‘.NET Gurus Can Cook!’ Cookbook

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.NET GURUS CAN COOK!

You’ve heard them speak at the major industry events. You’ve read their articles in the top industry publications. You’ve searched their sites and perused their magazines for programming tips. You’ve met them at .NET User’s Groups and they’ve helped answer your toughest questions online.
Now see them cook!

That’s right. GrapeCity PowerTools, makers of the award-winning ActiveReports and Spread product lines, is introducing what is believed to be the first actual cookbook that includes recipes from your favorite Microsoft. NET Community Influencers.

Request your own copy below!

 

The all-star lineup of guru recipes includes; Henry Allain, Scott Allen, Ted Bahr, Doug Barney, Glenn Block, Michèle Leroux Bustamante, Richard Campbell, Howard Dierking, Jim Duffy, Mark Dunn, Keith Elder, Dino Esposito, Mary Jo Foley, Carl Franklin, Russell Fustino, Jon Galloway, Giorgio Garcia-Agreda, Michele Guido, Phil Haack, Jeff Hadfield, Scott Hanselman, Joe Healy, Tim Huckaby, Julie Lerman, David Lyman, Matt Morollo, Fritz Onion, Jeffrey Palermo, John Papa, Ayende Rahien, David Rubenstein, Shervin Shakibi, Steve Smith, Dave Ward, Keith Ward, John Waters, Rick Webster, Chris Woodruff and a whole lot more!*


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How do you get your Limited Edition copy?

Electronic Edition:   Printed Edition:
You can view and download the PDF version right now! Please first check out the cookbook by clicking the 'View Cookbook' link below:


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The Authors are Talking...

"Life is too short for cheap margaritas."
- Tim Huckaby, Microsoft RD and MVP
"With recipes from rock stars like these, no garbage collection needed!" - Mary Jo Foley, Editor, ZDNet's "All About Microsoft"
"Grilled lamb with an attitude" - Carl Franklin, Host .NET ROCKS!
"Nobody will ever blame you for mixing spaghetti and code." - Dino Esposito, author, CTO e-tennis.net
"Hope you enjoy my mouth watering and healthy recipes as much as my family does!" - John Papa, Microsoft Sr. Technical Evangelist
"Developers don’t just code, some can cook up an amazing meal" - Doug Barney, Editorial Director Visual Studio Magazine and MSDN
"Hope you enjoy the recipes I loved as a kid and still enjoy these days" - Chris Woodruff, Co-host of Deep Fried Bytes, MS MVP
"Hope you enjoy my recipes - bonus points (and calories) if you can serve all 5 in one day!" - Steve Smith, Microsoft Regional Director and MVP
"My best product yet! Some products include an easter egg. My product *is* the easter egg." - Phil Haack, Microsoft Sr. Program Manager
"I feel my blood sugar rising just reading the back cover of this book!" - Scott Hanselman, Microsoft Principal Web Community Architect
"I never met a puff pastry I didn't like :)" - Michele Leroux Bustamante, Microsoft Regional Director and MVP
"Who knew coders could cook?" - Jeffrey Palermo, Microsoft MVP and COO Headspring Systems
 
  • Attend your local .NET Users Group Meeting
    We’ll be distributing the books to .NET Groups throughout the country so they can use them as fundraisers to help support their community events (they keep 100% of the proceeds). Ask your Group Leader to contact us at cookbook@gcpowertools.com and we’ll be sure to ship them off for their events.
     
  • Make a Contribution
    As some of you may know, our corporate headquarters are located in Sendai, Japan. Our colleagues at GrapeCity Japan are on the ground helping the most affected by the earthquake and tsunami. GrapeCity US is encouraging those who would like to help out with the relief and recovery efforts in the affected communities to contribute to the Relief for Japan fund.

    • US Contributions:
      We ask that you make a contribution of $15 (please feel free to contribute more). This price includes the book and the shipping costs.
       
    • INTL Contributions:
      We ask that you make a contribution of $25 (please feel free to contribute more). This price includes the book and the shipping costs.
       
    100% of your contribution, less the shipping costs, will be sent directly to the Relief Fund. As a thank you we’ll be happy to send you a book as a token of our deepest appreciation. Contributions can be made now at http://www.gcpowertools.com/relief/.


    Once you've made your contribution, please email us at cookbook@gcpowertools.com along with the address you would like the book sent to. Thank you.

*Authors subject to change without notice