Kuby’s Sausage House dates back to 1728, when Friedrich Kuby opened a neighborhood meat market in Kaiserslautern, Germany. In 1961, Karl Kuby brought the European deli magic to Dallas.

Last year, Karl Kuby Jr. and Artizone brought it to anyone in Dallas who has access to the Internet.

Artizone offers home delivery of 87 mostly local artisan food businesses, including Kuby’s. And, because Kuby’s is not a company to let its long history get in the way of being current, general manager Dieter Probson offers a virtual tour the video above.

“You order in the morning; we’ll start taking care of it,” Probson explains. “Then Artizone comes and picks it up and delivers to the people in the afternoon. It cannot be fresher. It cannot be better.”

Kuby’s has meat — all made in-house, of course. But you can also order its popular prepared meals: pimento cheese (with or without jalapeño), twice-baked potatoes, smoked chicken quesadillas, Texas casserole, chicken Parmesan and stuffed bell peppers.

The pre-made meals and sides are quite popular with the way families cook these days.

“Shoppers today are more knowledgeable about food, and they’re cooking more,” Kuby says. “The day of the TV dinner is gone. People want something fresh, maybe a pre-made side they can serve with their steak.”

Having Kuby’s available through Artizone for home delivery allows Kuby’s faithful customers to order more frequently and brings in new customers who aren’t up for facing the Snider Plaza traffic to make the deli a regular stop, no matter how tasty.

“Usually the customer base of the artisans we work with is around a mile and a half of their shop,” says Amber Dietrich, vice president of market operations at Artizone. “They have a lot of people who appreciate what they’re doing within that tight radius.

“We give local artisans the ability to really connect their businesses with customers throughout all of Dallas, customers who are looking for handcrafted specialty food.”

Need an easy main dish? Kuby's smoked jalapeno cheddar sausage can be dinner tonight.

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Need an easy main dish? Kuby's smoked jalapeno cheddar sausage can be dinner tonight.

The Easter Bunny is a tricky one. First, a bunny. That hides eggs. Then there’s the dyeing. The hunting. The gathering. All for a hard-boiled egg nobody’s going to eat because it’s been sitting in your yard all morning.

Artizone and Dallas’ food artisans make the dining portion of your Easter holiday much easier:

1. Go to www.artizone.com.
2. Click on “shop by aisle,” then “Happy Easter.”
3. Order by April 3.
4. Answer the door when your Easter feast arrives.

Your most stressful meal decision will be how much ham you want to order, factoring in any teenaged guests and your leftover plans.

Easter is the second biggest ham holiday behind Christmas, says Gary Hirsch, owner of Hirsch’s Specialty Meats in Plano. Hirsch’s bone-in honey-glazed hams from Logan Farms in Houston are $7.88 per pound (or $9.95 per pound for boneless) through Artizone, which has special sizes available for delivery in the days just before Easter.

Hirsch explains the difference in his honey-glazed hams and the infamous HoneyBaked: His have 30 percent less salt, they are 90 percent lean, and they don’t have the hocks on them. He also cautions against those cheaper products.

“You’ll see hams advertised for under $1 a pound, but that’s 30 to 40 percent pumped up with water,” he says. “So you’re buying water.”

If ham isn’t your family’s Easter favorite, Hirsch also carries lamb chops, T-bone steaks, prime rib, beef tenderloin roast, sausage, whole chickens and a variety of other meats.

Next, let’s talk about sides. Festive Kitchen offers au gratin “smmmASHED” potatoes, brown sugar bacon green beans, carrot soufflé or cheesy grits. Or maybe spinach madeline or veggie mac (a vegan take on mac and cheese) from Nature’s Plate will hit the spot.

Now, dessert. Forget that hollow chocolate Easter bunny your kids are devouring, because there is cheesecake.

Are your friends and family in agreement on their favorite type of cheesecake? Enjoy the peace and order a 10-inch from Cheesecake Love. Is your gathering full of people with as many different opinions as there are colors in the Easter basket? Embrace the diversity and order smaller, cupcake-sized versions.

Some Cheesecake Love favorites: Creamy Cookie (Oreo) Crunch, original, lemon-lime, Sweet Nuttin Caramel, triple chocolate and white chocolate raspberry. Nature’s Plate also offers a vegan chocolate cheesecake via Artizone.

“Anytime everybody gets together for any reason, it’s a good cheesecake time,” says Cheesecake Love owner JoAnn Sitton, who may be biased but has a point.

Not feeling a cheesecake? Order your favorite Emporium Pie. All the bakery’s best hits as well as a few spring extras are represented on Artizone, such as Drunken Nut, Smooth Operator, Dr. Love and Blue Steel.

Let the Easter Bunny and Artizone do all the work this year. You just enjoy that extra slice of cheesecake.

Hirsch's offers Logan Farms ham, sure to steal the Easter dinner show.

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Hirsch's offers Logan Farms ham, sure to steal the Easter dinner show.

Buying local artisan food while in your PJs in front of your laptop seems counterintuitive. And expensive.

Shouldn’t you have to beat the crowds early Saturday morning at the farmers market before you traipse all over town to buy Deep Ellum Blue from Mozzarella Company, beer brats at Kuby’s, beef tenderloin tamales from Tamale Company, whatever irresistible treat they’re selling at Dude, Sweet Chocolate or Emporium Pie, and then drag your way through Green Grocer to pick up all the odds and ends you missed?

You can. Or you can buy your favorites at Artizone.com and get a most satisfying message when you place your order, explaining how many miles you didn’t drive, how many gallons of gas you didn’t use and how many hours of traffic you didn’t endure.

Artizone debuted in Dallas in November of 2010 after a nationwide search for the perfect market: a foodie city with a solid community of artisan shops. Four of the 10 cities originally identified were in Texas, so the founders did a big city tour — Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin — and found what they liked here.

“It just felt like the vibe of the city was right,” says Amber Dietrich, vice president of market operations.

If you’re new to Artizone, you’re welcome. Here are five things you should know about this artisan lovers digital paradise:

1. You don’t pay extra for the food, and delivery is just $5.95 — or free, if you spend more than $120.
2. You can shop by recipes, then add all the ingredients to your cart.
3. You can get Wild About Harry’s (one of 87 local vendors) delivered to your door. We know it’s worth it to fight the Knox-Henderson traffic, but now you don’t have to.
4. The company delivers as far north as McKinney and Frisco, down through all the usual suburban suspects, as far south as Oak Cliff, and little pockets of Mesquite and Garland to the east. It’s biggest growth right now is in Irving.
5. It’s not all magazine-worthy, local food your grandma can’t pronounce. Want to wrap up your amazing menu with a 12-pack of A&W root beer? Mrs. Baird’s white bread? Skippy peanut butter? Bisquick? Rotel tomatoes? An actual cake mix (gasp!)? Do it. Nobody is there to judge you.

You can shop by recipe, like this one for corn patties, and add the ingredients to your cart on Artizone.com.

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You can shop by recipe, like this one for corn patties, and add the ingredients to your cart on Artizone.com.