How My Boyfriend's Love Of Cooking Kicked My Takeout-Eating Butt
couple cooking Turns out stepping out of your culinary comfort
zone can make your love life more fulfilling.  "Alright baby,
ready?"  "For what?"   "Our chicken pot pie! It needs a couple
more minutes though. I want a golden-brown crust on this s**t."
It's 9 p.m. on a Sunday. What does your boyfriend usually do on
Sunday nights? Play video games? Catch up on work? Pick the lint
out of his belly button? Mine is checking the oven right now to
see how crispy his chicken pot pie is. On the way back to the
bedroom in our small apartment (I'm in the living room), he
flashes me the thumbs-up sign and a smile: It's almost ready,
but not quite.  I'm sitting on the couch eating grapes for
dinner, partly because my mouth is still sore from a bunch of
dental work, and partly because I don't really give a crap about
cooking right now: I have too much work to do.  This morning,
after some enjoyable weekend lounging time in bed, he announced:
"I'd like to m