This episode highlights so many Italian vegetable recipes: ideas for cooking eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and all the other produce that's at its peak right now. Your expert guide: Tuscan cooking teacher and cookbook author Giulia Scarpaleggia, whose most recent book is <a href="https://amzn.to/4vPYgfk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vegetables the Italian Way</a>. Tune in to learn why you should salt your eggplant even though modern versions aren't as bitter, what to make with tomatoes that aren't fantastic, and the most important steps to making pesto. Recipes and links, plus our big summer giveaway: <a href="https://thedinnerplan.substack.com/p/giulia-scarpaleggia-vegetables" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com</a> ––––––Thanks to this week's sponsors: <ul><li>Find <a href="https://www.massican.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Massican Wines</a> at your local wine shop or <a href="https://www.massican.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Massican.com</a> (21+ only)</li><li><a href="https://madeincookware.com/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio&amp;utm_campaign=dinnerplan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Made In Cookware:</a> Visit <a href="http://madein.cc/dinnerplan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">madein.cc/dinnerplan</a> to unlock your discount offer.</li></ul><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Recipes for College Cooks and First Apartments from Claire Thomson

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.