WHAT THE WORLD EATS

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WHAT THE WORLD EATS

• Whats on family dinner tables in
• 15 different homes around the globe?
• Photographs by Peter Menzel
• from the book Hungry Planet

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GERMANY - Bargteheide The Melander family of
4Food expenditure for 1 week 375.39 EUR (USD
500.07)Favorite foods fried potatoes with
onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with
eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding
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UNITED STATES North Carolina The Revis family
of 4Food expenditure for 1 week USD
341.98Favorite foods spaghetti, potatoes,
sesame chicken
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JAPAN Kodaira City The Ukita family of 4Food
expenditure for 1 week 37,699 Yen (USD
317.25)Favorite foods sashimi, fruit, cake,
potato chips
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ITALY - Sicily The Manzo family of 5Food
expenditure for 1 week 214.36 EUR (USD
260.11)Favorite foods fish, pasta with ragu,
hot dogs, frozen fish sticks
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GREAT BRITAIN Cllingbourne Ducis The Bainton
family of 4Food expenditure for 1 week 155.45
British Pounds (USD 253.15)Favorite foods
avocado, mayonnaise sandwich, prawn coctail,
chocolate fudge cake with cream
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KUWAIT Kuwait City The Al Haggan family of
8Food expenditure for 1 week 63.63 dinar (USD
221.45)Favorite food Chicken biryani with
basmati rice
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MEXICO - Cuernavaca The Casales family of
5Food expenditure for 1 week 1,862.78 Mexican
Pesos (USD 189.09)Favorite foods pizza, crab,
pasta, chicken
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UNITED STATES - California The Caven family of
4Food expenditure for 1 week USD
159.18Favorite foods beef stew, berry yogurt
sundae, clam chowder, ice cream
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CHINA - Beijing The Dong family of 4Food
expenditure for 1 week 1,233.76 Yuan (USD
155.06)Favorite food fried shredded pork with
sweet and sour sauce
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POLAND Konstancin-Jeziorna The Sobczynscy
family of 5Food expenditure for 1 week 582.48
Zlotys (USD 151.27)Favorite food pigs knuckles
with carrots, celery and parsnips
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EGYPT - Cairo The Ahmed family of 12Food
expenditure for 1 week 387.85 Egyptian Pounds
(USD 68.53)Favorite food okra and mutton
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MONGOLIA - Ulaanbaatar The Batsuuri family of
4Food expenditure for 1 week 41,985.85 togrogs
(USD 40.02)Favorite food mutton dumplings
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ECUADOR - Tingo The Ayme family of 9Food
expenditure for 1 week USD 31.55Favorite food
potato soup with cabbage
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BHUTAN Shingkhey Village The Namgay family of
13Food expenditure for 1 week 224.93 ngultrum
(USD 5.03)Favorite foods mushroom, cheese, pork
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CHAD Breidjing Camp The Aboubakar family of
6Food expenditure for 1 week 685 CFA Francs
(USD 1.23)Favorite food soup with fresh sheep
meat