Lunch time.

Even a plain sandwich should be a joy to eat, a treat, a little mini feast. We are not pigs or cows, eating out of troths or grazing away mindlessly. Or are we? Do we really savour our food, noticing every spurt of flavour, enjoying every bite? I try to, but at least now I notice when I don't notice.

A lot of it has to do with presentation and visual illusions. People actually think wine served in an expensive looking bottle tastes better than the same wine served from a bottle with a plain label.
Food served on white, round plates tastes sweater than food served on dark plates.

Personally I think food served on any pretty plate, at a clean table, maybe with a vase of flours and a candle burning, tastes far superior to something served out of a plastic bag.
How to achieve this nice setting at lunch time? I've never been a big fan of modern, multicoloured, lunch boxes or plastic lunch bags, so what is the solution? A cloth bag of course.

See how snug and lovely that is? Not only is a cotton lunch-wrap a far superior choice to a plastic bag, both form an environmental and esthetic point of view, it is also a great thing to make from leftover fabric. 

After use you can just shake of the crumbs, and if it needs a wash I just throw it in the machine with my other cotton items. Easy. And good for the Mother Earth. And makes lunch-time feel like a little picnic.