Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for holding and insulating a food item that is too cold or too hot to be held comfortably by bare hands. An apparatus is provided for holding and insulating a food item by wrapping flexible insulating material circumferentially around a food item and affixing the ends. A substantially cylindrical insulating apparatus may be formed by affixing the two ends of a flat piece of flexible insulating material around an object using an affixer attached to opposing ends of the flat piece of insulating material, or alternately, by stitching of a flat piece of flexible insulating material into a cylindrical shape.