I've gotten back into peanut butter recently. On toasted fresh bread for breakfast with a bowl of cereal, it's great, and I stay full until a later lunch.

First I tried Whole Foods organic peanut butter. While the first jar was pretty good, I found the second jar, even after mixing the oil into the peanut mixture, to have the wrong consistency. It was too chunky and didn't spread well, even for chunky peanut butter.

Then I noticed that Fairway stocked peanut butter from Peanut Butter & Co., the place down in Greenwich Village. This peanut butter is terrific and gets my vote. It took less effort to preserve optimal peanut butter consistency over the course finishing the entire jar. It tastes great. I'm also happy to cast my vote with an authentic native New York City business. (I believe Whole Foods stocks Peanut Butter & Co. peanut butter as well.)

Of course, the perfect peanut butter experience requires outstanding bread, and for that I go to the Fairway bread counter. Sesame, eight grain and whole wheat are all really good. Prompt freezing after slicing will preserve the bread well--and bread defrosts quickly so there is no delay later. I don't understand how anyone buys mass market bread like Arnold or Wonder. After spending so much time in Montreal last year, I now have no patience for bread that is less than exquisite.