myhrvold received the james beard foundation award for cookbook of the year in 2012 and an honorary degree from the culinary institute of america in 2013 for his book "modernist cuisine: the art and science of cooking". his book "modernist bread" received a james beard foundation book award in 2018. in 2010, myhrvold was named by "foreign policy" magazine to its list of top 100 global thinkers. he was selected as the keynote speaker for the ucla college commencement ceremonies on friday, june 12, 2015. in 2013, myhrvold was a judge for the inaugural queen elizabeth prize for engineering. princeton university awarded him the james madison medal in 2005.