If you need an easy way to pack lunches for school or work, a bento box might be the key to having a balanced meal. Packed in ...

There's even a style called kyaraben bento that involves crafting the food to look like anime characters and cute animals, like these octopus-shaped hot dogs. No matter what kind of bento it is ...

A bento box is a Japanese-style lunch box. It's not actually just a basic type of lunchbox, it has a rich history behind it. The earliest form of the bento box was a basic sack. People would carry ...

2. Sprinkle sake on mackerel fillets. Heat a frying pan over medium heat and add olive oil. Grill mackerel, skin side down, ...

Editor’s note: In the Every Bento Tells a Story series, Chikako Tada, editor of Pen & Spoon, a website devoted to food, writes about various aspects of making bento. There is also a helpful ...

Simplicity and speed means that it’s a perfect dish for a lunchbox— a bento. You can also serve it as a hot meal using the hot cooking broth and hot rice rather than cold. For this recipe I ...

Jay Yi-Ming Huang spent a decade working at a bento shop in Taiwan before opening Taiwan Village. Find street food including popcorn chicken and stinky tofu hotpot.

The container of this unique bento is also interesting as they're shaped the same as the pots used in traditional octopus fishing. Octopus Cuisine Inspired by Tradition - EKIBEN JAPAN | NHK WORLD ...

New restaurants and menus lead us into the month of March, presenting modern Indian tandoor dishes, Japanese bento served in artisanal ... from India’s street food culture, and delicacies ...