(A) When Sally came back home from her photography class, she could hear Katie moving around, chopping things on a wooden cutting board. Wondering what her roommate was doing, (a) she ran to the kitchen. Sally watched Katie cooking something that looked delicious. But Katie didn’t notice her because she was too focused on preparing for her cooking test the next day. She was trying to remember what her professor had said in class that day.
(B) Katie, surprised by her roommate’s words, turned her head to Sally and sighed, “I don’t know. This is really hard.” Stirring her sauce for pasta, Katie continued, “Professor Brown said that visual aspects make up a key part of a meal. My recipe seems good, but I can’t think of any ways to alter the feeling of the final dish.” Visibly frustrated, (b) she was just about to throw away all of her hard work and start again, when Sally suddenly stopped her.
(C) “Wait! You don’t have to start over. You just need to add some color to the plate.” Being curious, Katie asked, “How can (c) I do that?” Sally took out a container of vegetables from the refrigerator and replied, “How about making colored pasta to go with (d) your sauce?” Smiling, she added, “It’s not that hard, and all you need are brightly colored vegetables to make your pasta green, orange, or even purple.” Katie smiled, knowing that now she could make her pasta with beautiful colors like a photographer.
(D) In that class, Professor Brown said, “You have to present your food properly, considering every stage of the dining experience. Imagine you are a photographer.” Recalling what the professor had mentioned, Katie said to herself, “We need to see our ingredients as colors that make up a picture.” Sally could clearly see that Katie was having a hard time preparing for her cooking test. Trying to make (e) her feel better, Sally kindly asked, “Is there anything I can do to help?”