Japanese: Bento
Bento lunchboxes are becoming more popular outside of Japan as a way of increasing the variety of foods and controlling portion sizes at lunchtime. Designed to be taken away to school, work or on a train, bento lunches are available at convenience stores, and are often prepared at home. Presentation, freshness and variety are all extremely important aspects of bento. Food is often arranged or decorated to resemble other objects, often of a kawaii (cute) variety.
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Bento photos and communities
- Bento boxes - Flickr community with loads of members posting photos
- Bento lunches - livejournal community with many users posting pictures and recipes
| flickr | nifwlseirff | bento | |
Bento recipes and blogs
- Just Hungry - full of recipes and bento ideas, by Makiko Itoh, the author of The Just Bento Cookbook
- Cooking cute - gorgeous bentos, recipes, tips and resources
- Kitchen cow - more fantastic bentos and recipes
- Lunch in a box: building a better bento - speed bento tips, recipes and photos
- Tokyo food page - Japanese recipes
- My lunch can beat up your lunch - bento recipes and blog
Bento supplies
- JBox bento supplies
- Kitticorner - ebay store
- The Bento Store - ebay store
- Bento boxes and supplies at Amazon.de
