Searching for inspiration for bento creation? Looking for new food ideas to include in your packed lunches? Thumb through a copy of 501 Bento Box Lunches and find inspiration and ideas galore! Each page is filled with loads and loads—OKAY I GIVE UP! I need to fangirl!
A week has passed since I got my copy of 501 Bento Box Lunches and I’m still ecstatic about it. Why? Because–Yay! I can finally say it in public, some of my bento and packed lunches are there! Taking a little over a year in the making, this handy, little compilation is a long awaited (well, for me at least 
) bento photo book that compiles the work of hundreds of bento from creators all over the world, including one of my personal favorites, Japanese bento creator luckysundae. It opens with a brief, instructional primer by artsy bento expert Amorette Dye and is followed by loads of bento that fall under different categories.
And to spread the joy and love, I’ll be giving away a copy of the book to a lucky Kitchen Cow reader! Giveaway is open to everyone: US winners will receive a gift copy from amazon.com
Anyway, how to win? Leave a comment on this post. That’s it. One comment per person only. Well, you can comment more if you have things to say but only one entry will be counted towards you. Deadline for commenting is August 5, 2009. 11:59 PM, Manila time (+8 GMT). Waiting to hear from you guys!
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I’m new to bento-ing and I having a hard time looking for some japanese stores here in Manila. A question for you Where do you buy your supplies? As in the molds, bento boxes and etc?
Anyway, I really want to have the book so that I can be more inspired into making bentos! >.<
I discovered your site thru my daughter Ishi….she was doing searching about bento since she is into watching “Boys over Flowers” when she stumbled into your site. She called my attention coz she wants me to preapre a bento for her baon….since then we have been hooked and a silent lurker of this site.
congratulations, Kaoko, on getting your work published!
i’d love to win a copy of your book!
my friend and i have been trying to imBENTO our lunch boxes (and our daughters’) since the school year started. i desperately need more inspiration. 
this book will do the trick. do pick me. (sheepish grin) hehe.
Oooohhh, this seems like such a great book to finally differ somehow my everyday lunches at school! I would love to win this book, count me in!
To be honest I am not really familiar with the bento book even if I am a book collector. I would like to have one though. I am not really a cooking wife material so I want to know what food recipes I can get from the book so I can prepare it for my partner when he goes to work. I don’t know things from the kitchen but I would be willing to learn in case I will have a chance and will ahve the right tools for it. Hope I will win the book. =)
must be pretty exciting! me wants that book. count me in!
wow, good thing I discovered your site! Now I can prep lunch and dinner to work creatively. My bf will be surely surprise (^_^)
wow, i like this one!!! i’d like to cook for my husband and kid
I love your site! I’d really enjoy this book.
I’d love to have this as my birthday present! ( I’m celebrating it in 2 weeks time) I may resort to blowing my birthday candles in advance so I can have my wish!!! BENTO MAKING ROCKS!:)
i love everything japanese. bento boxes are love.
Excellent idea! I have always thought that packed lunches are unattractive and “baduy” to bring in the office. But with the Bento Box concept, I’ll probably have the greatest packed lunch feasts starting tomorrow. Thanks for this post! Great blog.
i wonder if this book will show me how pack lunches that neat. : )
Congratulations! Share the love <3
Wow! This is so exciting!!! Congratulations, that book would be super useful to someone like me who is useless in the kitchen and whose son is practically begging to be a lunchbox boy instead of a canteen boy.
Wow that sounds great…I’ve been on the lookout for this kind to improve my expertise in the kitchen for the whole family. I wish it would come to me as a surprise one fine day…Thanks!
i want the book! please be mine!
My family love everything that is Japanese: anime, Ghibli, yukata and especially the food! There is a Japanese depot out here where we got our bento boxes. So far, we have not made any Bento lunches yet because I don’t know how to make one. This is even the first time I have heard that you can make 501 Bento creations. I would really enjoy doing that for my husband. I can just imagine 501 days of happy lunches for him at work. And every lunchtime he will be surprised to see a new kitchen work of art.
