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Mochiko Chicken Bento from Honolulu Weekly
If you live in Honolulu, be sure to pick up a copy of this week’s Honolulu Weekly, which has a freelance article that I did for them last week! I’d given them a series of photos to use and although the...
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Buy Yum-Yum Bento Box!
It’s been more than a year now since the cookbook I co-authored with Maki Ogawa of Cute Obento was published and I’m happy to say that Yum-Yum Bento Box is still ranked pretty high on Amazon’s book...
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2012 Halloween Picnic Bento
Yesterday was a family picnic event at Buddy’s school where parents bring lunch to school and do activities with the kids. You may remember that I did this before with Baby Girl. Now it’s little...
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How to Make Severed Hot Dog Fingers
Yesterday I posted a picnic bento with a disgusting Halloween themed food: severed hot dog fingers. These nasty looking things are actually quite tasty and Baby Girl had no problem saying, “Can I have...
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Jack-O-Lantern Snack Musubis
With Halloween coming up and Buddy showing an extreme interest in all things Halloween, I decided to make them some snack onigiri for school today. I cooked a pot of rice and added red and yellow food...
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Tutorial: Halloween Cuties With Painted Cheese Part 1
Today I’m going to be going over a couple of cute Halloween characters you can make with painted cheese. I tried to make these as simply as possible to reduce the amount of tools needed. If you don’t...
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Bloody Eyeballs Bento
Last week when I was making the Pou Bento, I thought to roll the cheese I’d cut out with a coffee straw to make rounder eyeballs, which of course led me to thinking about making bigger eyeballs for a...
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Making Mini Breakfast Mummies
Halloween is almost here and I’ve got a to-do list a mile long! I think I have to accept the fact that only about 80% of what I have planned will actually get done. I made a Halloween food plan, but...
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Announcing Yum-Yum Bento Box All Year Round
Can you guys believe it’s September already? Everyone on the mainland has been posting first day of school pictures of their kids and so you know lots of bentos are being made once more. Some exciting...
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Tutorial: Frankenstein (or Hulk) Spam Musubis
It’s fall break for my three kids, so that’s why I’ve stopped making lunches this week. To try to keep Mr. D occupied, I came up with a “cooking activity” for him to help me with yesterday, and it was...
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