What to eat, when you’re hungry and can’t be bothered to cook?  Or when grocery shopping’s been deferred too long?  Or when you want simplicity, after too many complicated meals…

I eat cheese toast.  It’s less fussy than a grilled cheese sandwich; no need for a skillet or a stove–a hunk of bread meets a morsel of cheese inside the toaster oven for a few minutes, and it’s done.  Cheddar on thinly sliced sourdough (pictured), Brie on a baguette, queso fresco folded inside a warm tortilla, feta tucked inside a pita, colby on New Orleans-style french bread or some fontina melted atop a finger of focaccia, cheese toast always hits the spot.  I would have starved decades ago if not for cheese toast.