Endlessly adaptable, a bento-box lunch comes to the rescue as school begins, Kenji López-Alt writes. Joel Goldberg for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Hadas Smirnoff.Credit... Supported by By J.

If your child brings lunch to school, a quality lunch box is a must. After all, they’ll be toting it with them every weekday for nearly ten months. A lunch box can help keep their food organized, at a ...

ATLANTA — The latest trend in packing creative, healthy and perfectly portioned lunches is all about the lunchbox. The bento box, that is. Originating in Japan, bento-style boxes are compact, visually ...

What did you bring in your lunch box as a kid? I had a green Care Bear lunch box and I ate the strangest things: Like pickle-and-cheese sandwiches, along with chicken-gumbo soup in a thermos, which my ...

Everyone from school children to salary men in Japan look forward to when the lunch bell rings, signaling it’s time for bento. The artfully-arranged boxes boast different compartments, each filled ...