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The Dinner Plan
Figuring out what to make for dinner can be exhausting. The Dinner Plan helps you start every week with fresh cooking inspiration, thanks to Maggie Hoffman and a roster of top cookbook authors. You'll get dinner ideas for every season, advice on how to make weeknight meal planning easier, smart budget cooking and grocery shopping tips, and easy dinners to make when you're short on time and energy. Guests on The Dinner Plan include experts like Molly Baz, Melissa Clark, Justine Doiron, Hetty Lui…
Episodes
The Dinner PlanBringing Kids Into the Kitchen With Hsiao-Ching Chou and Meilee Chou Riddle
Get recipes and links at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. “As a parent," says cookbook author Hsiao-Ching Chou, "you have to let go of your own anxieties and…
The Dinner PlanFor Carla Lalli Music, Cooking for One Is Not a Bummer
Get the recipes and links in The Dinner Plan's free newsletter on Substack. This week, Carla Lalli Music, the author of That Sounds So Good and Where Cooking…
The Dinner PlanBeyond the Kitchen Grind With Jessica Battilana
Get full recipes and links at TheDinnerPlan.substack.com. On this week's episode, host Maggie Hoffman talks to Jessica Battilana, a many-time cookbook author…
The Dinner PlanThe Vegetarian Dinners Hetty Lui McKinnon Keeps on Rotation
Get Hetty's crispy rice recipe—and links to her favorite cookbooks on The Dinner Plan's free newsletter on Substack. This week's guest, Hetty Lui McKinnon, is…
The Dinner PlanJenny Rosenstrach’s Best Advice for Part-Time Plant-Based Eating
Get links and recipes at The Dinner Plan's free Substack newsletter. This week, host Maggie Hoffman talks to Jenny Rosenstrach, the author of The Weekday…
The Dinner PlanZoe Barrie Soderstrom Gives Meal Planning the Restaurant Treatment
Get the full show notes at The Dinner Plan's free Substack. Zoe Barrie Soderstrom hated wasting food. So she devised a meal planning system inspired by her…
The Dinner PlanSweet Rolls and Holiday Gumbo With Toni Tipton-Martin and Morgan Bolling
Get the recipes every week from The Dinner Plan's free newsletter on Substack. On this week's episode, host Maggie Hoffman talks with Toni Tipton-Martin and…
The Dinner PlanCaroline Choe Makes the Best Mac and Cheese
Get Caroline Choe's kimchi mac and cheese recipe on The Dinner Plan's free Substack. In this episode, host Maggie Hoffman talks to Caroline about collaborating…
The Dinner PlanJulia Turshen Won’t Make Lasagna for a Meal Train
Get recipes and Julia's cookbook favorites on The Dinner Plan's free Substack. In today's episode, host Maggie Hoffman talks to cookbook author Julia Turshen…
The Dinner PlanPrep-Ahead Thanksgiving and More With Dan Souza
This week, Maggie talks with Dan Souza of America's Test Kitchen about how to really prep ahead for Thanksgiving—and what he'll make for dinner before the…
The Dinner PlanCold-Brewed Dashi and More With Sonoko Sakai
On this week's episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman chats with Sonoko Sakai, the LA-based culinary instructor and author of Wafu Cooking. Sonoko…
The Dinner PlanQuick Dinner Favorites With Nagi Maehashi of RecipeTin Eats
On this week's episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman chats with Nagi Maehashi of RecipeTin Eats, author of the new cookbook, Delicious Tonight. Nagi…
The Dinner PlanCrispy, Gooey, Cheesy Bread Dumplings With Luisa Weiss
On this episode of The Dinner Plan, Luisa Weiss, author of Classic German Cooking, shares favorite German recipes and thoughts on how cookbooks can help when…
The Dinner PlanWhat NYT Cooking’s editor in chief actually makes for dinner
NYT Food & Cooking editor in chief Emily Weinstein chats with The Dinner Plan host Maggie Hoffman about how recipes come to life in The New York Times, why she…
The Dinner PlanCozy recipes (mostly plants) from Justine Doiron
In this episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman talks with TikTok star Justine Doiron about her new cookbook, Justine Cooks, the soup she loves eating…
The Dinner PlanLearning Plant-Based Cooking With Joe Yonan
The Dinner Plan host Maggie Hoffman chats with Joe Yonan, author of Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking and longtime food and dining editor of the…
The Dinner PlanMargaret Eby Won't Judge You for Making Rice in a Mug
You Gotta Eat by Margaret Eby helps you feed yourself despite burnout, depression, or anxiety—or just times when life feels overwhelming. But it's not a…
The Dinner PlanCaroline Chambers, the Queen of Easy Weeknight Dinners
Top food Substack writer Caroline Chambers, the author of What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking, chats with The Dinner Plan host Maggie Hoffman about…
The Dinner PlanThe Flavor-Packed Sauce Betty Liu Puts on Every Vegetable
Betty Liu is the author of My Shanghai and The Chinese Way—and a busy surgical resident. In this conversation with The Dinner Plan host Maggie Hoffman, Liu…
The Dinner PlanIntroducing The Dinner Plan
On this food podcast from longtime cooking editor Maggie Hoffman, you'll get access to best-selling cookbook authors and experts in a wide range of cuisines…