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Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches
Oh, boy—obento! These yummy, healthy lunches are all the rage in Japan, where mothers create them as expressions of love for their children. With Yum-Yum Bento Box, Crystal Watanabe and Maki Ogawa devote an entire cookbook to these delicious and adorable meals for all ages! Learn how to craft your favorite foods into a variety of shapes—from caterpillars, cars, and puppy d...more
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
July 1st 2010
by Quirk Books
(first published June 2nd 2010)
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As a person who cooks vegan, many omnivorous cook books aren't helpful to me. This cookbook (which pretty accurately reflects current Japanese trends in bento) uses a lot of meat and cheese. Of course, the vegan/vegetarian industry is ever growing and thus more and more meat, egg, and dairy substitutes exist. However, I'm not interested in eating those products. Yes, I *could* buy vegan deli 'meat' and follow the recipes located in this book, but I'm more interested in using the decoration and p...more
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I wanted this book for so long, but I have to admit I didn't think it was anything I'd be able to pull off. I still haven't tried anything yet, but the difference is now I think I can.
They break down lots of recipes to make these cute little bento lunches. They go into the history a bit, and all the tools of the trade. Then they give cost cutting ideas to get the same effect without having to buy a whole new kitchen. Crystal and Maki also encourage creativity and use of...more
I wanted this book for so long, but I have to admit I didn't think it was anything I'd be able to pull off. I still haven't tried anything yet, but the difference is now I think I can.
They break down lots of recipes to make these cute little bento lunches. They go into the history a bit, and all the tools of the trade. Then they give cost cutting ideas to get the same effect without having to buy a whole new kitchen. Crystal and Maki also encourage creativity and use of...more
I'm familiar with Bento and expected to see 12 ingredients used in tiny amounts and arranged in an artistic way. Completely expected that.
What I was expected was something besides colored rice and pieces of nori. This book was more of a design manual that a recipe idea, which is fine...just not what I expected. I thought this book would include a wider variety of food and give me ideas of healthy lunches to pack for school. Instead, it's little snacks with pink rice, 2 pieces of cheese, a raisi...more
What I was expected was something besides colored rice and pieces of nori. This book was more of a design manual that a recipe idea, which is fine...just not what I expected. I thought this book would include a wider variety of food and give me ideas of healthy lunches to pack for school. Instead, it's little snacks with pink rice, 2 pieces of cheese, a raisi...more
Well, it is an interesting book. Mainly focused on putting cute things together though, I'm not sure it's entirely practical. I certainly don't have enough time to spend hours arranging rice into specific shapes & coloring it with dyes and so on.
Personally I was looking for a more practical book. Presentation is a big thing with bentos & I certainly want mine to look nice (I'm just starting by the way, pretty much a noob) but it still has to fit within a reasonable amount of time.
Also I...more
Personally I was looking for a more practical book. Presentation is a big thing with bentos & I certainly want mine to look nice (I'm just starting by the way, pretty much a noob) but it still has to fit within a reasonable amount of time.
Also I...more
The photos in this book are ADORABLE! The directions are LEATHAL! I almost cut my hand off trying to shape a goldfish out of a carrot! Perfectionists beware!!!!If you have the time and patience some of these are very cute to do. Mostly colored rice receipes. Very disappointed as far as ingrediants. I definately expected a lot more for a Bento Box title. The only real blessing this book has had is to inspire my toddler to get excited about eating rice. I recommend it as a saturday afternoon treat...more
I picked this up out of curiosity at my local public library. I admit I mostly took it because of the photos; the book has excellent photography. However, the recipes are not exactly easy to make, and for some folks, you may have to put in some extra work to shop for some of the ingredients which your local grocery store may lack. If you have a bit of an artistic bent and like cooking, you may like this book. However, it is a nice one to look at. The book does include a glossary and list of plac...more
This book would be better titled _Yum-Yum Bento Box: ALL YOUR FOOD NEEDS FACES_. Special occasion food? Okay! Some of these recipes and... setups? would be great little snacks for a kids' party, but I have a very hard time seeing myself embellishing food this way. I'd rather practice my sushi-rolling skills than coloring rice or artfully slicing bologna into octopuses. I also found the five pages of tools and accessories to be a little overwhelming.
everything is extra cute. it's too bad that I will not take the time nor spend the money on all of the accessories to do this. plus, it's absurd to use one spaghetti noodle, four kernels of corn, tiny circles of deli meat, and a quail egg for a teeny tiny little critter. :/
Very cute ideas for children's lunches or for anyone who loves kuwaii bento. This one had a few more recipes for actual, home-cooked food to include but was mostly focused on creating cute foodscapes. Since I'm not very interested in adding food-coloring to my meals or cutting animal ears and noses out of lunchmeat or fish cakes, this was a picture book for me.
Bento is just not my thing (too much work!) but if you are interested in starting Bento, this is a really good book to read. Gives you a run down on basic materials, lots of healthy recipes with complete instructions on making the characters and figures. Very cute :)
Part of my new eating healthy kick, some small portions (so variety, yay!) fast to make recipes. pLUS ALL OF THE CUTE THINGS!! I'm less happy about the cute then I am about the easy and the fast, but still yay.
I loved this book. I don't actually think that I am crafty enough to do this but these ideas are so cute. Even if you aren't packing a bento box you could make cute sandwiches and snacks with the ideas in this book.
So cute! Not sure how practical it is, though, I could never spend this much time making lunches everyday. It has definitely given me a few ideas to make lunch more appealing to my picky eater.
Will I start assembling these bento box designs for my family? Doubtful. But I was utterly charmed by the inventive and appealing bento meals in this book. I heart bento - oh so cutee!
Certainly fun to look at, but more difficult than I hoped. Who has quail eggs on hand?!
great book for jump starting your own imaginative lunch ideas for your kids.
I can't imagine ever taking this much time to prepare lunch outside of special occasions, but if you're interested in creating bento boxes, this is a great how-to. The introduction includes a comprehensive picture guide to tools with photos of the types of food creations that can be made with each, and all of the recipes are clearly written. It certainly would help to have crafty inclinations, since some of the boxes require a moderate skill in slicing and arranging, but Ogawa gives readers plen...more
Lunch that's just too cute to eat!
Some people have a lot of time...
Feb 18, 2012
Jody
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I has some cute ideas.
Super Cute food and pretty doable.
Lunches too cute to eat! Who has time for this kind of intricate detail in their children's lunch?
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The food here is too cute to eat.
May 17, 2013
Anelle
marked it as to-read
May 09, 2013
Desire'e
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May 01, 2013
Eva Woo
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