Matsuura, 60, had one of her works, which are a cross between bento box lunches and art, featured in an ad for an art exhibition. She gives one-woman shows at a museum and elsewhere. The “Munch ...

There's even a style called kyaraben bento that involves crafting the food to look like ... and wrapping gifts into exquisite art forms. While the history of the bento box predates the Edo Period ...

Editor’s note: In the Every Bento Tells a Story series, Chikako Tada, editor of Pen & Spoon, a website devoted to food, writes about ... way you like in a bento box. Or layer them in parallel ...

This period gave rise to beautifully crafted, ornate wooden bento boxes that were as much about the box itself as the food ...