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Mimi Ito carefully (0) PUTS together her children's packed lunches each morning. She then photographs them on her cameraphone and (1) ............ the pictures on her online blog. In this way, Mimi is able to (2) ............ a record of meals that she is (3) ............ of, and hungry websurfers (4) ............ the chance to look at her mouth-watering creations. For these are no ordinary lunches, Mimi prepares what are (5) ............ as bento meals for her children. A bento is a single-portion Japanese takeaway meal that traditionally (6) ............ of rice, fish or meat, with vegetables on the side. In Japan, they are normally served in distinctive trays divided into sections for the different parts of the meal. Mimi thinks that children in (7) ............ enjoy having small compartments with little bits of food that are (8) ............ to their small appetites. However, if we think of the excitement that many of us feel when our airline meal arrives, it's easy to understand the fascination. Mimi was born in Japan and currently lives in the USA. She is fairly health conscious but believes that having wide tastes and finding pleasure in food is important. She thinks that it's possible to focus on that whilst at the same time also eating healthily.