The Japanese bento box, more formally known as obento, is at its most basic level a kind of boxed lunch. But that can seem like we're selling it short. Bento takes a simple meal and elevates it by ...

Prepping your lunch with portion-controlled bento boxes can help you keep your nutrition on track. (SaVanna Shoemaker, RD) ...

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 ...

But to me, they are the same. After you prepare the toppings for chirashi sushi, you can scatter them any way you like in a bento box. Or layer them in parallel, vertical or diagonal lines.