+ CUTE YUMMY TIME: 70 recipes for the cutest food you'll ever eat (Perigee/Penguin Group USA, Oct 2009)
You may have seen Japanese school lunches decorated like Hello Kitty or Pokemon. La Carmina "thinks outside the bento box" and brings this mad trend to an American palate. With four-color photos and anime-style illustrations by La Carmina. More...
+ CRAZY, WACKY THEME RESTAURANTS: Tokyo (Mark Batty/Random House, Sept 2009)
Theme restaurants are big in Japan, and no experience is complete without monster attacks, sneaky ninja waiters, or French maids that offer to clean your ears. Features color photography by La Carmina. More...
+ THE COSMOS IN A CARROT: A Zen guide to eating well (Parallax Press, Nov 2006)
Too many of us are mindless eaters, to the point that we barely notice what we shove into our mouths. It's nigh time to put down the Blackberry and eat - just eat. Carmen shows how Buddhist teachings can help us move from "scarfing on the go" to "dining in the now." More...