People & Food
Photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith S’Aluisio traveled to 24 countries to see how globalization, migration and rising affluence are affecting the diets of communities around the globe.
Each chapter of their book –
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats –
features a portrait of a family, photographed alongside a week’s worth of groceries. There’s also a detailed list
of all the food and the total cost. Here are five families.
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Germany – The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week – 375.39 Euros ($500.17) |
United States – The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week – $341.98
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Mexico – The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week – 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos ($189.09)
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Egypt – The Ahmed Family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week –
387.85 Egyptian Pounds ($68.53)
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Chad – The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week – 685 CFA Francs
($1.23)
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Listen to a NPR interview with the couple
Details about the Hungry Planet book
all photographs copyright Peter Menzel – from the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats – by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio |
