Maggie Hoffman

New York

Editor and Strategist at Freelance

Editor, strategist, writer. Previously: Digital director @epicurious. Author, BATCH COCKTAILS and THE ONE-BOTTLE COCKTAIL.

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Articles

Crispy Zucchini Tacos with Andrea Aliseda

1 week ago | thedinnerplan.substack.com | Maggie Hoffman

This newsletter isn’t the whole story! Follow The Dinner Plan podcastfor cookbook-author conversations every week. You can see every cookbook recommended on the show here. If you end up making a purchase through an affiliate link, I may receive a small commission. Considering becoming a paid subscriber? Don’t miss this discount:This send has several recipes and might be too long to read in email—you can click here to view online. When Andrea Aliseda is feeling depleted, she knows what she has to do.
Grilled kielbasa and cabbage with harissa oil, plus ember-cooked leeks

2 weeks ago | thedinnerplan.substack.com | Maggie Hoffman

I’m just popping in with two bonus recipes for your holiday weekend—just in case it’s sunny where you live and you’ve got the urge to cook outside. These dishes come from Diana Yen’s new book, Firepit Feast: Adventurous Recipes for Live-Fire Cooking, which offers tons of inspiration for getting more out of your backyard firepit than just toasty-warm hands and charred s’mores.
The snacks we’re eating this summer

2 weeks ago | thedinnerplan.substack.com | Maggie Hoffman

If you’ve ever visited me, you’ve eaten from my many-hued collection of East Fork pottery. So I’m thrilled to partner with the Asheville-based company for today’s list of snacks for low-key summer gatherings. This newsletter also includes a few affiliate links (don’t miss the discount code!) for things I use every day—shopping this send is a great way to support The Dinner Plan. Come over for snacks. Come over for a glass of wine. Come over in the afternoon or anytime, really.
A Crowd-Sourced Meal With Casey Elsass

2 weeks ago | thedinnerplan.substack.com | Maggie Hoffman

Inviting people for dinner over can feel like it’s adding too much to your already-full plate. But a recent conversation with Casey Elsass, author of What Can I Bring?got me thinking about ways that gathering together—especially in summer—can actually lighten your load. It starts, of course, with letting go of control of the menu, and really answering the question in the title of Casey’s book.
This German Beer Cocktail Tastes Like a Sip of Sunshine

3 weeks ago | seriouseats.com | Maggie Hoffman

Maceration allows lemon rinds to express their natural oil, creating a more aromatic and flavorful drink. This no-cook technique dissolves sugar without any need for firing up the stove. Weight measurements ensure the perfect ratio of sugar to citrus, despite natural variations in fruit size. Mixing beer and lemon soda at a 3:2 ratio yields a drink that balances grainy and hoppy flavors with the sweet, tart lemonade. You can adjust to your personal taste.
Rethinking Dinner With Georgia Freedman

4 weeks ago | thedinnerplan.substack.com | Maggie Hoffman

It often feels like there’s a lot weighing on dinner. “There’s this pressure we put on ourselves to have this complete meal,” says cookbook author Georgia Freedman in this week’s podcast conversation. “It’s going to have all the vegetables, it’s going to have all the protein.” To pile on more pressure, dinner’s also supposed to be a time of connection and somehow perfect parenting at the very end of the day.
10 Cocktails to Make with Sweet Vermouth

4 weeks ago | seriouseats.com | Maggie Hoffman

Any time my friends discover a new brand of Italian vermouth to love, they always say to me: "You can drink it straight! It's all the cocktail you need!" Which is true, especially in the case of rich and luscious Carpano Antica and slightly mentholated Punt e Mes. (I've been known to drink a highball of Dolin Rouge and soda, as well. Add an orange twist!) But after you've been drinking it straight awhile, you want to change it up a bit. Start with a Negroni, sure. Easy, delicious, classic.
The Frozen Jungle Bird: Frosty, Tropical, and Fun

4 weeks ago | seriouseats.com | Maggie Hoffman

A while back, I asked a longtime cocktail-maker and bar owner to look into the future. "What's next in cocktails? What is there to get excited about next, after all of these years doing one new thing after another?" He paused, then answered: "Fun." I think we've arrived there now; made our way through the fancy vests and 20-ingredient bespoke cocktails into The Summer of F*ck It, Let's Drink Blender Drinks.
We’re roasting our radishes

1 month ago | thedinnerplan.substack.com | Maggie Hoffman

Welcome back to a little series called The Recipe Files, where I share all the recipes I’ve been saving for every bit of in-season produce. Lately, we’ve been gorging ourselves on asparagus, but there’s a lot more ground to cover before we get to the tomatoes and corn. I’ll be back later in the week with our regularly scheduled podcast conversation—did you catch the recent episodes with dream guests Noor Murad and Hailee Catalano? Have you heard the one with Melissa Clark?
Welcome to the Massive List of Every Single Cookbook Recommended on The Dinner Plan

1 month ago | thedinnerplan.substack.com | Maggie Hoffman

I own around 500 cookbooks, split between a number of rather precarious shelves. It is decidedly enough. But I cannot help myself. Every week when I talk to a cookbook author on The Dinner Plan podcast, I need to hear about their favorites: the most dog-eared cookbooks in their collection, the books they turn to for inspiration, the cookbooks that changed the course of their career paths or taught them something new in the kitchen.