PlanetBox!

How cool is this?? I just found out about PlanetBox , a stainless steel lunch box for kids, and I'm so excited I just had to break my b...

Okra & Lima Bean Masala

Excitement! Time to introduce a brand new lunch box! I love my To-Go Ware tiffins and use them almost every day to pack our lunches for wor...

Cabbage Rolls

Today was my first 9 hour day , so I had to pack enough to get me through! I packed the last of my Thanksgiving Cabbage Rolls in a wide-mou...

Around the World: Japan

Here it is, the final photograph from my new book! This was the Big Bento Box Photo Shoot, an epic day of cooking, set-up, and photography....

Around the World: Nebraska

My menu for Nebraska features Chik'n Pot Pies filled with chicken-style seitan, mixed vegetables, and creamy gravy. Why Nebraska, you ...

Kids Konserve Coupon

A while ago I wrote about Kids Konserve , a company specializing in eco-friendly lunch sacks and containers for kids. Well, Kids Konserve co...

The Goodbyn

There's another new entry in the kid-friendly lunchbox market. This one's called the Goodbyn , and features built-in compartments wi...

Buy My Lunch Boxes!

Whew, I just spent most of the afternoon photographing and listing eight of my lunch boxes on ebay . It's time to start thinking about ...

My Laptop Dreams Have Come True!

Check out the new Bento System 2.0 that came out this month from Laptop Lunches. The first thing you'll notice is the new carrying cas...

Fried Rice and a Smart Bento

Have you ever packed your lunch box all just-so, then had to tilt the box to get it to fit in your backpack or briefcase and felt all the c...

Finding Nemo

I've been dying to make the fish bento from Hawaii's Bento Box Cookbook. The author filled a fish-shaped bento box with plain white ...

Panda Sandwich and a New Shmoo

The lovely people at LunchBots asked if I would give their product a try, so today I put their containers through the ol' shmoo review ...

My Modified Eat To Live

Salad, salad, salad, is that all you ever eat for lunch? Yep, pretty much. But gosh darn, I like it! Here's the salad-of-the-day in m...

Two Cute Lunch Kits

Wow, it seems like exciting new lunch-gear is just springing up left and right! I'm having a hard time keeping up with all the fun lunc...

More Lunch Box Lust

Do I really need to be shopping online for yet another lunch box? Let's see [opens two cupboards] ... there's three Laptops, five ...

To-Go Ware Survey

Now's the time to ask for exactly what you want in lunch containers for you and your kids! This just in from the friendly folks at To-G...

Shmoo's New Lunch Box

Well, is everyone enjoying being back to school and work after the holidays? Shmoo went off to his partnership school today (he attends a o...

Laptop Lunch Sale!

Hey all you Super Shoppin' Santas out there! Tammy from Laptop Lunches just dropped me a line: "I wanted to let you know that we ...

Around the World: Kasha Kupecheskaya

An old Russian proverb says, "You can't feed a Russian without kasha." Here is kasha kupe- cheskaya: cooked toasted buckwhea...

African Children's Choir Lunch Box

This weekend we were honored to act as a host family for some members of the African Children's Choir while they were in town as part o...