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Morning prep time: 30+ minutes (not speedy, but it was a special occasion for the Children's Day holiday). Full details here at Lunch in a Box with notes on equipment, decoration technique, and lyrics to Koinobori (the classic Children's Day song).

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Whim by Cynthia Rowley 1250ml salad set and 1000ml divided lunch set from Target, US$2.99 each in their seasonal section in the front of the store. Lids are not watertight. Full review here at the Lunch in a Box website.

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Morning prep time: 13 minutes. Full details here with decorative rice ball how-to and bento box review.

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Sanko in San Francisco's Japantown has expanded its bento inventory, and now stocks unusual bento accessories I haven't seen locally. Full details here at Lunch in a Box, with a San Francisco Japantown bento shopping update covering Ichiban Kan, Sanko, Nijiya and Kinokuniya.



 
 

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Morning prep time: 14 minutes. Info on the cool-looking romanesco broccoli and spam musubi is here at Lunch in a Box with two additional lunches.

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I'm running an event/contest to gather clever methods of organizing lunch-packing accessories and containers. The author of the most ingenious solution will receive my review copy of the upcoming bento book Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes. Submissions are due by Friday, March 14; full details are here at the Lunch in a Box website.

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Morning prep time: 5 minutes. Full details here with a review of the microwave-safe donburi bento box from Hakoya and an additional preschooler lunch.

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Sanko in San Francisco's Japantown is having a 10%-off sale until Feb. 23, 2008. I picked up a good-luck owl bandanna and an innovative microwave-safe donburi bowl by Hakoya, made of PET plastic from Matsushita (no dioxins will leach into food when microwaving). Store & sale details here at the Lunch in a Box website.
   

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Morning prep time: 12 minutes. Full details with recipe for roasted mushroom caps and a review of tempered glass bento boxes here at Lunch in a Box.

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This is a little bento food-themed eraser set that I picked up in San Francisco's Japantown. Full details here at Lunch in a Box.