{"podcast":{"title":"The Dinner Plan","slug":"the-dinner-plan-7020485","podcast_index_feed_id":7020485,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66c89a9da45b7b5037ed3a26","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-dinner-plan","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66c89a9da45b7b5037ed3a26/1776383643773-dcf9a9c3-685e-4373-8b60-3ccc828b120b.jpeg","author":"Maggie Hoffman","episode_count":113,"summary":"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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T22:18:41.601674+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dinner-plan-7020485"},"episode":{"title":"Best Cookbooks of 2026 (So Far) With Matt Rodbard","slug":"best-cookbooks-of-2026-so-far-with-matt-rodbard","published_at":"2026-06-17T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dinner-plan-7020485/best-cookbooks-of-2026-so-far-with-matt-rodbard","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dinner-plan-7020485","url":"https://thedinnerplan.substack.com/p/best-cookbooks-2026-spring","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66c89a9da45b7b5037ed3a26/e/6a2ad3aa90aa100df908c797/media.mp3","summary":"It's early to name the best cookbooks of 2026, but spring was so impressive and jam-packed that The Dinner Plan team joined up with Matt Rodbard of This Is TASTE to produce this special episode highlighting the best cookbooks from the first half of the year along with a preview of some of the really exciting new cookbooks that will be published this fall. Get links to the cookbooks mentioned here, plus a special limited-time discount on paid subscriptions to The Dinner Plan at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com . ______ Thanks to this week's sponsors: McEvoy Ranch : Use code DINNERPLAN for 10% off at McEvoyranch.com Bubbies Mochi Ice Cream: Find Bubbies at Sprouts, Whole Foods Market, Safeway, Albertsons, and other grocers nationwide. Made In Cookware:  Visit madein.cc/dinnerplan  to unlock your discount offer. Straus Family Creamery: Find Straus organic ice cream at Whole Foods nationwide or at strausfamilycreamery.com .  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"It's early to name the best cookbooks of 2026, but spring was so impressive and jam-packed that The Dinner Plan team joined up with Matt Rodbard of This I…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3030,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dinner-plan-7020485/episodes/best-cookbooks-of-2026-so-far-with-matt-rodbard/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dinner-plan-7020485/best-cookbooks-of-2026-so-far-with-matt-rodbard.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}