PLANS OF BASTIA AND AJACCIO inside front cover
INTRODUCTION 4
the walks 5
the railway excursion 5
the restaurants 6
the recipes 6
corsican food 7
corsican wines 9
planning your visit 11
when to go 11
where to stay 12
what to take 12
planning your walks 13
on arrival 14
information 14
shopping for self-catering 14
Walk 1 ? bonifacio 16
restaurant: u castille 23
recipes: stuffed aubergines bonifacio-style, omelette with brocciu 24
Walk 2 ? foret de l'ospedale 26
restaurant: le refuge 31
recipes: fig chutney, wild boar stew with ceps 32
Walk 3 ? trou de la bombe 38
restaurant: auberge du col de bavella 39
recipes: veal cutlets with honey sauce, chestnut tart 40
Walk 4 ? pointe de la parata 42
restaurant: le weekend 46
recipe: courgette fritters 47
Walk 5 ? cascades des anglais 48
restaurant: hotel du monte d'oro 54
recipes: duck breast with honey sauce, trout with pine nuts 56
Walk 6 ? the venacos 58
restaurants: le torrent and bar/restaurant de la place 64
recipes: chicken in curry and coconut milk, vegetable 'cake' 66
Walk 7 ? la restonica 68
restaurant: auberge de la restonica 73
recipes: roast leg of lamb with garlic, grilled sea bass with fennel 74
Walk 8 ? cascades d'aitone 76
restaurant: l'aitone 80
recipes: rabbit sauteed with ceps 81
Walk 9 ? sentier du littoral 82
restaurant: u furnellu 87
recipes: two ways with mussels, 'petit Napoleon' 88
Walk 10 ? ostriconi 90
restaurant: village de l'ostriconi 93
Walk 11 ? notre-dame de la serra 94
restaurant: u fanale 99
restaurants: u casanu, le comme chez soi 100
recipe: traditional corsican soup 102
recipes: meat stew with smoked ham, salade bergere 103
recipes: langoustine risotto, pork and chestnut terrine 104
Walk 12 ? lumio, occi and lavatoggio 106
restaurants: chez charles and chez edgard 111
recipe: seafood salad with a citrus vinagrette 112
recipe: veal saute with prunes and figs 112
Walk 13 ? sant' antonino and l'ile-rousse 114
refreshments/restaurant: cave a citron and la cave 121
recipes: corsican-style red mullet, chestnut cake, fiadone 122
excursion ? 'u trinichellu' 124
island map (excluding cap corse) 126
recipes: braised endives with panzetta, beans corsican-style 130
recipe: chestnut sauerkraut with chestnut beer 131
TRANSPORT 132
EAT GF, DF 134
eating in restaurants 135
self-catering 136
gf, df shopping 136
gf, df cooking; conversion tables 138
GLOSSARY (menu items, shopping terms) 139
INDEX 141
In the restaurant (pocket vocabulary) inside back cover
