Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking

Nathan Myhrvold is the founder of Modernist Cuisine and the lead author of the Modernist Cuisine books. The series encompasses five in-depth cookbooks that span the topics of bread, pizza, and modernist cooking techniques as well as two coffee table books that are dedicated to Myhrvold’s stunning food photography. He routinely pushes the boundaries of culinary science as a chef, photographer, scientist, and writer. Myhrvold, who has led the production of all seven titles, assembled the Modernist Cuisine team to share the art and science of cooking with others. He opened Modernist Cuisine Gallery by Nathan Myhrvold in 2017 after years of requests to purchase the photographs he’d taken for the Modernist Cuisine books. In addition to his culinary photographic pursuits, the former CTO of Microsoft is the co-founder and CEO of Intellectual Ventures. He is an avid inventor and prolific author in the fields of technology, paleontology, climatology, energy, bioterrorism, and more. He holds several degrees, including a doctorate in theoretical and mathematical physics; master’s degrees in economics, geophysics, and space physics; a bachelor’s degree in mathematics; and a culinary diploma from École de Cuisine La Varenne.