I switched to glass meal prep containers three years ago after watching a coworker pry a warped plastic lid off her lunch for the third time in a week. That frustration nudged me to start testing glass sets myself, and I have not looked back. Glass meal prep containers beat plastic in three ways that … Read more
Are glass containers the best for meal prep? Yes, in our experience they are the strongest all-around choice for most home cooks: borosilicate glass does not leach microplastics or absorb stains, and the best snap-lock and silicone-gasket lids now seal liquids reliably enough to toss in a work bag. Glass also goes from freezer to … Read more
I’ve packed work lunches for years, and nothing ruins a Monday like opening my lunch bag to find tomato soup has leaked all over my keyboard. After watching that disaster play out twice, I spent three months testing every glass meal prep container I could get my hands on — shaking them with dyed water, … Read more
If you have ever eyeballed a lunchbox and wondered whether it really held the portions you thought it did, you are not alone. Our team has been weighing, measuring, and eating out of glass containers for years now, and the gap between “looks like a serving” and “is a serving” is the single biggest reason … Read more
If you’ve ever opened a plastic container in the microwave and felt that tiny flicker of doubt, you’re not alone. After reading the 2023 Hussain et al. study on microplastics leaching from heated food containers, our team at Korea Town Cookbook started swapping every plastic tub in our test kitchen for glass. Two years and … Read more
Best bento boxes have a way of changing how you pack lunch. I started using one three years ago when I kept finding soggy rice next to dry banchan in my bag, and I have not gone back to mismatched plastic containers since. After testing ten of the most popular models side by side – … Read more
I have packed lunch for work, school, and travel for years, and I have learned that the best bento boxes for adults are the ones that survive a crowded subway, a clumsy microwave, and a five-day wash cycle without leaking or staining. Adult bento boxes run roughly 32 to 60 fluid ounces, which is meaningfully … Read more
After three months of packing lunches for our office team, the Bentgo Classic Stackable earned our top spot as the best bento box for work lunches in – the two-tier design holds a full adult meal without crushing sandwiches or leaking dressing, and the built-in utensil set means one less thing to forget on busy … Read more
I have packed a school lunch or work lunch almost every day for the past several years, and I can tell you from the lunch bag floor that “leakproof” is the most overused word in the bento aisle. Many boxes that claim to be leakproof leak when tilted. Many that hold up for a month … Read more
Packing a school lunch used to mean a squished sandwich in a plastic bag and a juice box rolling around the bottom of a backpack. These days, the best bento boxes for school lunches have replaced that mess with neat compartments, leakproof seals, and portion-perfect layouts that kids actually open with excitement. Our team has … Read more