Ad Hoc: Chicken Pot Pie

So I ended up getting Ad Hoc at Home for Christmas. I made a little foodie resolution to try one new recipe a month (at least). This month was the chicken pot pie! I have a feeling all the recipes are going to be this involved, create this many dishes and be this delicious. Some notes: I wish I put the egg wash all over the pie crust and not just the edge, like the recipe asked. Also, the pie crusts were store bought. In the beginning of the book, Thomas Keller advises when making something new with lots of steps, don't try too many new things all at once. And the only time I've made pie crust, I failed miserably. I will try that another time.

Have any of you cooked great recipes from this book? I definitely want to try the buttermilk fried chicken. Even though I haven't made any fried food in my life...!