The Dinner Plan
Episodes
Chef Sheldon Simeon’s Potluck Rules
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Top Chef alum Sheldon Simeon has a new cookbook out, called Ohana Style, that's all about cooking family dinners. But sometimes feeding your people is...
Reilly Meehan: Private Chefs Don’t Cook 5-Course Meals Every Night
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Reilly Meehan really knows his stuff in the kitchen, which means his private chef videos on social media are especially compelling. In this episode of...
Learn to Love Leftovers With Christine Flynn
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chef Christine Flynn has cooked in restaurants in Nantucket, Toronto, and Beaune, but these days, she's trying to feed a family great food on a budget...
Ham El-Waylly’s Method for Meal Planning Without Stress
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ham El-Waylly has a restaurant—Strange Delight in Brooklyn—but the chef's new book, Hello Home Cooking, is not a restaurant cookbook. In this inte...
Cook a Lebanese Feast With Anissa Helou
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Anissa Helou wrote her first book about Lebanese cooking in 1994. In this week's podcast conversation (recorded February 24), Anissa shares the story ...
Anna Hezel’s Party Tricks for Relaxed Entertaining
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Hezel's new book is full of fun party food you can serve when you're entertaining—and this conversation with Anna offers tips for hosting witho...
This New Book Shares the Farm-to-Table Indian Cooking the World Hasn't Tasted
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Spice importer Sana Javeri Kadri and her team traveled for four and a half months across the length and breadth of India and Sri Lanka to learn family...
Banish Dinner Boredom With Maxine Sharf’s Day-of-the-Week Cooking Strategy
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cookbook author and content creator Maxine Sharf organized her new cookbook, Maxi's Kitchen, by day of the week. Easy recipes for Mondays anticipate l...
The Best Roast Chicken and Crispy Potatoes, According to Ella Quittner’s 1500 Recipe Tests
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ella Quittner conducted around 1500 recipe tests as a part of her research for her new book, Obsessed With the Best. In this episode of The Dinner Pla...
Phoebe Lapine’s System for Getting Kids to Eat More Than Three Things
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you find feeding your kid frustrating, you're absolutely not alone. In this episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman interviews cookbook aut...
One-Pot Cooking the Japanese Way With Naoko Takei Moore
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
They call Naoko Takei Moore "Mrs. Donabe"—she’s taught classes on cooking with these Japanese clay pots, and wrote the first English-language book...
How Jerrelle Guy Cooked Her Way Out of Burnout
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jerrelle Guy was in the midst of a serious case of burnout when she began to dream up her new book, We Fancy. It's not a cookbook highlighting high-en...
How Chef Vivian Howard Juggles Dinner When Time Is Tight
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chef Vivian Howard has written two cookbooks—and now she's the star of a public television series called Kitchen Curious. But she still struggles wi...
How to Host the Ultimate Hot Pot Dinner
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chef Natasha Pickowicz always wants to bring people together, and her new book, Everyone Hot Pot, shows you how to host a truly impressive night of ho...
Cooking the Pantry With Theo Michaels
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Kitchen Cupboard Chef by Theo A. Michaels focuses on pantry recipes: dishes that highlight your stash of beans, tinned fish, and canned tomatoes. ...
Jenn Lueke’s Meal-Planning Mindset
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You eat 21 meals a week, Jenn Lueke points out, which is a lot of choices to make. Jenn's new book, Don’t Think About Dinner, aims to ease the decis...
Slowing Down in the Kitchen With Nicki Sizemore
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever rushed into the kitchen and frantically tried to throw dinner together—or if that's how you always cook—you know that feeling of fi...
Easy Meal Prep With Coco Morante
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Even if you really want to getting more organized about your daily meals, creating a meal-planning and meal-prepping routine from scratch can feel lik...
Cooking Therapy With Debra Borden
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman talks to Debra Borden, a licensed clinical social worker whose book, Cooking As Therapy, descr...
Winter Cooking in the Highlands With Flora Shedden
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Flora Shedden, who you might remember from The Great British Bake Off, opened the acclaimed ARAN Bakery in the heart of Scotland when she was just 21....
