"World's first pea recipe book Yes Peas! bursts through the 100,000 barrier!" a press release screamed at me this week.

But 100,000 what? Words? Actually, it's copies printed. Call me churlish but I feel compelled to point out that producing large amounts of something does not mean success - just ask the companies behind Dasani and the Sinclair C5. Nevertheless, there has been considerable interest in the book including, oddly, retailer Comet, which has ordered 10,000 copies.