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Bento Power: Brilliantly Balanced Lunchbox Recipes pairs an emphasis on plant-based foods with the author's Japanese roots and a formula emphasizing 5 colors and 5 flavors in the traditional bento box lunch, creating a series of lunch treats that are mostly vegan, gluten-free, vegetarian fare.

Box Lunch: A box lunch is a lunch consisting of a sandwich/snacks, chips, fruit and a dessert.

Lunch choices include off-campus lunch or on-campus box lunch ($8) from Corner Bakery (see "lunch options" button).

An optional box lunch for Saturday can be purchased in advance for $10, as can be copies of "Psalms for All Seasons," which will be used heavily in both Saturday workshops, for the reduced rate of $20.

Priya Mishra, owner of Angeethi in Low Fell, said: "Tiffin boxes can be traced back to 1811 in India and are still ever-present today in Mumbai, where a complex network of tiffin box lunch deliveries take place every day, as highlighted in The Lunchbox film.

ADDENDUM When the tiny takeout hut behind Ad Hoc reopens in April, don't walk but run there for the chicken box lunch with veggies and cornbread (at left).

The Girlfriends' Getaway includes a customised spa and fitness programme, a 60-minute scrub and massage treatment, or one 60-minute facial, a Bento Box lunch at Willow Stream Spa, an afternoon Margarita Manicure and unlimited use of Relaxation Spa facilities and gym access.

Such home-meal replacement includes fast foods such as box lunch.

(There's also a deluxe hike for $75, led by Jeff Kunde, that includes a gourmet box lunch and wine tasting.) The excursions conveniently end in the tasting room, where hikers can refresh themselves with Kunde wines after the four-hour, 1,400-foot climb.

Registration is $25, which includes a box lunch. The deadline is Aug.