Inappropriate Pot Pie

When snow and cold settle in, uninvited, for a record-breaking period of time, creativity becomes paramount in battling intense boredom.  Days are simply filled with work, the often-precarious drive home, and food.  Add in way too many trips to the mall, Target, the grocery store, and, of course, the wine shop, and you can pretty much envision what my life has been like, in Iowa, this winter.  Exciting, I know.  But, friendships have been strengthened... Read More

Stolen Wine and Chicken Pot Pie

My brother and I are currently home alone with the dogs.  So, we decided to bake a chicken pot pie (recipe here) and open a bottle of wine.  Or, rather, I decided to open a bottle of wine.  The pot pie was delicious and easy.  I highly recommend it.  Your diet probably does not. Also, after cooking dinner two nights in a row, my brother is sure something drastic happened to me in Lithuania.  I guess something did happen.  That... Read More