Books like The Food of Japan by Walter Wagner

A practical guide of 100+ Japanese comfort‑food recipes for American kitchens, blending fresh ingredients, simple techniques, and the backstory of favorites like gyoza, tempura, ramen, and okonomiyaki.

A practical guide of 50 step‑by‑step recipes for lively bento lunches that parents can easily prepare with ingredients found in U.S. grocery stores.

293 pages : 23 cm

"Your dilemma: picky eaters and a jam-packed schedule. Your solution: the bento box! From mom and food-blogger, Michele Olivier, Little Bento picks up where Little Foodie left off, by helping parents turn their "selective" children into healthy, adventurous eaters through creative, easy-to-assemble bento box lunches. Little Bento is the ultimate bento guide to planning, preparing, and assembling yummy, healthy and easy bento box lunches that your kids will love...no tricks or treats required! Michele Olivier, author of the best-selling Little Foodie, shows you how the #1 selling kids lunch box can inspire you to make balanced bento box meals that your kids actually enjoy eating. Inspired by her practical blog posts that captured the lunch-sick hearts of moms everywhere, Little Bento contains over 100 bento recipes and 55 photos of fully composed, seasonally-inspired bento box lunches, which include: Comprehensive bento box ingredient lists that will allow you to make safe decisions for allergy and food sensitive eaters Ideas for transforming family dinner leftovers into tomorrow's bento lunches The pros and cons of various bento box options--and how to decide which bento lunch box is right for your family Weekly bento meal planning ideas, make-ahead designations and sample plan-ahead worksheets help busy parents beat the morning rush Say "goodbye" to the stress of choosing between getting your kids to eat and getting your kids to eat healthy, and "hello" to the deliciously simple bento box"--