A bento box is a Japanese-style lunch box. It's not actually just a basic type of lunchbox, it has a rich history behind it. The earliest form of the bento box was a basic sack. People would carry ...

The Japanese bento box, more formally known as obento, is at its most basic level a kind of boxed lunch. But that can seem like we're selling it short. Bento takes a simple meal and elevates it by ...