Kanae Inoue is a wife, mother of three teenagers, a well-known author of bento cookbooks and a popular food blogger and personality in her home country of Japan. Her delicious, economical, and family-friendly recipes for bentos have garnered her a huge following on her blog: inoue-kanae.blog.jp
Preparing a bento box at home, for yourself and your family, is after all not that difficult and actually quite affordable. Real Bento brings that point home! [A] treasure throve for all of us out there who want to try our hand at making our own bentos, in our own kitchen, for our own family. -- Simandan.com ...packed from cover to cover with the time-saving tricks that allow even the most novice of kitchen cooks to make bento box lunches...an incredibly practical and easy-to-use resource for busy households! -- Midwest Book Review ...[a] bento cookbook designed for busy families, full of time-saving tricks so you can still have healthy, delicious packed lunches without the need to give up valuable sleep time. -- Book Riot [Inoue] takes a very pragmatic, streamlined approach to making bentos, based on her years of making them for her three children...There are lots of quick and easy recipes... -- Makiko Itoh, author of The Just Bento Cookbook and blogger at JustBento.com This beginner bento book is a perfect tool for getting lunch/dinner packed and a family out the door on a busy morning! I would recommend it! --ET Speaks from Home blog Another great bento recipe book... --Parenting Healthy blog