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Today's entry, by Vingt Deux, takes the bento to delightfully geeky heights with a re-creation of the scorched sand and double suns of planet Tatooine in Star Wars. The sky is purple cabbage and the sand is pita and hummus, hiding a nutritious pile of cherry tomatoes underneath. Our Jawa wears a robe of Philly steak Tofurkey, with nori ammo belt and hands, and a black rice face with carrot cube eyes. Utinni!
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8-22-2008 @12:38PM N said... I don't get this...the purpose of preparing a bento is for eating lunch...while the designs are interesting, these look inedible. Tofurkey w/ Nori, cabbage and pita/hummus doesn't sound too appetizing.
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8-22-2008 @1:01PM Tug Spicer said... Regarding "N", THE FORCE IS NOT STRONG IN THIS ONE -- the joy of life is not either. ThisSTAR WARTS Yoda made of FOOD is COMPLETELY awesome. Don't listen to the haters, Emily. YOU GO, GIRL!
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8-23-2008 @4:05PM btdown said... Congratulations!! You've created a whole new word for something that already exists..Its lunch..more specifically, its a lunch box. Whats the big deal here?
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8-25-2008 @8:54AM Victor Agreda Jr said... btdown, some countries use a different word for *everything*
In this case, you'll have to blame the Japanese for not using our term for "lunch" (bento means a bit more than that):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bento
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