if you live near an honest to goodness butcher shop like I do it is possible to get great tasting healthy cold cuts. Slapping some ham or turkey between two clices of whole wheat bread takes me about 30 seconds in the AM (another minute to do the same for my son and put it in his lunch box). Grab some organic whole fruit on my way out and I am set. Between that and left-overs we enjoy tasty nutrious food daily.

Patrick, even if it's just window shopping, do check out her lunches. They're pretty!

Oh I did skim the site and yes it is all very pretty, but a lot of it seemed to involve cooking and thinking ahead, both hard in the morning :)
My mini rant was mostly an expression of my frustration with Americas food supply where we are constantly trying to live better through chemicals and advanced packaging. it was also a misplaced jibe at people who aske me how I can live in NYC with out big box stores and superdupermarkets.

This woman is a genius. I can barely stand making a PB&J. I hate washing tuppererware.

That's one of the things I really miss about our old neighborhood in Brooklyn -- the butcher. We have only one place close to being a real butcher here, and neither the meat nor the service are the same. There's also a semi-butcher in an Italian importing store (otherwise an A+ store), but I don't think they rate.

I might as well name the old place, in case anyone gets the chance to go. Staubitz on Court St. They're fantastic.