What’s on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe? Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book ‘Hungry Planet’ and found at Life’s homepage (there is even a curriculum set available on the search page)
*Pictures can be enlarged by clicking.
Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25
Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Great Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis
Food expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.15
Kuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City
Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45
Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
United States: The Caven family of California
Food expenditure for one week: $159.18
China: The Dong family of Beijing
Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $155.06
Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar
Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02
Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
7 comments:
eye opening!
Thank you for posting these. Pictures do speak louder than words.
Our groceries for a week look closest to that of the family in Kuwait. We currently spend about 150.00 a week. It's interesting to see how few veggies the U.S. families eat compared to other countries.
At A Gracious Home she posted a link to a story on what a family of four in the US ate in 1952. That was an interesting one as well.
http://agracioushome.com/?p=1331
Wow! this was a fascinating post! Thank you so much for compiling it.
where did you get all those photos? I want to show this to my kids. I saw in your profile that you liked the Nourishing Traditions cookbook. I am just learning about that way of eating. I have some chronic health problems that I am hoping can be resolved with the diet described in that book. Do you eat that way all the time?
Marsha
I was so caught up in the photos I didn't see at the top where they came from! duh! Marsha
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