So wait, since when does Powerstrip Circus talk about books? This isn’t a book review page and nor will it start to be. But, if a book does naturally connects with the same people that listen to the style of the “hip” and original styles we love, then we owe it to ourselves to tell you all about it.

Christopher Salyers returns with Face Food Recipes after the big success of Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes . To top it off, the book has Face Food: The Blog – a blog filled to the brim with fascinating entrees and a design that is clean and relates and reaches to the American, Japanese pop-culture and beyond.

Face Food Recipes expands upon the already successful Face Food by giving the public what it has been asking for most: descriptive visual how-to guides for making charaben bentos at home. Face Food Recipes will mirror its predecessor in size, shape and feel – but each featured bento will be accompanied by a “Paint by Numbers” guide, showing the reader how to assemble these food-based portraits. From the list of ingredients to cooking and preparation instructions, readers will be able to mimic these designs, which at first blush seem complicated but in fact can be made as easily as any home-cooked meal, especially with help from this book.

Confused about different types of seaweed? Wondering how to slice mushrooms so they look like geese? Not sure which kind of fish cake best emulates the eyes of Powerpuff Girls? All of your questions will be answered in Face Food Recipes!

Having enjoyed commercial success and garner-ed critical acclaim in a diverse and far-reaching array of international media outlets – from Grafik and Fader to the design blog Core77 to Spain’s high-fashion Citizen K – the Face Food brand is well established. Face Food Recipes is sure to experience as much success as aninformative English-language addition to a well established food trend, as well as a cute and affordable gift book. Sold together, both books would make the ideal gift for any charaben enthusiast!