Wild weekend plans...

I am the proud owner of three new recipe books, and as recipe books are firmly in my list of 'favourite things' I am rather excited. Sad but true! So my crazy bank holiday weekend plans are to generally potter around my kitchen and make some yummy meals. Reviews on the below to follow:

Interesting, if not cheerful, weekend reading.....

'The Anatomy of a Silent Crisis' has just been released by the Global Humanitarian Forum. This is the first comprehensive study which quantifies the effect of climate change on humanity. According to the report climate change is already responsible for 300 000 deaths per year. Of course the naysayers will have their own opinions and dismiss this as just another lefty-liberal treehugging fuss about nothing (still boggles my mind when I hear/read the 'what climate change?' view but I won't launch into rant mode or we'll be here all day) but for some of us it makes quite chilling reading....