What's up with the title?

"Al dente" is an Italian culinary term meaning "to the bite," or literally "to the tooth."  It's used to describe the correct degree of doneness for pasta and vegetables.  "Bambine" is the Italian for girl (pl.)

Why Italian, you ask?  Because the Irish don't have a culinary term for "the correct degree of doneness."  Actually, I don't think we have any culinary terms at all.  In any case, since I speak no Italian, I've probably screwed up the number and gender.  Ha!