Joshua Russ Tupper of Russ & Daughters Constructs the Perfect Bite
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Russ Tupper is the 4th-generation co-owner of Russ & Daughters, the iconic New York City appetizing shop, and the co-author of the cookbook...
Cozy Winter Dinners With Alex Snodgrass
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 73rd episode of The Dinner Plan podcast, Alex Snodgrass of The Defined Dish shares her winter salad formula, a few favorite low-lift weeknight ...
Glimpsing Joy in the Kitchen With Tamar Adler
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tamar Adler's new book, Feast on Your Life, captures 365 moments of delight in the kitchen. Looking for those moments of goodness in the necessary pra...
Saveur’s Editor-in-Chief Has Pie Advice for You
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Craddock, editor-in-chief of Saveur magazine, has one main piece of Thanksgiving advice: "Revel in the shortcuts, and take the time to do the thin...
You Need Toni Chapman’s Honey-Butter Cornbread Recipe
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 70 of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman talks with Toni Chapman, @themoodyfoody on Instagram, and author of Everything's Good. “Cookin...
Private Chef Maddy DeVita’s Hosting Secrets
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Working as a private chef can teach you a lot about elaborate dinners—including what not to do when you're hosting Thanksgiving. On this episode of ...
Can This Japanese Mayo Change All Your Cooking?
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elyse Inamine and Jessie YuChen’s new book, For the Love of Kewpie, showed me that my use of Kewpie mayo was woefully limited. In this 68th episode ...
Fridge-Sweep Soup and Pantry Favorites With Clare de Boer and Jess Shadbolt of King
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clare de Boer and Jess Shadbolt's The King Cookbook gives you the kinds of lessons you'd learn if you came to work at the New York restaurant: how to ...
Cooking the South With Michael Twitty
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the 66th episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman talks to Michael W. Twitty, the author of Recipes from The American South. This vast colle...
Delightful Kitchen-Counter Cakes With Dorie Greenspan
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dorie Greenspan is the author of 15 cookbooks—including her most recent, Dorie's Anytime Cakes. In the 65th episode of The Dinner Plan podcast, Dori...
How Joe Sasto Breaks the Rules of Pasta
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You might recall Joe Sasto and his mustache from Top Chef. His new book, Breaking the Rules, is full of fun spins on classic recipes—think focaccia ...
Joanne Lee Molinaro Cooks Her Way to Calm
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joanne Lee Molinaro—known to her many fans as The Korean Vegan—may be a James Beard Award-winning cookbook author, but she doesn’t want anyone t...
Simple Weeknight Meals From Mandy Yin
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When chef Mandy Yin's child was born a few years back, weeknight dinners had to get simpler. Her second book, Simply Malaysian, highlights these quick...
Arnold Myint’s Quick Thai Dinners
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Arnold Myint juggles restaurant life with his role as a single dad. In this episode of The Dinner Plan, he shares his go-to quick dinners for busy wee...
Salads to Linger Over With Hetty Lui McKinnon
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hearty salads are at the center of Hetty Lui McKinnon’s new cookbook, Linger. But the book is also about the power of gathering friends to eat toget...
Natalia Rudin’s Quick and Cozy Cooking
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Natalia Rudin, author of Cooking Fast and Slow, shares her current hyperfixation meal, her freezer essentials, and tips on layering protein into plant...
At The Post-Soviet Table With Polina Chesnakova
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Polina Chesnakova's new book, Chesnok, opens at her family table, where Georgian food sits next to old Russian favorites and the classics of Armenia. ...
How Top Chef Unlocked Melissa King’s Cooking
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“I used to keep it so separate,” chef Melissa King explains, “Cantonese cooking at home, and then the sort of French, Italian cooking that I was...
Sabrina Ghayour Finds an Easier Path to Dinner
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sabrina Ghayour has a particular gift for simple recipes, and her eighth book, Persiana Easy, is full of dinner ideas that’ll save you during busy f...
Improvising Dinner With Peter J. Kim
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter J. Kim's new book, Instant Ramen Kitchen, is about making quick, delicious dinners from the pantry staple. But it's also about setting yourself ...
The Flavor Bombs in Ixta Belfrage’s Fridge
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ixta’s new Brazilian-inspired book, Fusão, demonstrates how much concentrated flavor you can pack onto a plate—and into a little jar. The buildin...
