I cooked and baked for the next few days, finishing testing Milo’s Kitchen Tales for Ravenous. One day. Two days. Three days. I ceased all contact from my friends. Never had I worked so hard for Ravenous, keeping my head in the game and my heart steered away from Kevin Bakerton. I created root vegetable gratin with Indian spices, roasted potatoes with garlic and red onions, shrimp and saffron rice, chive rice with mushrooms, lamb shanks with beans, vegetable korma, Goan fish casserole, seafood risotto, and twenty other recipes, occupying my time. So proud of my work. Trying to be happy.
I became hardcore alone. My choice. Not once during that three-day sprint of Ravenous work had I reached out to Michael, Jay, my family, or Kevin Bakerton. When my cellphone buzzed, I ignored the caller. W
