When I was growing up in Tokyo in the ‘60s, we had bento day at school once a week. This meant Mother had to get up early and fix lunch for her five children. We were proud of her bento, which might ...

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Onigiri, Japanese-style rice balls, seem simple to make, but getting them just right is tricky. Press the rice together too softly, and the onigiri will fall apart before you can take a bite. Press ...

“My grandma used to make onigiri for us to sneak into Disneyland and eat instead of the burgers there,” Nakayama recalls, “so I always associate onigiri with fun and family. During the summer, we’d ...

When I was growing up in Tokyo in the ‘60s, we had bento day at school once a week. This meant mother had to get up early and fix lunch for her five children. We were proud of her bento, which might ...

Hetty Lui McKinnon is a food writer and cookbook author with a passion for vegetables. She's the author of six vegetarian cookbooks, and won the James Beard Award for Vegetable-Focused cooking in 2024 ...

Step aside, cake pops—there's a new spherical treat that's ready to steal the after-school-snack spotlight, and this one's healthy and easy to make. While they haven't achieved the status in the US of ...

Cathy Chaplin is a former senior editor at Eater LA, a James Beard Award–nominated journalist, and the author of Food Lovers’ Guide to Los Angeles. Onigiri, a Japanese staple of hand-packed rice ...

Confession: I’m not much of a snack maker for my kids. Though I know it drives my wife bonkers to have individually packed foods creating more waste in the house, I’m likely to buy squeezable fruit ...