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    Good Food

    Face Food

    Japanese pop culture enthusiast Christopher Salyers documents charaben, the cute and creative characters made from food for Japanese children's bento lunch boxes, in his book, Face Food : The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes. He talks about the ingredients, tools, the appeal of making charaben and the charaben-child connection.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Japanese pop culture enthusiast Christopher Salyers documents charaben, the cute and creative characters made from food for Japanese children's bento lunch boxes, in his book, Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes. He talks about the ingredients, tools, the appeal of making charaben and the charaben-child connection. To see more pictures of Japanese bento box art, you can visit Salyers' blog.

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    Dinner in the Sky; Face Food; Whale Meat; Wood Aged Beers
    1. 0:00The Market Report
    2. 7:22Dinner in the Sky
    3. 14:06Face FoodYou’re reading this
    4. 22:06Lacto-fermented Foods
    5. 28:37Wood-Aged Beers
    6. 37:13The Whale Hunt
    7. 45:44The 75 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles
    8. 52:10The World of Competitive Cooking
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    3 of 8
    Dinner in the Sky; Face Food; Whale Meat; Wood Aged Beers
    1. 0:00The Market Report
    2. 7:22Dinner in the Sky
    3. 14:06Face FoodYou’re reading this
    4. 22:06Lacto-fermented Foods
    5. 28:37Wood-Aged Beers
    6. 37:13The Whale Hunt
    7. 45:44The 75 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles
    8. 52:10The World of Competitive Cooking
    Back to Good Food