Nick DiGiovanni isn't here to teach you how to weigh your flour and stir up a pot of soup. What the "MasterChef" veteran, Guiness World record holder and social media star — with over 25 million followers all of his platforms — wants to offer instead is the encouragement and enthusiasm to help you teach yourself to cook the things you like to eat, the way you like to make them. And his own personal way doesn't involve scales or soups.
In his debut cookbook "Knife Drop: Creative Recipes Anyone Can Cook," DiGiovanni offers techniques and recipes for becoming a more confident, intuitive home cook, whether you're making browned butter, compost cookies or a "yolky gnocchi" that's as luxurious as it sounds. As he explained to me, "I'm all about fearlessness. I want people to cook for fun and without having to think too much," which is why he encourages tasting everything and stressing less about measuring.
