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 video in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Start the new school year on a high note with this back-to-school-themed bento box. This lunch features a sandwich shaped like a ...

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, ...

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, ...

Meals don’t have to be complicated to be satisfying or delicious—they just need a good helping of award-winning Wisconsin Cheese. Sometimes, the right combination of just a few foods is all we need to ...

Portable lunches can be practical, delicious, and visually appealing, according to a new book by Crystal Watanabe and Maki Ogawa: Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches. Over the course ...

Bring the breakfast vibe to your afternoon snack with this bento recipe. Featuring hard-boiled eggs, hot smoked salmon, cherry tomatoes, and roasted red peppers, this snack is sure to leave you ...

This is not so much a recipe as it is a really good idea for a lunchbox — and a great vehicle for leftovers. We invested in a Japanese-style bento box, but any divided lunchbox will work just as well.

Festive bento green bread sandwiches, cheese stars, and creamy dip ...

Most Japanese bento include rice, often pressed into easy-to-eat shapes. When that ubiquitous rice is coaxed into bite-sized cylinders, the meals become known as makunouchi (literally translated as ...