Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round: Box Lunches for Every Season

By Crystal Watanabe and Maki Ogawa

Discover the magic of the Japanese lunch box with over 50 easy and seasonal recipes for delicious bentos your little ones will love

From the depths of winter to the height of summer, a beautiful lunch can brighten any day. Japanese bento boxes are portable and pretty meals packed with healthy portions and plenty of cheer. And they’re outrageously cute! With Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round, you’ll fall in love with 52 tasty, in-season lunches. Spring into make-ahead action with packing tips, tutorials, side dish recipes, and more. From summer Sunshine Smiles to Christmas Gingerbread Friends, there’s a bento just perfect for your lunchbox today, including:

Springtime Fun:
Easter Chicks
Dainty Daffodils
Green Pea Brothers
 
Summertime Splash:
Rainbow Sushi
Cheerful Crab
Seashell Fun
 
Fall Frenzy:
A Pear Anywhere
Fried Rice Jack-o-Lantern
Pumpkin Twins
 
Winter Wonderland:
Tomato Santas
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Bagel
Penguin Elves

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Dec 27, 2016
• ISBN: 9781594749391

Reviews for Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round

[fugitive_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

My wife and I checked out and read Crystal Watanabe and Maki Ogawa's previous book, Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches. We made a couple of the recipes and found it was easier than we thought. For the most part, we loved just browsing through the various recipes and imagining making them. I think people do that a lot with various cookbooks.In any case, this follow-up book of 52 recipes (one per week divided up by 13 for each of the four seasons) is just as clear and direct, with the same excellent quality of photographs.As a librarian, I'm partial to things like indexes, and this small book has a pretty good one. You can easily look up terms like "stir-fry" or "tempura" and be directed to the appropriate Bento meals. It also has a very nice Glossary section, additional recipes, and Resources section (Bento web sites, Etsy, eBay, etc.). The design and organization of this book is top notch.A final note (this from the authors). You don't have to just make Bento lunches - this is a neat resource for creating holiday themed dishes and hors d'oeuvres.