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Bento4Japan Fundraising Effort

March 17, 2011

The online bento community is banding together in a fundraising effort to help raise relief funds for Japan in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami disaster. To find out how you can join in, visit the Bento4Japan website!

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Yum-Yum Bento Box Lucky Bag Giveaway

January 29, 2011

Don’t miss out on your chance to win a copy of Yum-Yum Bento Box, autographed by both authors plus a lucky bag full of great bento items!

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A “Yum-Yum Bento Box” Bento

May 28, 2010

Hi everyone! Word has come in that some people that pre-ordered Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches from Amazon have already received their copies! To celebrate this momentous occasion as well as to celebrate my 500th bento, I’ve made a charaben of the cover of the book. Enjoy! For more photos, check out [...]

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Three Little Pigs Bento Video

April 30, 2010

Can’t wait for Yum-Yum Bento Box? Neither can we! In the meantime, here’s a video by Pikko on how to make one of the bento in the book, a Three Little Pigs Bento! Designed by Maki, this cute little bento is easier to make than you think! Just keep some leftover food from dinner and [...]

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In a month or so…

April 26, 2010

In just over a month, our book will be ready for distribution from Quirk Books. These bentos are lunches that did not make into Yum-Yum Bento Box. Personally,  I really like them a lot, such as the mini-pizza with crab (I bought them at Costco in Japan) or pompadour haired inarisushi. Please check out the book on Amazonand [...]

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Clock Bento

February 25, 2010

The next one that did not make into Yum-Yum Bento Box is this  “Clock Bento”. To make this, wrap some fried rice with usuyaki tamago (crepe style Japanese omelet).  In Japan, this omelet rice is called “omu-rice. It’s very popular here and of course, my kids love this one! To wrap the rice with usuyaki tamago,  [...]

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Hedgehog Bento

February 1, 2010

Thank you  for visiting the Yum-Yum Bento Box website! First of all, I would like to introduce myself. I’m Maki Ogawa, born and raised in Japan, and the mother of two sons. I’ve been studying English since I stayed in Los Angeles for three months when I was young, but I am still learning, so [...]

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Welcome to Yum-Yum

January 27, 2010

Thank you for visiting the new Yum-Yum Bento Box website! Maki and I are happy to launch this site both as a bento resource and as a source for information about the book and any events related to marketing of the book. As we get closer to the book’s release date, we’ll be linking to [...]

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