
For your lunchtime pleasure, I'm presenting a series of my favorite bento boxes. Bento are Japanese home-prepared meals served in special boxes, usually eaten for lunch at work or school. These days, bento enthusiasts from all over the world share their creations on Flickr.
Today's bento is a masterpiece of vari-colored rices. From Los Dragonnes' Reiko's Bento Lab stream, it features a turtle with a saffron-colored curry rice neck and feet, and a parsley rice shell with broccoli spots. The background is anchovy and salmon in purple potato flakes. On the side is a cupcake liner full of sesame chicken and some tofu mackarel cakes.

Most American diners don't associate Asian foods with dessert. They think about sushi and spring rolls,
maybe even pad thai. Sweets are limited to a fortune cookie and a milky Thai iced tea, though there are many sweet
offerings in the countries that have inspired these foods. One treat, as an article in the 









