Nathan Myhrvold on Food?

The long-awaited “Modernist Cuisine” is a visual roller coaster through the current world of food and cooking tools. More Photos »
By MICHAEL RUHLMAN
Published: March 8, 2011

DESCENDING this week on the culinary scene like a meteor, “Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking” is the self-published six-volume masterwork from a team led by Nathan Myhrvold, the multimillionaire tech visionary who, as a friend of mine said, “decided to play Renaissance doge with food.” More

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Happy Birthday!

Today is the birthday of Yuri Gagarin.

• Born: 9 March 1934


• Birthplace: Klushino, Russia


• Died: 27 March 1968 (airplane crash)


• Best Known As: The first human in space

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