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Play with food!

12月 31, 2008 in blah blah blah...　戯言 | コメントを残す

My bento lab started in 2006, for my husband (boyfriend, at that time) Roy.
He has been taking pictures of his bento lunch, and it motivates me to continue making them.
I was starting to get interested in cooking, and making bento was a perfect way to create with food. I grew up with my mother’s colorful & delicious food, so I always think about how it tastes and how it looks.

Dali

12月 30, 2008 in art　アート, bento　おべんとう, dali　ダリ, face　顔 | コメントを残す

I always wanted to draw with HIJIKI (seaweed). And thanks to Señor Dali, for being such an inspiration.

Santas (Almond Tarts)

12月 29, 2008 in desserts　デザート, party food　パーティー料理 | コメントを残す

I got this recipe from my mom. The tart is tasty even without cream and fruits, but she makes them look like Santa Claus for Christmas. Her Santa has bigger face and smaller eyes, but my cream was too soft and didn’t rise as a face.　Happy Holidays anyway…!!

Kapow/ Kaboon

12月 29, 2008 in gift　贈り物, i like...　おきにいり, interior　インテリア, trip　旅行 | コメントを残す

This lamp shade Kapow was a wedding gift from my friend, Julie Jeane.
She had no idea how oddly similar this is to my head dress.

And this is the head dress….Our wedding was at Park Güell, Barcelona, in summer of 2008 (we got married in 2007).

The eater

12月 29, 2008 in bento　おべんとう, face　顔 | コメントを残す

The person who eats my bentos. Ground turkey on rice can’t miss with him. Smoked fish make the lips and the hair is NORI… He was surprised.

Two standard Japanese bentos

12月 28, 2008 in bento　おべんとう, miffy　ミッフィー | コメントを残す

Pork SHOGAYAKI (ginger) bento. I like this type of standard bento the best (for myself).

SOBORO bento is another standard. It usually consists of 3 colors of brown (meat), yellow (egg), and green (vegetable), each crumbled and seasoned . I just wanted to draw Boris, who is a friend of Miffy’s.

Jazz

12月 28, 2008 in art　アート, にほんご, bento　おべんとう, recipe　レシピ | コメントを残す

This bento was inspired by the image of Icarus in Jazz by Henri Matisse. I love his paper cut-outs. So I cut out some NORI, and carrot to reinterpret the original. The blue background is egg white with purple potato powder, which doesn’t have a distinctive flavor, but goes nicely with the smoked salmon underneath.

青い色というのは難しいです。
これは紫芋パウダーを使用しましたが、きれいな青になっても、それを食べたいかというと意見が分かれるところのようです。周りの反応も色々です。
このデザインはマティスの切り絵をもとにしました。切り絵のシリーズ、大好きです。
作り方（、というより解説）はこちらです。

Miffy Bento

12月 28, 2008 in にほんご, bento　おべんとう, miffy　ミッフィー | コメントを残す

I thought it would be funny if a grown up man brought a lunch to his work with bunny face on it. I was a bit disappointed that he didn’t get embarrassed at all when he showed it to his co-workers.

Miffy has been my friend since when I was a baby. The book of Miffy might have helped me become an artist, since the designs are so graphic!

Orange sauce is red pepper & onions. The face is white rice but there are curry flavor rice on bottom.

ロイ（夫・当時はボーイフレント）のお弁当を作り始めてしばらくたった頃、からかうつもりで、カワイイお弁当を持たせようとミッフィーを作りました。同僚に笑われたかと思いきや、かえって褒められて得意気に帰ってきました。結局は私も気を良くしてお弁当を続けているので、これがきっかけだったのかもしれません。
ミッフィーは”うさこちゃん”として物心ついた頃からなじみ深いわたしなので、アメリカではまだ知名度が低くイライラしてしまいます。優れたグラフィック本、といつも人にお勧めしています。
おおまかな作り方はこちらです。