Wow! i would really like to try out one to make one of those cute dishes. I stumbled upon one of those sites that sells sandwich press to make shaped goodies.. so cute..
http://www.japantrendshop.com/ichi-sando-sandwich-press-p-264.html
would be fun to use that with preparing bentos
gee! I don’t have any bento books and would love this one to start! I’ve recently started preparing bentos. It’s fun!
What an incredible prize! Please enter my name in your draw. Thanks.
Wow! i love to have one! pls. pick me up. Thanks!
Wow, I’d love to have one!
Wow! this is really interesting book… I am a foodaholic and this book will really give me a new experience with food… Please, please, can I have the book.
I like the book, very interesting (and exciting)
that’s so cute! i’d love to have one of those. ive been trying japanese style cooking but it still needs a lot of improvement. i bet the book will be of great help!
It would be nice if I get to win this book because as I play with my kids with Cooking Mama in Wii, I burn the food that I cook (haha!) so this might be the one I’ve been waiting for to regain my confidence to cook again. Besides, my children love using chopsticks!
I want one.. please!!!
I hope I could win this one!
I just love foods.
I would love to win this book on bentos. I think my mom would have fun looking at it with me. I have always been fascinated by them.
I love it! I want it! I want it!!! Bento gods and demi-gods help me win this one!!!!
miss adelaide girl here really wants this book to create fabulous lunch for papa and mama for work and me of course for school!!btw i went and bought 4 bento boxes but its sitting in the cupboard untouch and this book will unleash my talent of bento boxing.hahah.=)=) xx
I really want this book! =)
Great timing as we all start to think about packing lunches again!
Waah!I’m going to be so envious to the person who’ll have that book.I love the creativity and the cuteness it brings to every food.I’m a picky eater but when it comes to an artistic bento, I’ll dash right in and say “itadakimasu” leaving the lunchbox empty and shiny afterwards.Mmm…Yummy!
Wow! A bento book up for grabs! Count me in…!! Endless thinking of winning this wonderful book may keep me awake at night…so here’s to sleepless nights and bento day dreams!
can i have a copy please, please? i’m just discovering/trying the art of bento because my daughter is so picky in her eating. i need creative “baon’ for her to enjoy food in school. and me too, need to watch my weight and control my eating
bento is for me!
i would like to have the book. i hope i will win. More power to kitchen cow.
I just saw a preview of the book on Amazon.com, and from what I saw, I think that 501 Bento Box Lunches is amazing and I would love to have a copy. Might come in handy when I decide to cook Japanese.
not only is your blog a feast to the eyes, it is very informative as well. bento making is surely the ‘in’ for a healthy life.
Wow, there are some many entries on here now…hehe ^^
I like the recipes on here a lot because they’re easy to make. I’m new to making bento lunches and I showed a few of them to my boyfriend (the person I’ll be making lunches for) and he found a lot of them yummy sounding. =D
Omg, I would love to see all of the cute little bento ideas!
Sounds like a really good way to make packed lunches entertaining!
I hope to win. ^.^ Thanks again
My husband lived in Japan for 2 years and he always like the way they cook their food and how creative they are with their bento. And I think “501 Bento Box Lunches” can help me make him remember the time when he was there. Thanks you very much.
hi! i have no bento experience nor do i have bento stuff but i have recently been surfing the net for ideas in what to pack for my hubby when he works and bento is definitely something i want to try. pick me and i will definitely put it to good use =).
Halu… I came across your blog while looking at creative office lunch preparation ideas. Everything’s soooo cute and appetizing. As a new wife, I find it challenging to create healthy, delicious and aethestically pleasing lunch boxes for my hubby…. Tried one pseudo bento recently – menudillo, gallo de pinto (hubby with latin american roots) and green salad. Have bookmarked your blog to get more ideas… Your book offer would definitely sweeten the deal and inspire me more…!!! Pick me pick me..
Gracias!
Not sure if I’ve commented here before, but I would love to have that book! Congrats! *_*
How exciting! I would love to have this book! I am just starting to get into bento lunches.
I just found your site, and I am looking for creative ways to send healthy food to school for my children. I would love this book! I am in need of a lot of inspiration!
Oh cool! I’ve been looking into getting this book =D
I can’t wait until September to start my bento making hehe
Wow, that’s a really good deal to win! Something interesting to read in between breaks. *Crossing my fingers*