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Ghibli feast #7: Spirited Away

May 28, 2010 bento
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Day 3 of Ghibli feast Ghibli feast #7: Spirited Away Spirited Away was the second Miyazaki film that was theatrically released in the U.S., so I’m sure a lot of people know and saw this film in the theater. I’m not going into details of this film since I’m not good at summarizing… so let’s just get to the feast. I’m sure the people who [...]

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Bento #74: Oruchuban Ebichu

February 23, 2010 anime
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I actually wanted to make this bento on Valentine’s day, but Valentine’s day being on Sunday, and we because had to go to IKEA, I couldn’t make bento on the 14th. It didn’t feel like it was appropriate to make this one after Valentine’s day, but oh what the heck. No man would mind a bento filled with heart shapes, right? Bento #74: Oruchuban Ebichu [...]

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non-bento #21: kagami-"onigiri" Totoro

January 7, 2010 bento
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For those who have missed my previous post… Kagami-mochi is a decoration for the New Year in Japan. It’s made with 2~3 round rice cakes stacked on top of each other. Traditionally, you break it and eat it on the second Saturday or Sunday of January. I wanted to make some easy non-bento food on January 1st. It was really nothing special but I thought I’d [...]

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How to make sheep rice ball

August 13, 2009 characters
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My day job, an online card game did a HUGE system update for the game about a week ago. So I’ve been online, writing emails, checking for bugs, chatting with the Japanese developers (the game is originally a Japanese game, my company brought it over to the U.S.) days and nights… and I just couldn’t make the time to update my blog. T_T Anyway, I [...]

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how to make Kirby rice ball

July 23, 2009 characters
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I’m pretty surprised that “how to make radish mushroom / Mario mushroom” got so much attention in the past couple of days. Especially because when I did the how-to, my main focus was just a regular mushroom. I thought a regular mushroom would be more useful for regular kyaraben, and the Mario mushroom was just spur of the moment kind of thing. I ended up [...]

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non-bento #16: Kaonashi and kodama onigiri

July 16, 2009 bento
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My boyfriend and I are on the road again! We’ve been trying to empty the fridge, so I’ve been making regular bento. But I still wanted to make a kyaraben-ish thing, so I decided to make breakfast. Non-bento #16: Kaonashi and Kodama onigiri (rice ball) Created and eaten on: 7/15/2009

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how to make Doraemon onigiri

March 10, 2009 characters
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I was pleasantly surprised that I got such positive reactions on Doraemon onigiri. I really didn’t think anyone would know who it was. But I was wrong! It made me want to spread love for Doraemon, so I decided to do a how-to. When I made it for my boyfriend, I didn’t really prepare anything for it, and as I was making it, I realized [...]

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non-bento #7: Doraemon onigiri

March 3, 2009 anime
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Last night, to clean out my fridge I made “salmon dish for super lazy people” (this is another amazingly simple and easy recipe. I’ll post it someday), so we had enough food for bento. So I decided to make onigiri (rice ball) for breakfast for both of us. But just making plain onigiri would be boring,,, so I decided to make one of my boyfriend’s [...]

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How to make thanksgiving turkey for your bento

November 23, 2008 characters
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Thanksgiving is coming soon! So, on top of my usual how-to, I decided to do a turkey kyaraben. I’m not sure if everyone can get Japanese rice (sticky rice), so I’m going to do a sandwich version as well. [Rice ball turkey] – One sheet of seaweed – rice – two different kinds of cheese – ham – small piece of carrot – black sesame [...]

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