***CUTE YUMMY TIME COOKBOOK by La Carmina now available in stores and online! Visit http://www.lacarmina.com/cookingcute.php to purchase her recipe book for the cutest food you'll ever eat.***

J-pop fashion and food author La Carmina (http://www.lacarmina.com) went on a major US city book tour to promote Cute Yummy Time, a cookbook inspired by Japanese character bento boxes (charaben). She shows how to turn cheese and crackers into kawaii animals at her Halloween signing (Broadway Panhandler, NYC). Her recipe book sold out in 10 minutes! However, you can find it at: http://www.lacarmina.com/cookingcute.php

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Enter the magical world of Cute Yummy Time, where simple pancakes become adorable koalas, grilled cheese sandwiches become hippos, and lemon tarts look like puppies.

The Japanese cult of kawaii ("ka-why-ee," or all things cute) has spread to every aspect of living - including food. Japan's newest trend: school lunches dolled up as adorable creatures. They're feast for the eyes, but not all the ingredients may be familiar to Western palates.

Cute Yummy Time thinks outside the bento box, sharing more than 70 recipes for making food "so cute, you could just eat it." Using familiar and nutritious foods, author La Carmina shows you how to easily turn even the most mundane meal into a squeal-worthy sensation.

- FOR MORE LA CARMINA -
Look out for her new J-pop food books, Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants (Sept 09) and Cute Yummy Time (Oct 09 on Perigee/Penguin USA). To order: http://www.lacarmina.com/books.php

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