Maybe you’ve seen them in a Studio Ghibli movie, or maybe you’ve seen them in a TikTok tutorial. What is there to learn from bento boxes that are suddenly popping up in Western culture? To put it ...

I have a confession to make – when it comes to cooking and meal preparation, I am not exactly the most creative. In fact, if you ask my husband and kids what our weekly meals consist of, they will ...

Making a fancy bento takes a lot of time, but you can easily turn a simple hot dog into a penguin, elephant or snail to add a special touch to your child’s lunch box. The best part of these little ...

Want your kid to be the coolest in the cafeteria? Send him or her off to school with one of these clever bento box lunches. They may take a little more time to assemble than your usual PB&J so they're ...

After almost two years of Zoom school, it may finally be time to brush up on your bag lunch game with a bento box. To get the kids excited for school again — while also making sure they stay as safe ...

Endlessly adaptable, a bento-box lunch comes to the rescue as school begins, Kenji López-Alt writes. Joel Goldberg for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Hadas Smirnoff.Credit... Supported by By J.