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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#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.
#107
June 8 · 45 min
Georgina Hayden’s Best Tricks for Modern Mediterranean Cooking
Don’t cook down the spinach before making spanakopita!
#106
June 1 · 42 min
Claudette Zepeda’s Secret Ingredients for Bigger, Bolder Flavor
The chef looks at these pantry staples as a way to turn the amplifier up on Mexican food.
#105
May 23 · 53 min
Move Your Meal Prep to the Grill With Noah Galuten
Tips for better grilled chicken breasts, veggie wraps, turkey burgers, and more.
#104
May 18 · 52 min
What It’s Actually Like at America’s Top Culinary School, With Brigid Washington
Sometimes, failure is an essential ingredient.
#103
May 11 · 49 min
How Chef Hillary Sterling Found Her Kitchen Spark Again
A scathing review left her unable to create new dishes for her menu. Here’s how the chef found her way back.
#102
May 8 · 41 min
Özlem Warren’s Weeknight Shortcuts for Turkish Classics
Her new book shares recipes for Istanbul’s greatest bites, including specialities that tourists might miss.
#101
May 4 · 48 min
How Anna Stockwell Makes Hosting a Whole Weekend Feel Like No Big Deal
Plus: Fun cooking tricks from her new book that’s all about butter.

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