What is claimed is:
1. A food heating package adapted to contain a food product comprising a package body formed from microwave transparent non-lossy dielectric sheet material having a cellulosic or plastic resinous base defining a
container body and a lossy microwave absorptive heating body connected to the package and associated in
heat conductive relationship with said food, said heating body being in sheet form and the thickness of said
sheet being at least about 0.016 inch thick and being substantially within the range wherein the sheet thickness and the temperature response during microwave heating are positively correlated, said sheet being of the minimum thickness that will reach but not exceed a preselected equilibrium operating temperature, a metal sheet in overlying relation to one side of and adjacent to the heating body, said heating body being characterized by heating when exposed to microwave radiation within a microwave oven to a sufficient temperature to sear, brown or crisp the food and cooling in 30 seconds or less after the oven is turned off to the temperature of the food whereby the package can be used as a dish from which the food can be directly eaten without burning the fingers.