Costa del Kinsale lives up to its foodie rep

NEW ZEALAND could teach us a thing or two in a number of food related areas, they are obsessive about keeping plant animal and insect diseases out of the country.

STRAWBERRIES, raspberries, loganberries, tay berries and now lots of black, red and white currants — it’s the season for berries. A few weeks ago we feasted on green gooseberry and elderflower tarts, compotes and fools. The gooseberries that survived will be left on the bushes to ripen. When they are plump and full of sweet juice we’ll enjoy them as dessert gooseberries.

AFTER the razzmatazz of his arrival died away, Doug Howlett had to settle in.