Until about 15 minutes ago, I was feeling somewhat worldly.
I've been to the
Icehotel, eaten granita and brioche in
Palermo and fried camambert in
Cesky Krumlov, been involved with men from around the world, partied with a tsunami widow, skied the
French Alps, and studied the Nazi Holocaust, African sustainable development and the
Yanomamo. I have even bought some stuff made in China and Taiwan.
Turns out, I may as well have been living in a cave. I was just introduced to bentos today.
YourHub.com regular user and exceptional writer
Jamie VanEaton posted a
blog about her addiction to the Japanese lunchboxes yesterday, and my life won't be the same.
From the first paragraph, I read with a Huh? cartoon bubble over my head.
Needing to know more after I finished her blog, I Googled. Let me share 10 bizarre sites I found:
1.
Photos of bento owners' lunchboxes and how they organized and/or decorated the food inside
2.
Descriptions of how bentophiles have filled each tier of their stackable lunchboxes
3.
Bentos as a weight loss tool: "Now that I've been packing these for about a week, I think the variety of food combined with the entertaining presentation and the time I put into preparation keeps my mind entertained, thus I am eating far less at lunch."
4. Bentos
traced back to the fifth century
5.
Beautiful bentos
6. A bento addict's
flickr page
7.
Video of Japanese high schoolers eating from their bentos (note the cute fabric as tote)
8. An Australain Answers member telling another user not to be
an ignorant a^%#@*^ for not knowing what a bento is
9.
Martha Stewart-worthy bentos
10.
Bento-fied Tiger Woods,
Bill Gates,
The Great Wave and more
I'll let you enjoy your own bentos research. Or the lunch you packed in your bentos box if you're really cool.