. Towards the north of the island, there is a particular spot, the ‘Castagniccia’, and this is the heart of chestnut country in all its glory, where the hills are plainly covered with chestnut forests.

It was after the effects of the Middle Ages, and the great wars, that they were massively planted in Corsica under Genoese command...

Now, here is one of the most extraordinary places to visit – where nature and one of the oldest existing species flourish in perfect affinity

“Cupulatta” (turtle) – a unique park and breeding centre, situated just outside of Ajaccio, in a preserved, natural site, where one can literally spend the day visiting and admiring over 170 species, and 3000 specimens, originating from America, Asia and Africa – this is the largest European park of turtles/tortoises to see the day, and founded in 1993 in an instinctive setting of 2.5 hectares of land...