Bento means lunch or lunch box. But for most Japanese home cooks, the act of preparing a bento box can mean much more than that. A bento box represents a mother’s love for her family. For centuries, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s that time again: Time to figure out what you’re going to pack for lunch. Sure, you could go with the good old turkey and ...

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 a convenient box with veggies and fruit, our yummy chicken nachos — called ...

It is spring, time to get excited about new jobs or school years. No matter how awful the state of the world is now, cooking is a good way to feel connected, to gain resilience and show our love. Let ...

ANN ARBOR, MI -- Armed with bento boxes, sushi and affordable prices, Jane Kim is ready to feed students. Jane Kim, who founded Totoro Restaurant in Ann Arbor before selling it in 2008, recently ...

It always comes to this. Partaking of Japanese food is not just perfunctorily putting food into one’s mouth. There are rituals involved, as well as cultural references, whether pop or much older, more ...

ATLANTA — The latest trend in packing creative, healthy and perfectly portioned lunches is all about the lunchbox. The bento box, that is. Originating in Japan, bento-style boxes are compact, visually ...

Are Bento Boxes the new sandwich wraps? All of a sudden, bentos are everywhere, inciting flashbacks to the tortilla attack of the early 2000’s, when everything but old gym socks was getting the “roll ...

We love a good deal and we hate cooking in record-high temperatures. So some cold, refreshing sushi accompanied by fixings that make up a bento box are the perfect summer lunch. According to ...

Bento means lunch or lunch box. But for most Japanese home cooks, the act of preparing a bento box can mean much more than that. A bento box represents a mother’s love for her family. For centuries, ...