Dan Pelosi on the Power of the Dinner Party
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, host Maggie Hoffman talks to cookbook author Dan Pelosi, also known online as Grossy Pelosi. Dan’s new book, Let's Party, is full of smar...
How Yasmin Khan Gets Ahead on Dinner
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Maggie Hoffman talks with cookbook author Yasmin Khan, whose new book, Sabzi, shares vegetarian meals to cook at home. Yasmin shares her time-sav...
Cooking Communally With Rosie Kellett
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman talks to Rosie Kellett, author of In for Dinner, about all the lessons she's learned about bud...
Alexis de Boschnek’s Speedy Weeknight Dinners (and Make-Ahead Party Meals)
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the 50th episode of The Dinner Plan podcast! Host Maggie Hoffman talks to Alexis de Boschnek, the author of Nights and Weekends, about jugglin...
Top Cookbooks With Cult Flav’s Sarah and Bryn Jackson
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 49th episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman talks to cookbook and cookware reviewers Sarah Jackson and Bryn Jackson, creators of Cult ...
How The Amateur Gourmet Deals With Dinner Overwhelm
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Gourmet by Adam Roberts was probably one of the first food blogs you ever read. Now he's written a fun novel called Food Person, and joine...
No-Cook Dinners With Susie Theodorou
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Food stylist and cookbook author Susie Theodorou shares tips for no-cook dinners for summer, including many, many ways to turn a rotisserie chicken in...
Cook Better Fish With Chef Ari Kolender
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever felt bored with your fish-cooking routine, or intimidated by a seafood recipe, this Dinner Plan episode with chef Ari Kolender of Found...
Sami Tamimi Gives Vegetables the Spotlight
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You may know cookbook author Sami Tamimi from his longtime partnership with Yotam Ottolenghi. With Boustany, Sami steps out on his own, with deeply fl...
What Eric Kim Cooks When It’s Just Too Hot Out
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You've seen Eric Kim’s NYT Cooking recipes and videos. In this episode, host Maggie Hoffman chats with Eric about what he really craves when summer ...
Rebecca Firkser’s Best Advice for Cooking on a Budget
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Firkser is an expert in budget-minded cooking, and the writer behind the long-running series Nickel & Dine. On this episode of The Dinner ...
Molly Baz Is Starting Fresh
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, host Maggie Hoffman catches up with Molly Baz, the author of More is More and Cook This Book, about all the projects she's wor...
What Does Food & Wine's Executive Editor Actually Cook at Home?
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does an idea make its way into Food & Wine magazine? What older recipes should we all be making now? Hear Karen Shimizu, Food & Wine's exe...
Chetna Makan Says to Cook For Yourself First
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the 40th episode of the podcast, host Maggie Hoffman chats with cookbook author Chetna Makan about her love for grilling, her go-to sides and salad...
Cook for Your Kid Like a Chef Who’s Done the Michelin Thing
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chef Scott Clark has run recipe R&D at fancy restaurants like Saison and Benu in San Francisco—but these days you'll find him cooking in a littl...
Andrea Aliseda’s Kitchen Ritual
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Aliseda, author of Make It Plant Based! Mexican, shares advice for getting in the zone when it's time to cook, her favorite ways to prepare mus...
A Crowd-Sourced Meal With Casey Elsass
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To get Casey's pickled potato salad and caesar salad recipes, head to TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. On this episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoff...
Front-of-Closet Recipes With Peter Som
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Head to TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com for all of Peter Som's recipe recommendations. When a fashion designer invites you over for dinner, you know it's g...
Snacks for Dinner With Georgia Freedman
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Go to TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com for all the recipes mentioned here—and this week's book giveaway! On this episode, host Maggie Hoffman chats with c...
Rick Martinez’s New Salsa Cookbook Will Transform Your Cooking
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get the recipes and cookbook links—and enter to win Rick's book—at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. On this week's episode, host Maggie Hoffman talks t...
Date Molasses, Black Lime, and Fluffy Rice With Noor Murad
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get the recipes and cookbooks mentioned here our free newsletter: TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. On this episode, Noor Murad, author of the new cookbook ...
