Economically, it's a hard time right now. It definitely feels like a "bring your own lunch to work" era, because especially working at a desk in Manhattan, it's hard to find a healthy, tasty lunch for under $20 anymore. Ordering fast-casual lunch from a place that makes a $15 bowl of hospital food is an option, sure. But I've got a kitchen at home full of good cookware , new kitchen gadgets , and a fridge full of food cooked in a cast-iron set . That means it's time to upgrade the old lunch box game.

The best lunch boxes (or bags, I love a good lunch bag) function as tiny coolers —closer to portable and soft-sided beach coolers , honestly. A good lunchbox will have decent insulation and a tough exterior that will hold up over a handful of years. Beyond that it's whatever fits yo

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