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Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round: Box Lunches for Every Season by [Crystal Watanabe, Maki Ogawa]

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Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round: Box Lunches for Every Season Kindle Edition

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Yum-Yum Bento is back with 52 more easy seasonal-themed bento lunches.

From the depths of winter to the height of summer, a beautiful lunch can brighten any day. Japanese bento boxes are portable and pretty meals packed with healthy portions and plenty of cheer. And they’re outrageously cute! With Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round, you’ll fall in love with 52 tasty, in-season lunches. Spring into make-ahead action with packing tips, tutorials, side dish recipes, and more. From summer Sunshine Smiles to Christmas Gingerbread Friends, there’s a bento just perfect for your lunchbox today.

Selections from the Table of Contents:
Springtime Fun:
Easter Chicks
Dainty Daffodils
Green Pea Brothers

Summertime Splash:
Rainbow Sushi
Cheerful Crab
Seashell Fun

Fall Frenzy:
A Pear Anywhere
Fried Rice Jack-o-Lantern
Pumpkin Twins

Winter Wonderland:
Tomato Santas
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Bagel
Penguin Elves

Length: 144 pages

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“I always doubted my ability to put together a cute bento lunch because it looks so complicated, but Crystal and Maki make it easy by breaking everything down step-by-step. And did I mention the ideas in this book are absolutely adorable? Because they are!”—Kiersten Frase, founding editor of Oh My Veggies

“A thoroughly ‘kitchen cook friendly’ instructional guide to making bento boxed lunches that are suited to each season of the year….Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round is the perfect addition to any personal, family, or community library cookbook collection.”—Midwest Book Review

“These two Bento-Box afficionados have raised the bar for this lunch box art form another notch. Small, healthy portions, dressed up and packed for portability, these small lunch boxes are a source of delight for young and old alike.”—Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

CRYSTAL WATANABE (aka Pikko) started making bento boxes for herself as a way to eat small healthy portions. She enjoyed it so much that she now shares her hobby with bento fans worldwide. She lives in Hawaii with her husband and two children. MAKI OGAWA (aka Luckysundae) is a Japanese mom who loves to make cute bento boxes for her two young boys, her husband, and herself. She shares her creations on her blog Cute Obento. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

Product details

ASIN : B01DRXCGMG
Publisher : Quirk Books (December 27, 2016)
Publication date : December 27, 2016
Language: : English
File size : 258637 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Enhanced typesetting : Not Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Not Enabled
Lending : Not Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #1,079,526 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #161 in Cooking for Kids (Kindle Store)
- #180 in Halloween Cooking
- #268 in Japanese Cooking

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Anne Droid

Better Bento Book

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2017

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I ordered two different books, both by the same authors hoping they were not repeats. They both have different ideas. This one has Holiday and seasonal. The beginning of the book is very fun to read about Bento tradition and how food should be proportioned to prepare a healthy bento. Also has a list of common foods used to make the creative ideas. Each picture/recipe is very descriptive on how to make it look exactly like it looks. Recipes also have some 'if Not this, then that' suggestions for when you might not have what you need. Lots of great do-able ideas for me and the 10 year old to make.

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Even a terrible cook can make these cute lunches!

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2018

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I got it for my friend and she loved it, I browsed before I gave it to her to see what accessories I could pair with the gift. Its a very well curated collection of cute lunches to make, good instructions and pleasant to look at. She has already made a few and sent me pictures (and given that we met studying medicine and not in culinary school its no joke that we both are terrible cooks!) they ended up looking super cute/apparently taste good! I'll get probably get a copy for myself soon!

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Zel amurao

Check google instead

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2019

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Not so much info, mostly are found on insta or pinterest or google.. had i known better, i should have bought other bento tools instead

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Amazon Customer

Cute

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2018

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Cute lunch ideas

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WonderWoman

Love it!

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2017

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Great ideas for my kiddo and easy to follow!

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Great directions, Fun food, Perfect for Dementia Patients

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2016

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I chose this book because my elderly mother has dementia, and I was told she will probably need finger food as she progresses. Bento style food looks like fun and there are many options for perfectly sized finger foods. The book may be designed for children's lunch boxes, but it will also be fun for a couple of old ladies!

