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Cooking for Geeks

"In a new cookbook, Cooking for Geeks, Jeff Potter, a software engineer, takes a look at what's really going on in your sautée pan, with the intention of helping even the most hapless chef master some of the magic" writes New Yorker reviewer Monica Racic. Indeed, Monica took the book for a spin, and wound up feeling much more confident in the kitchen. Read the review.

Cooking for Geeks in The Atlantic
Recipes for Nerds

"Cooking for Geeks is a model for a new genre," writes Ike DeLorenzo, in his review in The Atlantic of Jeff Potter's new book. "Its publisher is O'Reilly Media, the gold standard for technical documentation and instruction books, known for everything from compendiums like Building a Web 2.0 Application with ASP.NET to breezy beach reads like Algorithms in a Nutshell. Its readers are legendarily loyal." Read the review.

2010 Jolt Award Winner
Masterminds of Programming

"What makes Masterminds of Programming particularly interesting and useful is that these conversations did not take place at the beginning of the languages, but rather in present-day," says Jolt judge Jonathan Kurz. "Having the benefit of time to reflect on strengths and weaknesses of the languages, their merits, and the context of why certain design decisions were made, gives readers a unique insight and perspective of these languages and their creators in a very enjoyable and thorough book." Get your copy in print or four DRM-free formats today.

"Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions," Gets a 9/10 on Slashdot

Slashdot Reviewer samzenpus writes: "Beautiful Data proves to be quite the cover-to-cover page turner for anyone involved in building interfaces for data or the statistician at a loss for the best way to intuitively and effectively relay knowledge when given voluminous amounts of raw data...each chapter revealed a data repository or tool I had no idea existed." Read full reivew on Slashdot.

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