First dates can be nerve-wracking – awkward silences across the table at a restaurant, frantic stabs at subjects as your conversation sputters during a walk, pained smiles as your date immediately runs the table in a “friendly” game of pool. But there’s a fun activity that helps you get better acquainted easily and won’t leave you at a loss for words: preparing a meal in tandem. “Cooking together is a great first date. You see straight away whether you blend well and how the other person goes about things,” says Arne Anker, head chef of the Berlin restaurant Brikz. Roland Trettl, a South Tyrol…