Free book + charity donation - The Celebrity Pasta Lover's Cookbook [PDF]

ATDrake · 10-14-2010, 09:01 PM

Until the end of October 15th, pasta-maker Barilla are offering not just a free download of a PDF cookbook, but also will give a $1 donation at their cost (up to $150,000) to the Meals on Wheels Association of America, which apparently delivers food to shut-in people, for each individual person who clicks the pledge-on-my-behalf button before downloading their Celebrity Pasta Lover's Cookbook.

Thus far, they're only up to $65,681 as of my download.

So even though a lot of people seem to hate PDF around here, let's see if we can at least bump their donation numbers up a bit.

The cookbook is DRM-free and full-colour, though of an awkward size that will probably not look all that great on your reader. It's got recipes by 12 celebrities using Barilla products, so if you ever wanted to know Julianne Moore makes her Vegetarian Lasagne with 1 box of Barilla WAVY Lasagne, you're in luck!

No e-mail or other info is required, though I think you need to have JavaScript, and possibly Flash, turned on in your browser before the pledge button works. And they do try to persuade you to sign up for their newsletter, but you can easily close the pop-up box to skip that.

Since it's for a good cause and will cost you nothing besides 3 megs of hard disk space and maybe 2 minutes of your time, I encourage all to spread the link around like a communicable disease, and bon appetit!

ATDrake · 10-15-2010, 03:22 PM

Up to $66,129 for the free-donation-by-proxy corporate download-match pledging. Thanks to all the 105 MR members who apparently contributed to this number (at least, according to the current pageview count for this thread).

Too bad that even with who-knows-how-long a lead time on this promo, there hasn't been even half of the total amount of downloads that Barilla said they would match with their donation money.

But at least the Meals on Wheels people will be getting some extra money to put towards feeding a lot more sessile seniors, or whatever it is they do.

Cindee · 10-15-2010, 06:12 PM

Thanx and they are $66,423 now

jes1 · 10-15-2010, 10:33 PM

Up to $66,697. Thanks for letting us know about this.

lene1949 · 10-16-2010, 03:30 AM

Thanks... I thought there were some very good recipes in there...

MmavisO · 10-16-2010, 10:39 AM

$66,932 and counting. Thanks!

koland · 10-16-2010, 10:50 AM

I posted this to my blog and over on Amazon. Hopefully it garnered a few more of those $ for the cause.

ATDrake · 10-16-2010, 12:48 PM

I just went over to the site, and the final total is officially $66993, a difference of $1312 from when I first saw it. Pretty good for one day's notice and 266 thread-views over here, and hopefully it should help feed a good few extra needy people.

Thanks everyone who helped out, both by clicking the pledge button and spreading the word.

Also, they now have a new free PDF cookbook on offer, Sharing the Table with Mario Batali, a full-colour collection of 12 different recipes (they look a bit more complicated than the "celebrity" ones) using Barilla products. The download link for that is directly below the final pledge total.

10-14-2010, 09:01 PM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free book + charity donation - The Celebrity Pasta Lover's Cookbook [PDF] Until the end of October 15th, pasta-maker Barilla are offering not just a free download of a PDF cookbook, but also will give a $1 donation at their cost (up to $150,000) to the Meals on Wheels Association of America, which apparently delivers food to shut-in people, for each individual person who clicks the pledge-on-my-behalf button before downloading their Celebrity Pasta Lover's Cookbook. Thus far, they're only up to $65,681 as of my download. So even though a lot of people seem to hate PDF around here, let's see if we can at least bump their donation numbers up a bit. The cookbook is DRM-free and full-colour, though of an awkward size that will probably not look all that great on your reader. It's got recipes by 12 celebrities using Barilla products, so if you ever wanted to know Julianne Moore makes her Vegetarian Lasagne with 1 box of Barilla WAVY Lasagne, you're in luck! No e-mail or other info is required, though I think you need to have JavaScript, and possibly Flash, turned on in your browser before the pledge button works. And they do try to persuade you to sign up for their newsletter, but you can easily close the pop-up box to skip that. Since it's for a good cause and will cost you nothing besides 3 megs of hard disk space and maybe 2 minutes of your time, I encourage all to spread the link around like a communicable disease, and bon appetit!

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10-15-2010, 03:22 PM	#2
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Up to $66,129 for the free-donation-by-proxy corporate download-match pledging. Thanks to all the 105 MR members who apparently contributed to this number (at least, according to the current pageview count for this thread). Too bad that even with who-knows-how-long a lead time on this promo, there hasn't been even half of the total amount of downloads that Barilla said they would match with their donation money. But at least the Meals on Wheels people will be getting some extra money to put towards feeding a lot more sessile seniors, or whatever it is they do.

10-15-2010, 06:12 PM	#3
Cindee Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: none	Thanx and they are $66,423 now

10-15-2010, 10:33 PM	#4
jes1 Zealot Posts: 139 Karma: 698 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Device: Astak EZReader, Dell Axim x50v, iPod Touch, nook	Up to $66,697. Thanks for letting us know about this.

10-16-2010, 03:30 AM	#5
lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,952 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middelfart, Denmark Device: Kindle paper white	Thanks... I thought there were some very good recipes in there...

10-16-2010, 10:39 AM	#6
MmavisO Seeker Posts: 349 Karma: 479648 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Liberty, MO USA Device: Asus TF, PB 360, Jetbook Lite	$66,932 and counting. Thanks!

10-16-2010, 10:50 AM	#7
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	I posted this to my blog and over on Amazon. Hopefully it garnered a few more of those $ for the cause.

10-16-2010, 12:48 PM	#8
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	I just went over to the site, and the final total is officially $66993, a difference of $1312 from when I first saw it. Pretty good for one day's notice and 266 thread-views over here, and hopefully it should help feed a good few extra needy people. Thanks everyone who helped out, both by clicking the pledge button and spreading the word. Also, they now have a new free PDF cookbook on offer, Sharing the Table with Mario Batali, a full-colour collection of 12 different recipes (they look a bit more complicated than the "celebrity" ones) using Barilla products. The download link for that is directly below the final pledge total.

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