News about a great bento accessories giveaway by All Things For Sale.

Another bento contest to enter for prizes!

Hi everyone. I got back from Japan earlier this week. Together with some gorgeous new bento boxes, lots of ideas for new recipes and tons of photos, I also brought home (or picked up during the 23+ hours of travel time) a bad cold. I hope to be back with new posts here soon.

In the meantime though, here's news of a Christmas Bento Contest by CasaBento, with first prize being a Black Design Kit worth 38€ / $56. Deadline for entry is December 15th. Good luck!

156 entries from around the world, and more than 3,300 votes cast...and finally, the winners of the 2010 Spring Bento Contest, co-sponsored by Bento&co, FrenchBento and JustBento are...

Voting has now ended. See the results here!

It's finally time to cast your vote for your top pick in the 2010 Spring Bento Contest!

I'm very excited to to announce the Spring 2010 Bento Contest, together with top French bento site FrenchBento and the awesome online bento boutique Bento&co! Read on for details...

With so many great ideas, it was really hard to pick a winner! But it finally came down to the great ideas from one busy lady: vesper h, who is a mom of 2, and works full time at a university. Here's part of her winning entry:

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blockquote> we make and freeze our bento staples on the weekends, which makes it easier for me to pull together a lunch in the painfully-early morning.