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 ...

Cherry blossom season is almost upon us. Across the country, the blooms are expected earlier than usual this year. I enjoyed ...

Grilled salmon and chikuwa (tubular fish paste cake) isobe-age are standard ingredients in lunch boxes ... making bento around 2016 during her seven-year stay in India. She returned to Japan ...