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, ...

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 video in ...

The owner of a Chinese takeout shop in Susquehanna Township has switched gears. Mindy Wu recently opened Bento Box Kitchen & Sushi at 47 N. Progress Ave. at the Progress Plaza. The restaurant replaces ...

Everyone from school children to salary men in Japan look forward to when the lunch bell rings, signaling it’s time for bento. The artfully-arranged boxes boast different compartments, each filled ...

Meals in Japanese restaurants can get pricey, especially if you”re ordering elaborate sushi rolls or exotic nigiri. One way of spending less (and often receiving more food) is to order a bento box.

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Walker and Fierro blog at twentysomethingSA.com about the city’s evolving lifestyle and entertainment options. Bento boxes are one of our favorite lunch entrees. With all the compartments of goodness, ...

There’s some sort of coming culinary renaissance for SA lands north of 1604. Aldaco’s and La Gloria are both headed up the 1-10 corridor past the loop, while Zoko replaces Auden’s Kitchen. Now, Sushi ...