May 08, 2013

Week's Worth of Groceries: A Global View

This is what a week's worth of groceries looks like from all around the world -- brought to you by Peter Menzel, a freelance journalist known for his coverage of international feature stories on science and the environment. The below photos are excerpted from Menzel's joint book with Faith D'Aluisio Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (Ten Speed Press, 2005) in which the authors explore daily life around the world through the lens of food. The authors capture a week's worth of food purchases from 24 families from different countries. The couple won the coveted James Beard Best Book Award in 2006 for this publication, and in 2005 received Book of the Year for the volume from the Harry Chapin World Hunger Media Foundation.

What do you think? What similarities do you find across the food cultures? Is anything particularly shocking? or exciting? Based on these pictures, where would you like to most visit? Sign me up for China and Turkey!

Australia

Bhutan

Canada

Chad

China

Ecuador

France

Germany

Great Britain

Guatemala

India

Italy

Japan

Kuwait

Mali

Mexico

Mongolia

Poland

Turkey

United States

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