Like kintsugi, the bento does not erase its cracks — it fills them with meaning, history, and reinvention. A story told in compartments, yet always whole. Bento, Box-ed: 🥢The term "bento" is ...

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 ...