Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches

By Crystal Watanabe and Maki Ogawa

Creating colorful, cute, and tasty Japanese-style bento box lunches has never been this easy and fun!

Learn how to craft your favorite foods into a variety of shapes—from caterpillars, cars, and puppy dogs to pretty flowers, princesses, and kitty cats to make the yummy, healthy lunches that are all the rage in Japan.
 
Featuring chapters on Cuties & Critters, Fairy-Tale Friends, and Special Day Treats, plus a handy shopping guide, easy recipes for mini snacks, general tips and tricks, and so much more, Yum-Yum Bento Box is the perfect guide for beginner bento makers and expert chefs alike. Stop wasting money on pre-packaged lunches—and start making beautiful, healthy bentos!
 
Includes:
• An introduction to Japanese Lunches
• Packing a Bento Box
• Bento Boxes, Tools, And Accessories
• Ingredients
• Cuties & Critters
• Fairy-Tale Friends
• Special-Day Treats

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Feb 5, 2013
• ISBN: 9781594746505

Reviews for Yum-Yum Bento Box

[anniejanicki · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Everything it says on the cover. The recipes are surprisingly easy too. This book is almost as much fun to read as it is to cook with, thanks to the author's cute photos.

[lilacwolf · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

From Lilac Wolf and StuffI wanted this book for so long, but I have to admit I didn't think it was anything I'd be able to pull off. I still haven't tried anything yet, but the difference is now I think I can.They break down lots of recipes to make these cute little bento lunches. They go into the history a bit, and all the tools of the trade. Then they give cost cutting ideas to get the same effect without having to buy a whole new kitchen. Crystal and Maki also encourage creativity and use of leftovers as well as balancing out the meal.I also thought I'd need to get a special bento box, but this is another myth they slash. There are traditional and contemporary boxes, but you can simply buy a small storage container as well. Thanks goodness, I have boxes on hand for that.I'm really looking forward to making these during time off from school, while we go on our adventures instead of just getting fast food. The small storage would easily pack up into coolers for us to enjoy later on.

[anniehidalgo · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Everything it says on the cover. The recipes are surprisingly easy too. This book is almost as much fun to read as it is to cook with, thanks to the author's cute photos.