The Dinner Plan

Maggie Hoffman

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 McKinnon, J. Kenji López-Alt, Hailee Catalano, and more. Guests answer questions like: What store-bought shortcuts make your weeknight dinners more flavorful? How do you meal prep or ingredient prep without getting bored? What weeknight dinner recipes would you text to a friend? Where do you find dinner ideas when you don't feel like cooking? To get each guest's cookbook recommendations, plus a free recipe of the week from that guest's latest book, subscribe to The Dinner Plan newsletter at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com—that's also where you'll find our list of 99 dinner ideas you didn't have to think of.

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#127
Today · 48 min
Swanky, Low-Stress Entertaining With Cortney LaCorte
Cheese Gal offers hosting tips, fancy couch snacks, and easy weeknight dinner ideas, too.
#126
Monday · 44 min
For Olivia Tiedemann, Rich People Food Comes Down to the Right Moves
Why cooking technique is more important than fancy ingredients.
#125
September 10 · 51 min
Pati Jinich Cooks the Bold Flavors of the Mexican Border
Tasting the greatest tacos, beans, and grilled tamales the PBS star found in her travels.
#124
September 7 · 1 hr
Carla Lalli Makes Dinner the Best Part of a Bad Day
Her new book goes beyond recipes and gets into the emotional side of cooking.
#123
August 31 · 49 min
The High-Protein Vegetarian Dinners Grace Elkus Makes on Repeat
Plus tips for the best crispy tofu and how to fall in love with cottage cheese.
#122
August 24 · 53 min
Fresh Thai Cooking With Pim Techamuanvivit
This Thai cookbook is a new essential.
#121
August 20 · 54 min
Grocery Prices Are Wild. The 99% Cooking Club Can Help.
Steel Russell wants to help you save money on food—and he wants you to know you’re not alone if you’re struggling right now.
#120
August 17 · 44 min
Alex MacLaren’s 10-Day Grocery Strategy
The key: “We use what we have.”
#119
August 13 · 44 min
Pierce Abernathy’s Peak Summer Dinners
Every Leaf, Every Stem shares vegetable inspiration for every season.
#118
August 10 · 59 min
Caroline Chambers Needs Even Quicker Dinners Now
Caroline’s new cookbook speeds up dinner—and makes sure that it’s worth the effort.
#117
August 3 · 45 min
Omi Hopper Cooked Through the Hardest Year of Her Life to Get Here
The Next Level Chef contestant shares the Puerto Rican recipes that got her family through tough times.
#116
July 27 · 57 min
Serena Wolf’s Easy Summer Dinner Ideas
Steal this menu for your next barbecue.
#115
July 20 · 48 min
Recipes for College Cooks and First Apartments from Claire Thomson
The chef’s new cookbook is written in the form of letters and dinner ideas sent to her daughter, who has just left for university.
#114
July 13 · 49 min
Tuscan Summer Cooking: Giulia Scarpaleggia’s Vegetable Playbook
Italian recipes for vegetables to celebrate the height of summer.
#113
July 6 · 41 min
Relaxed Summer Entertaining With Mélanie Masarin
What the author of Riviera serves to friends who stop by.
#112
June 29 · 1 hr 1 min
King Arthur Baking’s Secrets for Better Pizza at Home
Tips and strong opinions from David Tamarkin, co-author of KA’s new Book of Pizza.
#111
June 25 · 49 min
Going Camping? Here’s What to Cook
Emma Frisch, author of Feast by Firelight, offers outdoor cooking tips and camping meal ideas.
#110
June 22 · 57 min
Easy Meal Prep, the Japanese Way
Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat's new book is full of easy dishes you can stash in your fridge.
#109
June 17 · 50 min
Best Cookbooks of 2026 (So Far) With Matt Rodbard
A special collab episode with This Is TASTE
#108
June 15 · 50 min
Salads for Every Season With Alexandra Stacey of French Family Food
Riff on French classics and create new salad recipes that make the most of seasonal produce.

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