Press and Awards

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TV/Radio/Video:

Fox40 Live, live TV news segments on Sacramento, CA Fox affiliate
- “Creative Ideas for Thanksgiving Dinner Leftovers”, 11/25/2008: In the first TV segment, I demonstrate the Turkey Mole Enchilada recipe and ways to use leftover bread.
- “Creative Ideas for Thanksgiving Dinner Leftovers”, 11/25/208: In the second TV segment, I demonstrate the Curried Turkey Croquette recipe and show ways to repurpose leftover cranberry sauce.
- “Blogger Mom Shows Off Bento Box Lunches“, 9/12/2008: see also my post about the experience
J-Wave Tokyo radio station, with a Japanese write-up in the Global Frontline section of the station’s blog. (10/2/2009) (NEW)
NHPR’s Word of Mouth radio show, “Thinking Inside the Bento Box” (9/15/2008)
Sacramento Bee, “Bring Your Own Lunch” feature story (3/18/2009), with an online video of me making bento lunches

Press

Boston Globe, “Thinking Inside the Box” (9/3/2008)
Cincinnati Weekly, “Bento Box: Let this Japanese cuisine add color to your meals” (7/29/2008)
Daily Breeze, “17 links for building the coolest school lunches ever” (via Inside SoCal, 8/1/2008)
Edible Austin, “Bento Box Resources” (Fall 2008)
Elle France, “Toute la blogosphère étrangère est aussi complètement mordue de bento ” (4/2008, in French)
Globe and Mail, “Sayonara, Baloney” (8/25/2009)
Hong Kong Trader (2/2009), “Cashing in on Leftovers”
Lawrence Journal (Lawrence, Kansas), “Break out of the Lunchtime Blues with Bento” (10/13/2008)
le Soleil, “Boîte à lunch nippone” (photo, 9/7/2007, in French)
New York Times, “What’s for lunch? Enter the bento box, a touch of Japan” (9/9/2009)
Newsweek, “Bento Boxes for the Preschool Set” (6/26/2008)
Newsweek Japan, “Bento Ninki ni Awase Kantan Recipe o Shokai: Blogger Deborah Hamilton” (10/15/2008, in Japanese)
Nichi Bei Times, “Gettin’ Busy with Bento; What’s in Your Box?” (cover story), my blog post here (1/22-28/2009)
Sacramento Bee, “Bring Your Own Lunch” feature story (3/18/2009), with an online video of me making bento lunches (the article is rerun in other newspapers below)
- Anniston Star, “The new bag: Toting lunch becoming a cheap, hip, healthy trend” (4/15/2009)
- The Arizona Republic, “Homemade lunch a cheap, hip, healthy trend” (4/21/2009)
- Belleville News-Democrat (St. Louis, MO), “Toting lunch a cheap, hip, healthy trend” (4/21/2009)
- Journal Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), “BYOL: Bringing your lunch is cheap, hip trend” (4/29/2009)
- La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, Wisconsin), “Toting lunch becoming a cheap, healthy trend” (4/19/2009)
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Toting One’s Lunch Now a Hip, Healthy Trend” (4/19/2009)
- The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA), “It’s Lunch a la You” (4/19/2009)
- Wichita Eagle, “Hip & Healthy: In poor economic times, toting one’s lunch to work has become trendy” (4/15/2009)
St. Petersburg Times, “Art You Can Eat” (9/12/2008)
- Tampa Bay Times (TBT), “Art You Can Eat” (9/12/2008, page 37), reruns the St. Petersburg Times article
Stars & Stripes, “Blog It” weekly blog spotlight (all editions pg. 2, 8/8/2008)
The Washington Post, “Angst 101: Packing Lunch” (8/28/2008) dubs Biggie “the Rachael Ray of bento”
- The Bulletin (Bend, Oregon), “As lunchboxes evolve, so do expectations for what’s inside” (8/29/2008), reruns the Washington Post article
- The Detroit News, “The craft of making kids’ lunches” (9/30/2008), reruns the Washington Post article
- Dothan Eagle, “As lunchboxes evolve, so do expectations for what’s inside” (9/9/2008), a short version of the Washington Post article
- Gulf News (U.A.E.), “Power Lunch in a Small Box” (9/19/2008), an abridged version of the Washington Post article
- Providence Journal, “Packing Lunch: A long way from bologna sandwiches” (9/3/2008), a short version of the Washington Post article

Awards

2008 Food Blog Awards, Winner of “Best Theme” category, blog post here (1/2009)
2007 Food Blog Awards, Winner of “Best Family/Kids Blog” category, runner-up in “Best Theme” category (12/2007)
2007 Blogger’s Choice Awards, tied for 3rd place in Best Food Blog (1/2008)
Alltop Top Food Site (8/2008)

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