myuhinny That was an issue in the 0.6 version, it got fixed eventually, but all the saves before that fix are just "corrupted". Don't use them. If you want a working save for 0.7, just tell me where you want to start and I will send you one.
thx, but I'm also wondering why the event isn't triggering on my old saves
Most likely you've seen the doctor's second visit and you've clicked on the hidden buttons, it deleted one "flag" from your save file and the game now acts like that event never happened, so you cannot see anything that requires a completion of this event (that is this kitchen event, nothing else is affected by it).
You just need to go to bed and sleep. You are playing the extra version, so it is just a matter of time until you have this dream about Vanessa. If you dont want to "hunt" this dream, just start a new game and sleep through bunch of days. It will show you this dream.