Lunch Box Resources
In my quest for knowledge for all things lunchbox, I have happened upon some wonderful websites. Over time, I will add to this list, and if you have a site you would like added please send it along.
Lunchbox & Bento Box Resources:
Blogs
- Cooking Cute Bento lover who packs wonderful bentos, and provides tips and tricks for the rest of us
- Lunch in a Box Popular bento lunch blog with speedy bento tips, recipes, product overviews & store locator
- The Healthy Lunchbox Kid Friendly, healthy lunch ideas that are nearly waste free in Laptop Lunches bento box
- The Soft Landing Blog Great site for researching baby gear (sippy cups, food containers, etc) products and safety
- Vegan Lunch Box Popular blog focussing on packing vegan bento style lunches in Laptop Lunches bento box
- What’s for lunch at our house Contains great ideas for packing kid-friendly bento lunches in various bentos
- Whining and Dining in LA Healthy kid-friendly recipes, tips for feeding a picky toddler
Flickr & Livejournal Sites - Prepare to be visually inspired!
- Bento Boxes Flickr community with thousands of members showing off some pretty spectacular bento lunches
- Bento Challenge Very creative LiveJournal community with lots of impressive lunchbox art pictures
- Bento Lunch Livejournal community focussing on packing bento style in various containers
- Eat my Bento! Livejournal community for sharing bento recipes and tutorials
- Kid Eats Flickr group for kids lunches packed in various containers… great ideas for lunch box food and products
- Mr. Bento Porn Flickr community focussed on lunches packed in a Mr. Bento, Ms. Bento or similar lunch jar
- My Bento Collection This Flickr group focuses on bento boxes and collections, great for viewing products
- Obento, My Bento Flickr group posting beautiful mostly grownup lunches packed in various bento boxes and jars
- Laptop Lunches Flickr photo group for kid and grownup meals packed in the Laptop Lunches bento box
- Lunchbox Recipes Flickr group focussed on recipes suited to packed lunches, many with prep and final photos
- Vegan Bento Flickr community focussing on the vegan lunch box packed in various bento boxes
Places to buy lunch boxes and bento box gear (currently I have no affiliation with and/or revenue from these sites)
- Amazon.com American megastore has plethora of bento gear. Search “bento” under Home and Garden
- JBox Bento Distributor of all sorts of Japanese stuff, this link brings you to their bento boxes
- Laptop Lunches Buy direct from makers of the popular American made Laptop Lunches bento box
- Ichiban Kan USA Huge selection of Japanese merchandise and non-perishable food
- ReusableBags.com Online distributor of wide assortment of eco friendly lunchboxes, lunch bags, and bottles
LiveJournal’s Bento Lunch community has a listing of other places to buy bento lunch boxes here. LunchinaBox.net also has a good bento store locator and a list of online stores here.
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