Anybody working behind the scenes in the web industry is familiar with the excellent O’Reilly series of programming and scripting cookbooks. I love the format since it’s a great way to learn such things – by understanding how to put several ingredients together and think out how to combine several methods to create a successful finished product. By learning the methods and ingredients involved you can apply them to your own ‘recipes’.
But I bet not many know that they’ve put together a group of actual food recipes too. Gastronomy for Geeks: The O’Reilly Community Cookbook. What kind of recipes do geeks make? Beer Milkshakes, Chicken with n Cloves of Garlic (”modified and scaled down version is also presented in a nerdier format”), PB and Chocolate Smacker “A Reese’s inspired snackwich that I enjoy during those late night admin/coding jobs. Combined with a pot of coffee, you could code all night.” (basically a peanut butter and chocolate frosting sandwich). Some of the contributors might want to just stick with coding but there’s a few that sound good.