Charaben is the Japanese art of creating bento boxes that are filled with, well, art. Instead of arranging a simple lunch, charabenists use edible ingredients to form popular characters and ...

Considered the queen of charaben in Japan, Tomomi Maruo has been honing her craft for 13 years. She runs character bento classes and posts how-to videos on her YouTube channel, where Maruo has ...

The Japanese art of charaben, or 'character bento’, brings new meaning to the concept of creative school lunches. For most Australian parents, finding the time to slap together a healthy ...

It looked nothing like charaben (character bento). It's not in my blog or my Flickr; you can only see it on my boyfriend's Flickr because I'm so embarrassed by it.

Christopher Salyers is the author of Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes. You can see photos of artfully crafted bento boxes (also called charaben) on Salyers' blog. KCRW is here ...

Known as Charaben or Kyaraben, the lunchbox art form was originally devised in Japan to interest younger children in their food and encourage adventurous diets – but has now grown and is judged ...

In view of the coming Mother’s Day celebration, Goh Ai Ping has designed an exclusive “Happy Mother And Child” charaben recipe for Craftypedia, simple enough for first-timers to accomplish.