'New Yorker' cartoonists confess to the horrors lurking in their kitchens

NPR | By Terry Gross

Published October 26, 2026 at 12:27 PM EDT

Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein discuss roaches, molding food and dysfunctional appliances. Their new graphic memoir, The Two Saddest Kitchens, reveals it all.

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Terry Gross is the host and executive producer of NPR's Fresh Air.

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