From ba9c83e50d25c739488f3623bbc4fa36172e1db0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jreback <jeff@reback.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:34:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] DOC: added cookbook.rst to main docs

---
 RELEASE.rst             |  1 +
 doc/source/cookbook.rst | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/source/index.rst    |  1 +
 doc/source/v0.11.0.txt  |  3 +++
 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/source/cookbook.rst

diff --git a/RELEASE.rst b/RELEASE.rst
index d79ede4dad26e..b91426db2741c 100644
--- a/RELEASE.rst
+++ b/RELEASE.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pandas 0.11.0
 **New features**
 
   - New documentation section, ``10 Minutes to Pandas``
+  - New documentation section, ``Cookbook``
   - Allow mixed dtypes (e.g ``float32/float64/int32/int16/int8``) to coexist in
     DataFrames and propogate in operations
   - Add function to pandas.io.data for retrieving stock index components from
diff --git a/doc/source/cookbook.rst b/doc/source/cookbook.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..02386bcc0a962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/cookbook.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+.. _cookbook:
+
+.. currentmodule:: pandas
+
+.. ipython:: python
+   :suppress:
+
+   import numpy as np
+   import random
+   import os
+   np.random.seed(123456)
+   from pandas import *
+   import pandas as pd
+   randn = np.random.randn
+   randint = np.random.randint
+   np.set_printoptions(precision=4, suppress=True)
+
+********
+Cookbook
+********
+
+This is a respository for *short and sweet* example and links for useful pandas recipes.
+We encourage users to add to this documentation. This is a great *First Pull Request*.
+
+Selection
+---------
+
+`Extending a panel along the minor axis
+<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15364050/extending-a-pandas-panel-frame-along-the-minor-axis>`__
+
+Grouping
+--------
+
+`Basic grouping with apply
+<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15322632/python-pandas-df-groupy-agg-column-reference-in-agg>`__
+
+`TimeGrouping of values grouped across time
+<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15297053/how-can-i-divide-single-values-of-a-dataframe-by-monthly-averages>`__
+
+Merge
+-----
+
+Join
+~~~~
+
+`Joining a DataFrame to itself
+<https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/2996>`__
+
+Data In/Out
+-----------
+
+CSV
+~~~
+
+HDF5
+~~~~
+
+Managing heteregenous data using a linked multiple table hierarchy. 
+See `here <https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3032>`__.
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index d59cb6d7a816b..b919657b64fc2 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ See the package overview for more detail about what's in the library.
     faq
     overview
     10min
+    cookbook
     dsintro
     basics
     indexing
diff --git a/doc/source/v0.11.0.txt b/doc/source/v0.11.0.txt
index 9397be36697b2..c53ffa9ac1997 100644
--- a/doc/source/v0.11.0.txt
+++ b/doc/source/v0.11.0.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ pay close attention to.
 There is a new section in the documentation, :ref:`10 Minutes to Pandas <10min>`,
 primarily geared to new users.
 
+There is a new section in the documentation, :ref:`Cookbook <cookbook>`, a collection
+of useful recipes in pandas (and that we want contributions!).
+
 There are several libraries that are now :ref:`Recommended Dependencies <install.recommended_dependencies>`
 
 Selection Choices

From 9a55ff29dfed8d0bda867570312ad1c644a98b7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jreback <jeff@reback.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:52:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] DOC: more recipes

---
 doc/source/cookbook.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/source/cookbook.rst b/doc/source/cookbook.rst
index 02386bcc0a962..a805496fa56ca 100644
--- a/doc/source/cookbook.rst
+++ b/doc/source/cookbook.rst
@@ -24,16 +24,27 @@ We encourage users to add to this documentation. This is a great *First Pull Req
 
 Selection
 ---------
+`Boolean Rows Indexing
+<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14725068/pandas-using-row-labels-in-boolean-indexing>`__
 
 `Extending a panel along the minor axis
 <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15364050/extending-a-pandas-panel-frame-along-the-minor-axis>`__
 
+`Prepending a level to a multiindex
+<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14744068/prepend-a-level-to-a-pandas-multiindex>`__
+
 Grouping
 --------
 
 `Basic grouping with apply
 <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15322632/python-pandas-df-groupy-agg-column-reference-in-agg>`__
 
+`Apply to different items in a group
+<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15262134/apply-different-functions-to-different-items-in-group-object-python-pandas>`__
+
+`Replacing values with groupby means
+<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14760757/replacing-values-with-groupby-means>`__
+
 `TimeGrouping of values grouped across time
 <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15297053/how-can-i-divide-single-values-of-a-dataframe-by-monthly-averages>`__
 
@@ -46,6 +57,12 @@ Join
 `Joining a DataFrame to itself
 <https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/2996>`__
 
+Timeseries
+----------
+
+`Resample intraday frame without adding new days
+<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14898574/resample-intrday-pandas-dataframe-without-add-new-days>`__
+
 Data In/Out
 -----------
 
@@ -55,5 +72,14 @@ CSV
 HDF5
 ~~~~
 
-Managing heteregenous data using a linked multiple table hierarchy. 
-See `here <https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3032>`__.
+`Managing heteregenous data using a linked multiple table hierarchy
+<https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3032>`__
+
+`Simple Queries with a Timestamp Index
+<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13926089/selecting-columns-from-pandas-hdfstore-table>`__
+
+Miscellaneous
+-------------
+
+`Multi-index sorting
+<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14733871/mutli-index-sorting-in-pandas>`__