Bento Box Cookbook

Bento is a single-portion take-out or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento holds rice or noodles, fish or meat, with pickled and cooked vegetables, in a box. Containers range from mass-produced disposables to hand-crafted lacquerware. Bento are readily available in many places throughout Japan, including convenience stores, bento shops, railway stations, and department stores. 

However, Japanese homemakers often spend time and energy on a carefully prepared lunch box for their spouse, child, or themselves.

In Japan, it is common for mothers to make bento for their children to take to school. Because making bento can take a while, some mothers will prepare the ingredients the night before and pack everything the following morning before their children go to school.

This book is for those parents who are not only adventurous in cooking but take nutritional value of the food they consume along with their school going child very seriously and at the same time feel proud when their child tells them that everyone including their teachers eagerly wait for their lunch box to open.