The recipes feature a lot of rice and vegetables prepared in attractive ways that are almost too cute to eat. Almost all of the recipes include meat. I read reviews of their previous cookbook and noticed a lot of complaints about high usage of processed meats, such as hot dogs and spam. Most of the meat recipes in this new cookbook are made with fresh meat. There are about a dozen recipes that call for cocktail weenies, hot dogs, and sausage. For the most part, the recipes include natural meats. Even the colored rice is tinted with natural ingredients such as finely grated carrots or mashed purple potatoes.

I was worried there would be hard to find ingredients in the recipes, but was happy to see that almost every ingredient listed is easily available at my local supermarket. The only ingredient I won't be able to find is quail eggs, which is a shame because they are featured in so many cute variations! Darling little lady bugs, flowers, and chicks.

I ordered a variety of cutters, and Mom helped me make a few recipes. She had so much fun! We don't eat a lot of meat, but it was easy to make substitutions. For example, we made the mummies on page 92 and used sticks of leftover glazed tofu instead of cocktail sausages. We didn't put them in bento boxes, but we served them with broccoli florets and carrots which were easy to pick up.

Practicing with Mom now has been a good experience for both of us. Learning how to make meals fun and easy to eat will be helpful later if or when the need arises.

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Adorable and well photographed. Very reliant upon quail eggs which may not be available in your area.

Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2016

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This is a gem of a book. It is cheerful, creative and well laid out as a how-to. It makes you want to put more effort into your food. Such wonderful upbeat and charming bento ideas. I was bedazzled.

My only warning is that the scale of many of these ideas relies upon access to quail eggs. I guess you could use a radish or a cheese ball but quail eggs are not readily available in my region. You could certainly fall in love with these creations and not be able to duplicate them. We checked with 3 grocery stores in the area and only one was a "maybe" about special ordering them. That shape is so important to so many of the recipes that it helps to be aware of item availability going in. Other than that, delightful book.

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Kel

Seasonal eats and holiday treats make this a winner for pros and beginners

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017

Disclosure: I received a copy from the publisher for review.

The thing I love about this book, besides the super cute pictures, is that it's a great starting point for people interested in cute bento lunches AND a great seasonal/holiday activity book for those who want ideas for special occasions.

Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round is versatile. It has instructions for specific bentos, yes, but it's also full of recipes you can use for any meal and tips and resources for general bento making. It's clear the authors have a passion for Japanese cooking and for cute bentos, and they know their audience in all its varieties. They include natural methods to create colored rice and a comprehensive list of links for bento supplies and recipes if you get really into it; and the structure of the book is such that people who want to make an occasional special lunch can easily find a holiday or seasonal topic but aren't drowned in endless options.

The authors even took into account lazy bums like me. While some bentos require using the foods listed (like noodles for the baby birds' nest), the focal points of most are cute characters you can prep the night before and throw on top of whatever leftovers are in the fridge. For example, the other week I made a batch of rice and a freezer bag of broccoli, divided it between two takeout containers and added in some leftover chicken and shrimp.

Nothing fancy, but add in a ham-and-cheese polar bear or mittens and ta-da! Winter-themed bento! However, if you're not artistic and/or patient, I recommend getting a few cookie cutters to speed the process along. The link list at the back of the book is a good starting place. :)

Especially if you're new at this cute bento thing, as I am, the book provides some good guidelines. You're not bound by the bento recipes, but...well, let's just say some ingredients work better than others. I made an attempt at Yum-Yum's Rudolph bagel with some salami, Swiss cheese and regular tomatoes I had on hand. It turned out all right, but regular ham and American would have cut into shapes a lot easier, and potato antlers would be less floppy.

In conclusion, this is a great book for seasoned bento veterans and beginners alike. It's not a 365-day commitment, just a seasonal/holiday treat to make you smile at the office or make your kids laugh at school. Or, even better, a group project to do with your family or friends!

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UK Independence

5star

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2019

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Excellent highly recommended

Pooh

Adorable recipes

Reviewed in Australia on February 5, 2019

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The recipes in this book are adorable and great ideas for kids lunches. It does take me a bit longer to make them, but the kids love it. The book also contains a lot of detail so makes it easier to follow. Can't wait to do the holiday themed ones!

Jens S.

Sieht alles toll aus!

Reviewed in Germany on April 28, 2017

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Ich hab das Buch auf Wunsch meiner Frau bestellt, die findet es toll und ich finde auch, dass es echt gute und lustige Ideen sind und es toll aussieht. Aber ganz ehrlich: "Das braucht man so dringend wie Fusspilz" ...und immer dran denken: "Mit Essen spielt man nicht!"

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