Thursday, May 11, 2017

PBS TV show Lucky Chow Season 2 Episode 1 preview trailer



Here is the new Season 2 Episode 1 preview trailer for the PBS TV show Lucky Chow, which will feature the Happy Little Bento family (well, 3/4 of us; me, MisterMan, and TinySprite). If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area you can catch the full episode this coming Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 9:30am on KQED. Hope you get a chance to check it out, and if you do, let me know what you think! Thanks! For other areas, please check your local PBS station listing: The show is called Lucky Chow and this is the first episode of season 2, called Japan: Food As Fetish:)


Thursday, May 4, 2017

Happy Boys' Day Bento

Growing up in Hawaii, we called it Boys' Day - Tango no Sekku - (Girls' Day is in March) but it has evolved to Children's Day - Kodomo no Hi - since then. However, since I made one for TinySprite on Girls' Day, I'm making one for MisterMan now. His features a boy with a koi that symbolizes strength and determination as it swims upstream. ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ

In the bento: meatloaf, mixed grain rice, asparagus, carrots, raspberries, cara cara oranges, apple and cheese. Happy Boys' Day!

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

BB-8 Bento

Happy Star Wars Day, or May the 4th Be With You!
A little light bento for TinySprite includes her current favorite polenta made with cornmeal, corn grits, and millet; steamed Okinawan sweet potato, little quail egg BB8, tomato, pickled cucumbers, lotus root, daikon and carrot; raspberries and mandarin.