Learn to make a sumptuous bento box lunch for a summer picnic at a Sunday, August 16 class (11 – 1:30) at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston. In this hands-on workshop you will create the colorful rice salad called chirashizushi: a mélange of vegetables, and shrimp atop seasoned rice, Accompanying the rice will be a variety of tasty side dishes like seaweed salad, miso salmon and, for dessert, an icy treat called kakigori. We will use some of the garden’s Japanese herbs in the bento box. Debra Samuels, author of My Japanese Table, will include a short presentation on Japanese cuisine and culture. $55 for THBG members, nonmembers $65. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.