It might (not) be science, but food tends to taste better when the cook listens to music while preparing the meal. You can jam out while chopping vegetables, sing to your heart’s content while mixing ingredients, or zone out to good tunes while doing cleanup. Either way, the good vibe seems to add to the final product.

Francis Lam — the host of The Splendid Table and Turkey Confidential — sent us his cooking playlist, and we thought it would be fun also to create our own! Let’s get to baking up something special with song!

So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs would you like to listen to while making a holiday meal?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played

Hank Williams- Jamalaya On The Bayou
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats- I Need Never Get Old
Motorhead- Ace of Spades
The Flaming Lips- She Don't Use Jelly
Devo- Whip It
Booker T. and M.G.'s- Green Onions
Caroline Polachek- So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings