I wrote up the full kitchen reorganization on Lunch in a Box with before/after photos and notes on what worked and what didn't, so the details are available if you'd like to dig deeper:

alaskanwoody: I actually got those animal magnets from Alton Brown's book "I'm Just Here for the Food" -- they're really thin and just punch out of one of the pages. There was originally a little e...

As I mentioned in the full blog post, empty Snapple bottles are also good for this as they have wide mouths. They're also glass, for those concerned about plastic touching food. I didn't have any o...

I pack bento box lunches as well, but I pack all kinds of world food, not just Japanese. I wrote a how-to guide for packing bento lunches specifically for plane trips here, including tips for colla...