Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
Peter Menzel, Faith D'AluisioThe age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing unprecedented change as rising world affluence and trade, along with the spread of global food conglomerates, transform eating habits worldwide. HUNGRY PLANET profiles 30 families from around the world–including Bosnia, Chad, Egypt, Greenland, Japan, the United States, and France–and offers detailed descriptions of weekly food purchases; photographs of the families at home, at market, and in their communities; and a portrait of each family surrounded by a week’s worth of groceries. Featuring photo-essays on international street food, meat markets, fast food, and cookery, this captivating chronicle offers a riveting look at what the world really eats.
| status | Copy #1 (3723): in |
|---|---|
| genre | Cultural Studies |
| publisher | Material World |
| publish date | September 1, 2007 |
| popularity | checked out 2 time(s) |
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Very cool book.
Looks at families from all around the world, and what they eat and consume (alcohol/cigarettes) in a week.
I especially love the very back of the book that has a large table of data/statistics… Including how many McDonnalds are in the country, % of obesity, alcohol and cigarette consumption, average age for male/female, population, population density, and much much more…
You can learn how to cook in this book too, because it also includes family recopies from all over the world.