What's on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe? Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet" Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25 Favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11 Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23 Favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat Kuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45 Family recipe: Chicken biryani with basmati rice United States: The Revis family of North Carolina Food expenditure for one week: $341.98 Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09 Favorite foods: pizza, crab, pasta, chicken China: The Dong family of Beijing Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $155.06 Favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27 Family recipe: Pig's knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53 Family recipe: Okra and mutton Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo Food expenditure for one week: $31.55 Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage United States: The Caven family of California Food expenditure for one week: $159.18 Favorite foods: beef stew, berry yogurt sundae, clam chowder, ice cream Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02 Family recipe: Mutton dumplings Great Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis Food expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.15 Favorite foods: avocado, mayonnaise sandwich, prawn cocktail, chocolate fudge cake with cream Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03 Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07 Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding Source: http://www.time.com/time/photogaller...626519,00.html
ooo ive seen this before in a mag before....blehh cant think of what mag it was...but i remeber only seeing the 1st 5
whoa ... this is really cool. makes you realize how fortunate some us are comparetively to other cultures. niiice post. -cool
Thanks man. I actually envy some of the other cultures' foods & diets. I wish I ate more fish like the Mediterraneans & Japs do. I wish I could enjoy more wine like europeans do. I wish I can hunt and eat meat like the Mongolians/Central asians do....
lol. me too. i can see why america is deep trouble with obesity. majority of the "american" food indigested are high calories and not organic. it is so obvoiusly depicted in the pictures.
^you should go on an "around the world" trip then. preferably not in 80 days and in this world, you're either asian, european or some other small minority (such as pacific islander). hehe.
funny how almost every picture has bannanas in em.... except the pictures of the black ppl and one or two other pictures
I'm not sure I whether I want to know how much food we buy each week...-unsure Would love to eat more fresh fish too.
the german table's got the most alkie on it...shows how much their culture enjoys alcohol but what is the most distrubing is the lack of vegetables on the american table...every other country's got greens on their table...i guess that explains why so many american's hate eating vegetables
Would love to go on an "around the world" trip.....but no time and no money at the moment lol. But why asian, european or small minority only? Don't get that part. I calculated I spend about $200-250 USD per week for food assuming I cook/eat at home every meal, and go out once per week for dinner. However living in New York with my honey, I would say that went up to about $600 USD a week (damn New York!) Yeah, too bad fresh fish is so expensive. My fav is rock cod. Yours? And notice only the Americans have 2 large fast food pizza pies open with burger king soft drinks, and a Mcee D fries carton on the table lol.
i like how all the pics were taken and also amazing how ppl can spend so much and so little on food in a week
u musn't forget the large amounts of potato chips and the chinese take out cartoon on the american table...i really thing american's need to re thing their eating habits...if they want to fight against the obesity... american obesity is not only caused by video games and TV but our diet...i think if kids ate healthy like some of the other countries they wouldn't be as obese even if they didn't exercise
LOL Not only the German's got the priciest food budget, they get literally everything packaged (bottled water anyone?)
pretty cool pictures but do u think thats the actual amount of food they eat in a week well .......probably its just me got a big appetite
