Pulling up a sushi bar seat at Nanami Sushi Diner and Onigiri, I took a cue from the restaurant’s name and was intent on ...

Bento means lunch or lunch box. But for most Japanese home cooks, the act of preparing a bento box can mean much more than that. A bento box represents a mother’s love for her family. For centuries, ...

On a buzzy stretch of Magazine Street, chef Yuwa Tomihira has quietly turned a small storefront into Nanami Sushi Diner & ...

Patricia Kelly Yeo is an LA-based writer and editor who covers food, health, wellness and (occasionally) science and travel. Ask her about her favorite omakase. Two months ago, Mark Okuda was serving ...

Everyone from school children to salary men in Japan look forward to when the lunch bell rings, signaling it’s time for bento. The artfully-arranged boxes boast different compartments, each filled ...

If someone makes you a homemade lunch, they likely really care about you. This is as true in Japan as anywhere else.

Editor’s note: In the Every Bento Tells a Story series, Chikako Tada, editor of Pen & Spoon, a website devoted to food, writes about various aspects of making bento. There is also a helpful video in ...

Retail report Running a sushi restaurant has been quite a life change for Mike Kim. The Ann Arbor man's previous career was in computer science, working for a pharmaceutical company. Now he greets ...

The owner of a Chinese takeout shop in Susquehanna Township has switched gears. Mindy Wu recently opened Bento Box Kitchen & Sushi at 47 N. Progress Ave. at the Progress Plaza. The restaurant replaces ...

As one of the country’s leading conveyor belt sushi restaurants, Sushiro is the place to go when you’ve got a serious craving for raw fish. Now, though, it’s the place to go when you’ve got a serious ...