Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Making lunches look cute for children is an art called kyaraben in Japan. But some bento-ists think cute takes too much time.

This statement and more are available in a recent Times article about people who make Bento boxes at home to bring for lunch, Bento Boxes Win Lunch Fans.

I have been looking for a way to make my lunches more interesting, this one might be a little time consuming, though.

You can read little gems like,
“Japanese culture here is getting more popular by the day,” he said.

and
“Every evening when I pack our lunches, I get this creative outlet. And if I don’t do something artistic, I might implode.”

and my favorite,
On a more plebian level, Amazon.com said sales of the boxes and accessories like egg molds, rice shapers, plastic skewers shaped like animals or flowers have been growing.

where it is implicitly assumed that if you make lunch boxes you are not a plebe. You don't want to be a plebe, do you?