Lots fruit in this lunch today. Tangerines hearken back to the peak citrus season while the apricots herald the new season.
Gifted my friend A a new bento box of the ‘Leaflet Tight’ variety. She got uber excited and went to town, emailing me a picture of her first ever bento.
My favorite quote from her:
“And you know what? It was easy. It was not time consuming. If it weren’t for the fact that I decided to make a pie, I would have been out of the kitchen in no time. And everything is ready for me put in my lunch or use for dinner.”
Which is what I try to tell everyone who says, “GOSHURGENIUS!!!” Seriously. Not genius. So easy. Just takes time. Not even a lot of it. I gave her a box and she took it from there.
May 5, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Oooh, that Bento box is adorable! Do you know where it can purchased online?
May 5, 2008 at 2:17 pm
There aren’t that many reputable places online where you can buy bento boxes. I got these at the local Marukai market. You may want to try looking at Jbox: http://www.jbox.com/BENTO/ or All Things for Sale: http://www.allthingsforsale.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=74
Good luck!
May 5, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I have SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO been loving mine! I just can’t get a good shot of the contents to save my life. :/ My camera hates closeups of anything other than cats.
May 7, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I was just thinking about you Whitney! Good to hear! not about the pictures, though! I want to see what you’ve created.
May 7, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Ding! Apricots.
I am going to have to take some pictures of my tree inventory. No apricots.
May 8, 2008 at 8:34 am
Yeah my plum tree overfloweth this year. I pruned the apple tree back hard this year so I’m not sure the fruit will be abundant. THe blood orange tree is in its dormant year this round so the harvest come nov-dec will be sparse.