Boston - September 04, 2007

Hot Lunch

Workplace Dish Set

We get it. You’re quite the busy bee.

Too swamped to pause for sustenance, you wolf down a day-old wrap at 4 p.m. while catching up on interoffice e-mails. Admirable, really, until an errant chunk of avocado renders your “a” key useless.

Put the order back into lunch with a Workplace Dish Set, the latest design doodad from the ingenious folks at Vessel. The baby blue capsule, wrapped in a plastic place mat, unfurls to reveal an entire, heat-resistant place setting (bowl, plate, cup, utensils). Its sleek design demands you pause and savor your midday meal (even if it takes place at dusk).

When you’re done, reassemble the compact curio and stash it in the company’s kitchen cupboard. Placed upright, the pod is so unobtrusive that even Little Miss Steals-Your-Favorite-Mug-Every-Morning won’t notice it. And the utensils hang securely off the side, so your fork won’t run away with the spoon.

And that’s the buzz.

Available at Vessel, 125 Kingston Street, Leather District (617-292-0982 or vessel.com).