Gena Hamshaw's Meal Prep System for Busy Weeks
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get the recipes and enter this week's cookbook giveaway at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. (It's free!) If you just aren't feeling inspired to cook right ...
Hailee Catalano on Fresh Spring Dinners and the Rules of Sandwich Construction
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Find recipes and cookbook recommendations from Hailee on the free newsletter at The Dinner Plan.Substack.com. On today's episode, host Maggie Hoffman ...
Meera Sodha on Breaking Through Burnout in the Kitchen
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Subscribe to get recipes and cookbook links at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. On this long-awaited episodes, host Maggie Hoffman chats with Guardian colu...
What Zaynab Issa Always Has in Her Pantry
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get recipes from Zaynab and her cookbook recommendations free at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. In this week's episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Ho...
Kiano Moju Thinks Kale Is Boring
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get Kiano's coriander chicken katsu recipe and links to her cookbook recommendations free on TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. In this episode of The Dinner...
How Calvin Eng Plays 'Chopped' at Home Every Night
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get the recipes for free on TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. In this episode of The Dinner Plan, Maggie Hoffman talks to chef Calvin Eng of Bonnie's in Wil...
Homemade Harissa and Black Garlic BBQ Sauce With Cortney Burns
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get Cortney's harissa recipe and cookbook recommendations on our free newsletter at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. Today's episode features chef Cortney ...
Marisel Salazar Makes Her Own Grab-Bag of Frozen Burritos
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get Marisel's recipes for molletes and her chicken jibarito BLT for free on TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. In this episode, host Maggie Hoffman talks to ...
Let Melissa Clark Solve Your Pantry Problems
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get a recipe from Melissa plus links to all her recommendations at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com—subscribe free! In this episode of The Dinner Plan, ho...
Kenji López-Alt Cooks Differently Now
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Subscribe to TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com for links to Kenji's recommendations and full recipes for the cucumber salad and egg and tomato stir-fry from ...
Truly 15-Minute Dinner Recipes With Ali Rosen
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get Ali Rosen's quick chicken piccata—and her cookbook recommendations—at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. In this episode of The Dinner Plan, cookbook...
Dip for Dinner With Alyse Whitney
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get recipes and links for free by subscribing to The Dinner Plan on Substack. In this episode, host Maggie Hoffman talks to Alyse Whitney, author of B...
Warm Dinners for Cold Nights With Lesley Enston
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get Lesley's pelau recipe and links to her favorite books by subscribing for free to The Dinner Plan on Substack. In this episode, host Maggie Hoffman...
Bringing Kids Into the Kitchen With Hsiao-Ching Chou and Meilee Chou Riddle
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
For Carla Lalli Music, Cooking for One Is Not a Bummer
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Beyond the Kitchen Grind With Jessica Battilana
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Vegetarian Dinners Hetty Lui McKinnon Keeps on Rotation
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Mc...
Jenny Rosenstrach’s Best Advice for Part-Time Plant-Based Eating
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Week...
Zoe Barrie Soderstrom Gives Meal Planning the Restaurant Treatment
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 b...
Sweet Rolls and Holiday Gumbo With Toni Tipton-Martin and Morgan Bolling
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-Mart...
Caroline Choe Makes the Best Mac and Cheese
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 coll...
Julia Turshen Won’t Make Lasagna for a Meal Train
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Prep-Ahead Thanksgiving and More With Dan Souza
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 befo...
Cold-Brewed Dashi and More With Sonoko Sakai
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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. S...
Quick Dinner Favorites With Nagi Maehashi of RecipeTin Eats
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Tonig...
Crispy, Gooey, Cheesy Bread Dumplings With Luisa Weiss
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Dinner Plan, Luisa Weiss, author of Classic German Cooking, shares favorite German recipes and thoughts on how cookbooks can he...
What NYT Cooking’s editor in chief actually makes for dinner
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 T...
Cozy recipes (mostly plants) from Justine Doiron
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 love...
Learning Plant-Based Cooking With Joe Yonan
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Margaret Eby Won't Judge You for Making Rice in a Mug
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 n...
Caroline Chambers, the Queen of Easy Weeknight Dinners
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Hoffma...
The Flavor-Packed Sauce Betty Liu Puts on Every Vegetable
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Hoffm...
Introducing The Dinner Plan
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 cu...