the experiment
My name is Aly Croen, I’m an intern for Al Dente Pasta this summer, and this is where my story begins. It was dark, gloomy, rancid, and full of pizza boxes. No, I’m not talking about a garbage dump (though not far from), I’m referring to a college apartment. On this fateful Thursday, I gathered three of my friends to participate in a moderately risky experiment. I have to be honest, these friends were very brave participants. The experiment, embarrassingly enough, was if I could actually make a decent meal. Our hypothesis was of course that, no, I would not be able to do so. As a University of Michigan student, Monique’s alma mater (Go Blue!), I often do not have time to prepare anything more than a sandwich, frozen dinner, or if I’m feeling particularly creative, a salad. Therefore, we had various Ann Arbor delivery places on call for the moment they tasted my food.

would taste. Once I distributed the pasta, garlic bread, and wine to my guests, the moment of truth had finally arrived. My heart was pounding as I slowly moved the fork toward my mouth. Questions began popping into my head left and right. Would it be good? Did I even finish cooking the chicken? Will there be enough flavor? How slowly am I moving my fork towards my mouth that I can come up with all of these questions?

And then…contact. The pasta, after quite some time, entered my mouth. To my surprise, a multitude of delicious flavors rushed through my taste buds. As I looked up, three other mouths were full of noodles. This dinner was fantastic and all the plates were licked clean. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’m ready for Iron Chef, but I realized that Thursday evening with a product like Al Dente, even I could make a great tasting meal. I was successful in both satisfying my dinner guests, and realizing there are easy meals that can be made besides peanut butter and jelly.

My friends really enjoyed this pasta and I had a blast making it!
Aly, I can’t tell you how much I’ve appreciated all of your help with the aldentecanoodler. You are such a talented, bright and generous person. Whenever you want to have a pasta party, just say the word and pasta will appear on your doorstep. Deal?
Monique