Coming Soon :Terrified Sandwhich at YS Art Space

"terrified sandwich"

The Yellow Springs Arts Council

PRESENTS

BENTO Artist Amorette Dye
at the Gallery Space on 108 Dayton Street
Opening Reception July 17th, 09
6pm -9pm

To see more of this Troy based artists work please visit her flickr page here.

Amorette's specializes in "oekakiben", or "picture-bento": Japanese-style lunchboxes comprised entirely of edible art. Her fun, bright presentations and slightly unorthodox techniques have been a hit with foodies and art-lovers around the world.
Her work has been featured in numerous magazines & newspapers, including Greek Marie Claire, Anorak, Gourmet, Weekend Weekly, Mothering and the Tampa Bay Times.
She has also contributed work to the books Face Food, by Christopher Salyers, and 501 Bento Box Lunches, just released by Korero Books.

Amorette was a guest author for Lunch in a Box and wrote series on how to make decorative art bento lunches.

The Art of Bento

Photographs used with permission of the artist

Bento "is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables as a side dish."
I came across these amazing photographs on flickr of a local bento artist Sakurako Kitsa whose creations are such a visual delight I'm not sure I could bring myself to eat them :) To see more of this creative artists fabulous photographs and food art, including her Wackyfun Food Art Time just click on the highlighted links.