Thinking of jumping on the bento box lunch trend this school year? Don't be intimidated by awe-inspiring Pinterest images of Pokémon characters carefully crafted out of rice, oranges half-peeled to ...

Sad salad? We don’t know her. This bento box meal is packed with textures, colors and flavors that all but guarantee a mood (and energy) boost at lunchtime. With roasted cauliflower, barley and nutty ...

Start the new school year on a high note with this back-to-school-themed bento box. This lunch features a sandwich shaped like a notebook resting on a lettuce leaf, as little plastic toothpick boots, ...

Bento means lunch or lunch box. But for most Japanese home cooks, the act of preparing a bento box can mean much more than that. A bento box represents a mother’s love for her family. For centuries, ...

I have my share of parenting fails (too much screen time and an inconsistent bedtime routine to name a few), but packing a healthy, satisfying lunch for my daughter isn't one of them. I thank my ...

Bento boxes are a Japanese lunchtime tradition that's become a major trend in the United States, and for good reason: They have built-in portion control, they're visually appealing, and they're ...

The morning of Feb. 26 was like any other Wednesday for Jessica Woo. The 33-year-old mom of three nursed her youngest daughter, Olive, while her two older daughters got ready for school. She washed ...

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Growing up outside of Tokyo, Chef Kenji Miyaishi’s mother used to send him off with bento boxes of onigiri rice balls, karaage fried chicken, tamago-yaki egg omelets and vegetables from her garden.

Maybe you’ve seen them in a Studio Ghibli movie, or maybe you’ve seen them in a TikTok tutorial. What is there to learn from bento boxes that are suddenly popping up in Western culture? To put it ...