Forget the bedroom: the kitchen is where relationships are made and broken. Journalist Ella Quittner reveals the many ways the kitchen causes problems in our love lives, and what psychologists say we can do about it. Plus, listeners call in with their own culinary feuds; writer Crystal Wilkinson recalls the kitchen ghosts and family recipes of her Appalachian childhood; and we make Pakistani-style Potato Stuffed Naan at home. (Originally aired June 13, 2024.)

Questions in this episode:

"I’ve been trying to make rhubarb scones but I can’t quite get the batter ingredients right. How should I fix that?"

"Why don’t baking recipes use internal temperature as a measure for doneness?"

"Why is The Grateful Dead the perfect musical soundtrack to cooking in the kitchen?"