i love food, i love movies

so when zagat sent over this quiz--can you match the restaurant with the movie it appeared in?--i had to take it.

first try, i got 9 right, 6 wrong. i thought i'd do better.

maybe you will. (the katz's question is one of the gimmies.)

i love me a good sandwich

i've been addicted of late to the coronation chicken sandwich at pret a manger--curried chicken salad, sweet mango chutney, with toasted almonds slices that add richness and crunch. so so good. i ate it three days in a row last week.

silly, right? today i decided i'd get something different. but nothing else at pret was really grabbing me. i spent an ungodly number of minutes facing the shelf full of "good natural food," yet nothing was really grabbing me. i would have gone to my other favorite stand-by--crayfish and avocado--but they were out of that. i finally spotted this new sandwich, nestled on the far right shelf: tuna salad, with capers, sliced hard boiled eggs, spinach, tomato, and red onion. tuna and eggs? i would never have thought of that combo. i had to try it.

it was delicious. (and photogenic!)

and i had this little "snack" too. ronnybrook yogurt, slivered almonds, julienned apples, and dried fruit. healthful and tasty.

pret in nyc:

39th and Seventh - 530 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10018 646 728 0750
40th and Madison - 287 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017 212 867 0400
42nd and 3rd - 205 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017 212 867 1905
42nd and 5th - 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036 212 997 5520
50th and 7th Avenue - 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020 212 489 6458
54th and Lexington - 630 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017 646 497 0510
54th and Park - 400 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022 212 207 3725
55th and Sixth - 1350 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10019 212 307 6100
Broad Street - 60 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004 212 825 8825
Rockefeller Center (The Rock) - 30 Rockefeller Center, Concourse Level, New York, NY 10012 212 246 6944

photo of the day/evening

katz's
205 east houston street....