Editor’s note: This post was originally published in March 2018, and in the intervening years, this bento box has become one of our all-time favorite items. We’re republishing this ode because it is ...

A couple of months ago, after years and years of joyfully spending $16 on açai bowls and wood-fired pizzas, I punched in some numbers in some dumb online retirement calculator and got super-scared and ...

For my son’s lunch bento, I spread a thin layer of rice, put salmon or egg crepes on it, and place more rice on top, then scatter toppings on top. “Mom, I found the secret items in the rice!” he said ...

Bento means lunch or lunch box. But for most Japanese home cooks, the act of preparing a bento box can mean much more than that. A bento box represents a mother’s love for her family. For centuries, ...

Bento means lunch or lunch box. But for most Japanese home cooks, the act of preparing a bento box can mean much more than that. A bento box represents a mother’s love for her family. For centuries, ...

He has been eating my homemade lunch boxes since he was 4 years old. He had noticed that I never use dividers. It made me laugh a little. Finally! The reason I don’t use dividers or cups is because I ...

One of my goals for the new year is to pack more lunches, but meal prepping isn’t really my thing. Recently, I’ve resorted to finding joy in a small meal (like a salad, pasta, or wrap) that ...

In Eater Los Angeles’s Hot Dish series, a local writer dives deep on the dish in town piquing her taste buds most right now ...