Photo: Natalie So In late 2024, amid a kitchen remodel, my husband proposed that we forgo a gas stove for an induction cooktop. At first, I objected. I was attached to cooking with a flame, mostly because it was familiar, and I worried about rare scenarios (like charring scallions or eggplants) where I’d need an actual flame. I was also biased toward what I felt was the more primal, intuitive, and embodied way of cooking. But my husband had found a specific battery-powered induction cooktop