Review: Al dente:  "to the tooth"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 17, 2012
Anyone who has read Preston & Child's "Pendergast" series knows two things.  1) Aloysius' brother Diogenes was a piece of work and not in a good way and 2) Diogenes has his own 3-book arc within the Pendergast series.  Whomever has yet the read the series (refer to the back of the single for information about where to start each series), this book lite will go a long way to explaining some of the relationship "issues" between Aloysius and Diogenes.Pendergast and his ward, Constance are entertaining an old friend of Pendergast's from New Orleans.  On the menu is a pasta dish which is initially ruined because the pasta was boiled too soft - not "al dente" - literally meaning "to the tooth" in Italian.  Well, the discussion of the best way to eat pasta segues into the telling of an incident between Aloysius and Diogenes regarding their beliefs in the Tooth Fairy.$.99 might seem steep for such a short tale, but it is another piece to the puzzle whether or not you have read the other books.