A bento box is an all-in-one compartmentalized Japanese lunch box containing a balanced meal. This meal typically consists of a starch (like rice or noodles) and protein, a vegetable, and fruit side.

Endlessly adaptable, a bento-box lunch comes to the rescue as school begins, Kenji López-Alt writes. Joel Goldberg for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Hadas Smirnoff.Credit... Supported by By J.

Meals in Japanese restaurants can get pricey, especially if you”re ordering elaborate sushi rolls or exotic nigiri. One way of spending less (and often receiving more food) is to order a bento box.

Growing up outside of Tokyo, Chef Kenji Miyaishi’s mother used to send him off with bento boxes of onigiri rice balls, karaage fried chicken, tamago-yaki egg omelets and vegetables from her garden.

In “Bento Monogatari,” a Belgian short film that was released in 2010, a woman makes her husband a bento box for lunch each day, in an attempt to salvage their marriage. Traditionally, bento is a ...

What delight there is to be found in a Bento box. Not only are they delicious, they are pieces of art. This signature Japanese meal is on more than a few lunch menus in Rhode Island. How lucky we are ...

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 ...

Nobody wants to sit inside anymore, but even as people gather in reasonable, outdoor ways and remember what it means to share a meal with friends, a family-style picnic meal with everyone serving from ...