"You'll fit right in, then," he says with a bark of laughter that gets Crumpet to lift her head off her pillow in the other room.

"For the record, kitchen is a no-bang zone, even after hours. I might be on of the sluttiest men around town, not including Erik, but I do still try to run a clean kitchen. If anyone wants me in the other kind of kitchen they have to book with me at the Velvet, Ambrosia & Silk first."