Report back from Italy!

So, Italy -
I was working, so there wasn't much time to go and explore the city. But I did manage to go to the market and practice some of my old favourite, hip-shot photography.
The thing with me and markets is that I love to photograph and capture the unique atmosphere on camera. But the second [...]

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Bento loot!

crossposted to :
No bento today either, sorry. I am still very busy and zooming from place to place, jetsetting in fancy hotels around the world. (Or so I would like it to sound.)
But I did have time to go to a Japanese store today and saw that they had added new bento boxes and accessories [...]

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Bento #70 – Totoro, Totoro

Totoro has come to my little windowsill garden and made things sprout! So I celebrated him in a Bento.

Salmon Teriyaki with rice and carrot salad; Totoro scene cut from nori.
I spent entirely too much time doing Nori-scissor cutouts for this one.
I re-did the nori once because it shriveled up from the moisture in the rice [...]

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Bento #69 – Spring is coming… I hope

A pick-me-up bento for tomorrow, with pretty colors and healthy veg and rice!

Brown rice bibimbap with eggplant, leek, carrot, pickled radish, spinach and sliced sweet omelette, all fried in a little sesame oil and some salt and sugar.
Gochujang in the foil triangle on one side, a Rocher and some mini-marshmallows on the other.
Technically vegetarian, but [...]

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Bento #68 – I wish the weather here would reflect the bento.

Back from the easter break with bentos! I need to buy new vegetables tomorrow, since my fridge is yawning empty. I was lucky to even have this much!
Being an expatriate, I suffered the fate of not having painted eggs of my own this easter… so I made a tea marbled egg for tomorrow! (“Hey, brown [...]

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An introduction to bentoing, by jokergirl

What is Bento?
A simple explanation would be that it is the Japanese word for lunchbox. But that would be a gross understatement.
If you are at all interested in Japanese food or culture, you have probably seen the word before on a Sushi bar's menu, or even saw it mentioned in one of the popular anime [...]

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Backdated Bento #67 – I always buy too many veggies.

Off for the easter break tomorrow! So today’s dinner was a frantic “use up the leftover veggies” cookfest :D

Upper layer: Broccoli and cheese patties, Mozarella and tomato caprese, a bottle of extra balsamico (I love vinegar!), lettuce as divider.
Lower layer: Rice with carrot and thai basil deco.
I bought two bunches of broccoli because they were [...]

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Backdated Bento #64&65(&66) – One, two, bee

I made a lot of nummy food over the weekend, so I put all the leftovers into bentos!
…yes, I’m a glutton – but I don’t eat breakfast, so bringing an extra box is OK, right?
First, my two boxes for work:

Pre-dish – butternut squash soup and condiments (wholewheat toast croutons with sesame, thai basil, carrot strips, [...]

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