Kwentong Palayok: What's your "baon?"

Baon brings back a lot of childhood memories, from your favorite lunchbox to the delicious lunch and snacks your parents packed.

Ali, Anna, and Rejoice share memories of their lunchbox and how to prepare creative and healthy lunchbox for kids. Credit: stockimagefactory/Envato

Key Points

• The habit of bringing baon or packed lunch dates back to the pre-industrial age, when miners and farmers realized it was a waste of time to go home for lunch. Instead, they took their lunches to work.
• The first proper lunch box was invented in the early 1900s.
• Rejoice Guevara-Thomson, pastry chef, gluten-free advocate, and owner of Dovetail Cafe in Brisbane, shares baon tips and easy yet healthy baon ideas.

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Kwentong Palayok: All about almusal

SBS Filipino

08/09/202316:16

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