Japan is one of the most culinarily rich countries on Earth, and many of its ancient food traditions live on today. One of the most iconic and resilient of these traditions is the humble bento box ...

A bento box is a Japanese-style lunch box. It's not actually just a basic type of lunchbox, it has a rich history behind it. The earliest form of the bento box was a basic sack. People would carry ...

Bento boxes contain divided or stackable sections that may help with portion control and boost the nutrient quality of your ...

Editor’s note: In the Every Bento Tells a Story series, Chikako Tada, editor of Pen & Spoon, a website devoted to food, writes about various aspects of making bento. There is also a helpful ...