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Archive Home > 2012 > June > 15 > Just like Japan

Just like Japan

• East side’s Bend-o Bento serves up authentic home-style box lunches

By John Gottberg Anderson / The Bulletin
June 15, 2012

In Japan, the words for “meal” and “cooked rice” are the same: “gohan.”

When you ask if someone has eaten, you are actually saying: Have you had rice?

Thus, it should come as no surprise that home-cooked, Japanese-style meals are heavy in rice. And properly prepared, steamed rice is essential to....

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