Al Dente
by Joan Leotta
Al
Dente: Meaning pasta cooked so that it has a
slight hardness "to the tooth" when you
bite a strand to determine if it is done
We walked into
the new red, white and
green-themed bistro.
"Seat Yourself" a sign
by the register directed.
We did.
A smiling waitress wandered up
to our table as we studied
the chalkboard offering
of pasta-bilities
and other choices
artfully scribbled out
above the bar.
I smiled back and asked
"Is your pasta al dente?"
She sauntered back to the kitchen,
returning a few minutes
later. She reported,
"No Al Dente's ever worked here.
No one in the kitchen
has seen any sign of him."
We ordered pizza. |
First Published in
Poeming Pigeon 2015 Food Anthology
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