What's on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe? Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet".
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
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
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 sauce
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
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Anonymous
1 points
200 days ago
It's interesting to see how North America and England have a bunch of preserved foods, while the Eastern countries and southern American countries all eat fresh and healthily.
That is sooooooooo not real, My wife has german relatives and they spend (even if they go crazy) around 200 to 250 dollars a week... less usually. I have British relatives (white, middle class) and they regularly spend 300 to 600 dollars on food in a week depending on what is going on. I have American friends and they think nothing of spending 500 plus dollars a week on food. This is very very interesting to look at but if anyone takes this as indicative of standards of living then they are sorely misguided.
Having said that, the most interseting for me was what the people had on their tables, what foodstuffs they actually eat. Shame that there is not a broader spectrum of imagies to show a more indicative pattern. For example, I find it hard to believe that an example of a typical French weekly shop couldn't be there... ah well :)
oh yeah.... FYI Gaya, that's not the true world. Go travel and get some experience, best meal I ever had was roast dog with rum spiced goat liver.. hmmmm was yummy (Thailand, 1995) :P
Obviously...what do you expect, a whole country to have the same likes, and the same spendings every week?
We are not predictable, but this sure gives us a little idea of how the world around us is.
Thank you so much, i think we all learned a lot from this!
Oh, Michael...I tooooootally agree on globalization ;) It sucks. And actually most of those products are very unhealthy. Just look at some of the countries: They actually spend around $50 and their nutrition is based on vegetables, fruit, cereals, and some meat/fish!
Compare it to those "very developed" countries, full of damn international companies selling bad oils (trans-fat) mixed with sugar.
That is my share of opinion :D
Thanks again!
