Our blog readers know that we love to showcase Bento lunches (especially around the holidays!)
The awesome people from Mark Batty Publishers sent us two of their popular bento books-
Face Food- The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes and its' counterpart- Face Food Recipes- A How to Guide! by Christopher D Salyers
Face Food- The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes showcases a variety of bentos in the form of charaben, Japanese character bento boxes, from a variety of persons- moms, dads, siblings, etc.
Each page has a different charaben with a brief interview with the bento "designer"- while the charaben bentos are remarkable to look out, I particularly loved the interviews, in which a common theme was the love of their children- their main reason for working anywhere from 30 minutes to hours on each bento!
The book also contains a couple make your own bento designs and instructions, however for the ultimate recipe book, you must get Face Food Recipes- A How to Guide! if you want to learn how to do Spiderman, Pokemon, Hello Kitty, anime characters and more (even Alphonso Muchos "Laurel" :)
Also includes a guide to tools needed and a glossary of terms! The directions are easy to follow and have beautiful pictures as well.
Like Bentos? We are giving away these TWO awesome bento books to one lucky winner!
Face Food- The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes and its' counterpart- Face Food Recipes- a How to Guide! Hardcover by Christopher D Salyers
The Rules:
- Leave a comment answering- What charaben bento would you like to learn (or eat)?
(Wow, that is so easy!!!)
- Anonymous comments: leave your email address and first name in the comments (so I can reach you if you win!).
BONUS ENTRIES- Leave a separate comment for each bonus entry! Up to FOUR Bonus entries!
- Like Rinkya on Facebook
- Follow laurelrinkya on Twitter
- Retweet This message: Win 2 Bento Books, Face Food & Face Food Recipes! @laurelrinkya #giveaway http://www.rinkya.com/usinjp/t7Vh407oy
(or use the handy retweet button in the righthand corner of this post)- Rinkya user? Just let me know! BONUS entry for our Rinkya users!!
(Please note Rinkya users are users with a bidding account at Rinkya!)
Please remember to leave a separate comment for each entry!
- Contest closes on September 17th 11:59 PM US PST
- A random comment number winner will be chosen via Random.org (this is why you must leave a separate comment for EACH entry)
- Any duplicate entries that do not follow the rules will be deleted.
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32 comments:
Wow I'd love to be able to make Sanrio charaben. I'm rubbish at charaben, I seem to be too clumsy!
Oh and I "like" you on facebook too!
It would be fantastic to make a Rurouni Kenshin charaben! So much fun!
I would love to make a Cowboy Bebop charaben! Pieces that look like Ein would be amazing!
ooh ooh ooh, I would love Sailor Moon Bento. I am a uber geek I know but It would be soooo cute to have Chibi Chibi Bento.
I'm now following laurelrinkya on Twitter! @Jaenne
I retweeted the tweet about the contest. I have tons of friends that would love to hear about it. :D
I would love to make a Star Trek charaben obento! :D
Trying to create Cooking Mama charaben is high on my priority list now :)
Am a follower already at @notabrownbag
and FINALLY! Have retweeted!
I'd love to learn to do a Pandora Hearts charaben ^^ or Winnie the Pooh!
Oh and I 'like' Rinkya on Facebook! :D
i'd like to make Grell from Kuroshitsuji, i think it would be crazy and i love bento as well
Oh, something from the Pokemon handbook I think. My boy pores through that book but the only one I know is Pikachu!
And I am a twitter follower.
I would looooove to make a Yu Kanda and Allen Walker from D.gray-man charaben~~! *3* Ahh~~ The feeling of eating something like that really makes me happy~~!! haa~~ <33
I'd love a sailor moon charaben! or maybe smash bros theme!
rinkya handle: Okuni
Also I liked + commented on rinkya's page on Facebook :)
Rinkay handle Okuni
I would love to do Kai-Lan and her friends for my girls, really should start working on that soon..lol Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I am a Facebook Fan (Stephanie MacGregor Darmock)
I am a Twitter Follower @sewfierce
I'd like to learn how to make a Pokemon Bento. :) Because they're so cute, yet easy to create because they're not too detailed. Good for a beginner, I think!
http://twitter.com/Bubby_Bobble/statuses/24796346021
I tweeted about your contest. :)
I am a Facebook fan. :)
And I follow you on Twitter! I follow you as @Bubby_Bobble
I like to learn to make Sanrio charaben.
Name: Nga
Email: nnga_2001@yahoo.com
I am a facebook follower.
Name: Nga
Email: nnga_2001@yahoo.com
Akane Tendou will be very ironic and fun!
Charaben of Sanrio characters would be so adorable to make! Purin, Tuxedo Sam, Chococat, and of course Hello Kitty!
Ahhh, I would love to know how to make intricate Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy pieces *o*
THAT would be fun.
I'd loved to do a sailor moon charaben!
email: zizimonster@yahoo.com
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