Are you celebrating the launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2? Well, why leave the excitement at the cinema when you can bring the magic to your kitchen with the Harry Potter Cookbook.

Featuring over 150 recipes, this book contains every food mentioned in Harry Potter, from Pumpkin Pastries and Treacle Fudge to Mrs Weasley’s Homemade Toffee and Rock Cake.

With the holidays approaching, why not get your whisks at the ready and prepare to add a sprinkle of witchcraft and wizardry to your cooking.

For everyone from Potter fans to keen cooks, these recipes are sure to be a magical addition to any cookbook collection.

With the release of her new book ‘Notes from My Kitchen Table’ Gwyneth Paltrow has been invited to open for Liam Gallagher’s new band at the iTunes festival.

tBut.. she’ll be opening the show with a discussion about the joys of cooking! Paltrow places a lot of importance on family and being a good homemaker through cooking and creating a “life as normal as possible” for her two children and husband Chris Martin.

Paltrow likes nothing more than being in the kitchen – “My life can be so surreal sometimes – to be in the kitchen with things that are routine and mundane make me feel good.”

As we well know, the kitchen is now considered by many Brits to be the hub of the home and  we spend more waking hours in the kitchen that any other room in the house.

So everyone, start making the most of your kitchen!

In a candid interview, the Bad Romance singer stated “The rumours I am a dab hand in the kitchen are completely true.”

She went on to say “I come from an Italian family – what more can I say? I love to cook.”

The award winning artist continued “I am really good at Italian food. So I make great meatballs, pasta and all sorts. I love it. When I get the chance I make a mean meal. Mmmm.”

Aside from taking advantage of the latest cooking gadgets to help with her culinary creations, Lady Gaga’s eccentric personality would be perfectly suited for a bright, bold kitchen, such as Magnet’s new Fiori kitchen.

ECO worktops made from both recycled and eco-friendly natural materials are being launched in the UK exclusively by Magnet, in partnership with world-leading surfaces manufacturer, Cosentino.

The stylish and durable worktops are partly made from recycled consumer waste such as mirror, porcelain sinks, baths and

tiles, and from industrial waste such as ash from power plants and stone scrap from quarries and workshops.

These products are bound together using an eco-friendly resin made from corn oil to create beautiful composite worktops in 10 different colours and styles. The range of natural and neutral colours varies from black forest, iron ore through to bright white iridescent finishes and deeper speckled tops with green and light blue flecks.

Two hot trends for 2010 are natural looks and monochrome style. These worktops could be used to create either of these looks and their durability means they will look great in years to come.

All the raw materials used have high thermal, mechanical and chemical resistance, making them perfect for use in the kitchen. The worktops also have a very low porosity allowing a high stain resistance.

The products chosen for recycling are not easily or cannot be recycled in any other way and the innovative processes used to create ECO worktops mean that waste will not be left in landfill sites for years to come.

Bamboo worktops have been available at Magnet for a couple of years and this is such a prolific plant that it can also count as environmentally friendly, but this is the first time worktops such as these have been launched.

Has anyone heard of any other eco worktops?