Saturday, January 19, 2008

What the World Eats...


A few photographs from part I of the new TIME magazine photo essay, "What the World Eats":



United States: The Revis family of North Carolina

Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken




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



Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo

Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage



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

The images come from a relatively new book called Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio. Check out the rest of the photo essay over at TIME magazine online.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

http://www.blog.thesietch.org/
Is my favorite blog and had a similar post a few weeks ago. I think you would enjoy it.
D

Chris said...

Thanks Mike. It is an interesting site and I'll definitely be checking up on it from now on.