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The Dinner Plan
by Maggie Hoffman
Today: #130 in Arts on our combined chart.
Today: #100 in Arts, Canada on our combined chart.
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Latest daily rankings: Oct 27. New rankings will appear after the next update.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | #130 | #98 | — |
| Oct 26 | #160 | #131 | — |
| Oct 25 | #163 | #133 | — |
| Oct 24 | #133 | #107 | #98 |
| Oct 23 | #148 | #116 | — |
| Oct 22 | #163 | #133 | — |
| Oct 21 | #140 | #110 | — |
| Oct 20 | #134 | #102 | — |
| Oct 19 | #154 | #124 | — |
| Oct 18 | #189 | #159 | — |
| Oct 17 | #186 | #156 | — |
| Oct 16 | #157 | #127 | — |
| Oct 15 | #151 | #121 | — |
| Oct 14 | #127 | #100 | #88 |
Latest episodes
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October 12, 2026 · 45 minMark Bittman's latest cookbook, How to Cook Everything Vegan, isn't meant to convince you to declare yourself a 24/7 vegan. Instead, Mark explains in this episode of The Dinner Plan with Maggie Hoffman, he's trying to inspire you to cook…
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How Kay Chun Plans a Week of Easy Dinners
October 8, 2026 · 44 minKay Chun has created numerous recipes for the New York Times, and worked in the test kitchens at Gourmet, Bon Appétit, and Food + Wine in addition to being a restaurant chef. She's one of my go-to trusted names when I'm looking for new…
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About the show
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.