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Non-bento #33: Okamiden gomoku-sushi

March 7, 2011 bento
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I’ve always wanted to make Okami themed food, and since Okamiden’s release is only a week away, I thought it’s the best time for it. Okamiden is a DS game which is a sequel to the PS2 game Okami. It’s an action adventure game with a unique art style. The main character Amaterasu fights with yokai to bring peace back to the world.

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Bento #78: Peep and the Big Wide World

October 11, 2010 american
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10/10/10 was my boyfriend’s birthday! I gave him the blu-ray of  Dr. Horrible’s sing-along blog, the last DVD box set of Dragon Ball, and I made him very special plushes. (see the photos of them at the bottom of this page) In the morning we went to see “Let Me In” which we really liked. Even though it was a horror movie, we thought it [...]

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Bento #77: the Moomins

July 21, 2010 anime
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I almost forgot to blog about the Moomins! This was another bento I made for the Dream Bento Contest! Bento #77: the Moomins Created and eaten on: 7/6/2010

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How to make Max

October 17, 2009 characters
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[How to make Max from Where the Wild Things Are] (without the crown) – rice – ham (or bologna, turkey, etc…) – sliced cheddar cheese – seaweed – cupcake cup (I used foil cupcake cups, but if you need to microwave your food, use a paper cupcake cup instead. I’ve tried it, and the paper cup handled the moisture pretty well.) – hole punch – [...]

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How to make Emil

October 15, 2009 characters
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[How to make Emil from Where the Wild Things Are] – mashed yam – seaweed – sliced cheese – radish or white-ish sliced cheese or kamaboko (fish cake), or even left over hard boiled egg white from mashed potato. In other words, you can use any white food! – cupcake cup (I used foil cupcake cups, but if you need to microwave your food, use [...]

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bento #65: Where the Wild Things Are #2

October 8, 2009 american
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I still had Inarizushi skins from when I made the Little Big Planet bento, and I was thinking of how I can use it. I’ve already used them to make Totoro & Neko bus, Laputa robot, and Meat with a bone before, so I wanted to make something different. My friend sent me a link to a wonderful website called “Terrible Yellow Eyes” the other [...]

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bento #63: Little Big Planet

October 1, 2009 bento
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The price of the PS3 went down about a month ago, and Dell.com was having a sale so my boyfriend finally caved and bought a PS3 slim! There aren’t that many PS3 games we wanted to play but we were going to buy it eventually. Besides, in the mean time we can use it as a blu-ray player. (My latop also plays blu-ray and has [...]

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bento #56: Moving day Totoro

July 2, 2009 bento
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Like I mentioned in my previous blog post, my company has been in the process of moving for the past week, and because of this we had July 1st off. I knew I wouldn’t be able to make bento until next week, so I decided to try making a “stay-home” bento. When I decided to make a bento to eat at home, I realized something. [...]

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how to make a radish mushroom

June 21, 2009 characters
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I made this for Totoro parade bento, but I realized that I hadn’t done a how-to on this! This may look difficult but it’s a very adorable decoration to your kyaraben. [How to make a radish mushroom and Mario mushroom] – radish – *seaweed for Mario mushroom – small fruit knife

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bento #55: LocoRoco

June 18, 2009 bento
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I woke up a bit too late for a kyaraben, but a bit too early for a regular bento this morning. I sat down, started up my laptop, checking my email, and just stared at my sketchbook. I had drawn the sketch for a bento, but I hadn’t figured out how I’d put meat in it. I went to the kitchen to get orange juice, [...]

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bento #42: Totoro parade

April 4, 2009 bento
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I had been working on a sketch of a kyaraben for a week, but it just didn’t look like it’d work out, and I was feeling pretty bummed. (I can’t tell you what it is yet! I hope I can make it next week.) You know what always makes me feel better? Totoro! Bento#41: Totoro parade bento Created and eaten on: 4/4/2009

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bento #39: Mechazawa of Cromartie High School

February 26, 2009 anime
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My gods! My blog has finally caught up with my current bento!! I was wondering when it’d happen when I started the blog about 3 months ago. It’s sooner than I thought.. probably due to lack of bento-ing the past month or two. I’d like to keep my bento blog 3 times a week with a how-to on Sunday, but I’m only human. So if [...]

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bento #32: Where the Wild Things Are – right side

January 31, 2009 american
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After Christmas, I wanted to make one more bento before the year was over, but my boyfriend and I were already on holiday vacation. I was thinking of making a bento to eat at home, but my boyfriend had to go see his family for a couple of days, so I decided to make a bento for him to eat on the bus. Since I [...]

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bento #20: Portal

December 23, 2008 bento
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After Professor Layton, I was still in the mood for making game bento. I had many ideas for game bento, but they weren’t “finalized” yet… But I couldn’t sit on them forever, so I decided to try what I’d been wanting to make for a very long time. Bento #20: Portal Created and eaten on: 11/06/2008

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How to make a snowflake

December 14, 2008 characters
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It’s been quite warm in NYC this winter (we only got some flurries a week ago or so) but despite the warm winter and bad economy, you still can feel festivity in the air! So, I’m going to do something wintery today. There are so many food artists out there who can carve intricate amazing looking sculptures out of vegetable or fruit, but it takes [...]

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