Ask yourself: What would Nathan Myhrvold gift?

Stephen Chernin

Modernist Gifts

This March 23, 2011 file photo shows Nathan Myhrvold, author of "Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking," as he poses with books at the Institute for Culinary Education in New York. The former chief technology officer for Microsoft who turned his techie smarts to cooking in last year's massive six-volume tome "Modernist Cuisine," now is turning his attention to using science in the home kitchen. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)