A good meal

This sounds very pleasant.

Earlier, at the firehouse on West 48th Street, Mr. Obama sat with the firefighters for a lunch of eggplant Parmigiana and pasta with scallops, shrimp, and sun-dried tomatoes in a cream sauce.

The atmosphere was festive, the firefighters said afterward, though Mr. Obama also told them about the tense moments in the White House situation room on Sunday as he and other senior officials watched the raid unfold in Pakistan. “We sat together as gentlemen around the table, celebrating getting justice,” said Leonard Sieli, a firefighter.