“We will shift the menu frequently,” said Mr. Ochs.

“We will shift the menu frequently,” said Mr. Ochs. “This week we are offering a delicious tuna mousse with salad, but that will change next week.”

“We create everything ourselves,” said Mr. Ochs. “We take a lot of time and put in much effort to make the food as good as possible.”

Ochs Food also offers its salads and sandwiches at $3.50 each to customers through Mountainside Market in Washington, Flint Hill Store and Better Thymes health food store in Front Royal.

“Many people can’t leave their shops or businesses during the day,” said Mr. Ochs, who zips around the county delivering Ochs Boxes in his small truck, “so it is a real service to them when we can bring them their lunch.”

In addition to not charging for delivery, Ochs does not want to be tipped. Is there such a thing in the real world? But apparently there is and to top it off, Ochs Foods does not charge the tax, opting to pay it itself.

For the lunch bunch on a budget, Mr. Ochs will deliver just the salad or main part of the meal without the drink and dessert for only $3.50.

Claiming the Domino’s Pizza delivery idea as the basis for the concept, Mr. Raymond took the idea and enlarged on it. “We took the delivery system except we added a gourmet salad lunch. We soon found out we could have a market in the stores as well,” he said.

With a knife, fork, cup and napkin already included, the Ochs Box is ready for travel, picnics, offices or just in front of your favorite show on television.

Mr. Ochs moved to Rappahannock seven years ago and lives in Flint Hill. He has been involved with food for much of his life, either cooking it or serving the hungry as he did throughout his career as a liaison officer for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization based in Rome, Italy. Although retired,

Mr. Raymond still does some