{"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":"Georgina Hayden’s Best Tricks for Modern Mediterranean Cooking","slug":"georgina-hayden-s-best-tricks-for-modern-mediterranean-cooking","published_at":"2026-06-08T11:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dinner-plan-7020485/georgina-hayden-s-best-tricks-for-modern-mediterranean-cooking","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dinner-plan-7020485","url":"https://thedinnerplan.substack.com/p/georgina-hayden","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66c89a9da45b7b5037ed3a26/e/6a0c72fba173e3b4db2157df/media.mp3","summary":"Georgina Hayden has written cookbooks that highlight traditional Mediterranean recipes, but her latest, MEDesque , is a little looser, full of weeknight dinner ideas inspired by various ingredients and dishes that are beloved in the region. \"I've interviewed priests and grannies\" about traditional Greek and Cypriot cooking, Georgina says, \"But with this one, I've just had a bit more fun and been a bit playful with it.\" In this episode of The Dinner Plan, Georgina explains how she simplifies Greek classics like spanakopita and moussaka, offers advice for cooking when you're feeling burnout, and shares all the pantry staples she's added to her kitchen. To get Georgina's antipasti pasta salad recipe and links to the cookbooks she recommends, check us out over at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com . ____ Thanks to this week's sponsors: TCHO Chocolate: If you’re a chef, baker, or maker in the sweets business, request a chocolate sample at TCHOpro.com 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":"Georgina Hayden has written cookbooks that highlight traditional Mediterranean recipes, but her latest, MEDesque , is a little looser, full of weeknight d…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2718,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dinner-plan-7020485/episodes/georgina-hayden-s-best-tricks-for-modern-mediterranean-cooking/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/georgina-hayden-s-best-tricks-for-modern-mediterranean-cooking.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}