If someone makes you a homemade lunch, they likely really care about you. This is as true in Japan as anywhere else.

Around 175 tons of food prepared for athletes and 300,000 bento boxes for volunteers and staff members were tossed out as trash during the Tokyo Summer Games, the Board of Audit said. A number of ...

A typical bento box has a balance of dishes, most often including rice, meat or fish, and pickled vegetables. Kate Heddings is an experienced food writer and editor with a deep understanding of chefs, ...

The start of the new school year in early April is fast approaching. For some parents, this means getting back to the ritual of bento-making. If you have small children and are making bento for the ...

In “Bento Monogatari,” a Belgian short film that was released in 2010, a woman makes her husband a bento box for lunch each day, in an attempt to salvage their marriage. Traditionally, bento is a ...

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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.

As his sushi and Asian restaurant celebrates 20 years in business, Chef Lee Grossman is adding something new next door.

ARMED with kittens of molded rice and sweet potato flowers, Sheri Chen took aim at her 2-year-old daughter, Lucy a picky eater. “I have to make her food look like something she recognizes,” said Ms.

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