At the moment my life is rather full of excitement in many ways; there's the book of course, my mother had major surgery just today (in Japan), my father is almost ready to go home after many months in the hospital and a physical rehabilitation center (in the U.S.). But the part that is having the most immediate affect on daily life around here is the fact that I've just moved to a new house, which at the moment has no kitchen.

Once again, Just Bento is proud to offer a great raffle prize for the annual Menu For Hope fund raising event, which will benefit the United Nations World Food Programme.

This year it's really personal: A hand-selected (by me, of course) box of bento boxes and accessories directly from Japan, plus...a signed copy of my upcoming book, The Just Bento Cookbook!

The winner of a copy of The Manga Cookbook is...

..Keanna! Congratulations! I've emailed you, but if you didn't get the email let me know.

A problem has cropped up in the last couple of days with login on Just Hungry and Just Bento. Previously, you were able to log into either site, and you'd be logged in on the other. This is not working as it should at the moment.

The workaround for now is to log in separately to either site. If you have a problem logging in, please let me know (via the contact form for the offending site) and I'll try to fix it manually. Sorry for the inconvenience!