Wait, I thought bento lunches looked like paintings made out of food. Where’s the food art?
I’ve made some Decorative Food, also known as kyaraben or oekakiben, but it’s not my specialty (too lazy!). For better examples of what bento food art can be, have a look at coffee table book Face Food, check out the Cooking Cute website, or Sakurako Kitsa’s Flickr photostream. There are additional links to Japanese food art bento blogs on the Lunch Links page. If you create a lot of food art, though, you may want to think of things to do with the leftover food scraps besides snacking on them while packing lunch.
