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Author:

Menzel, Peter, 1948-

Title:

Hungry planet : what the world eats / photographed by Peter Menzel ; written by Faith D'Aluisio.

Publisher:

Ten Speed Press

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

287 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 x 31 cm.

Subject:

Diet--Pictorial works.
Food--Pictorial works.
Food habits--Pictorial works.

Other Authors:

D'Aluisio, Faith, 1957-

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: 2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-283.)

Contents:

Foreword / Marion Nestle -- Introduction : Dinner is served -- Australia -- Bhutan -- Bosnia -- Essay: Baked, boiled roasted, and fried / Alfred W. Crosby -- Photo gallery: The Kitchen -- Chad -- China -- Essay: McSlow / Corby Kummer -- Photo gallery: Fast food -- Cuba -- Ecuador -- Egypt -- Essay: Cart a la carte / Charles C. Mann -- Photo gallery: Street food -- Germany -- Great Britain -- Greenland -- Guatemala -- Essay: Food with a face / Michael Pollan -- Photo gallery: Meat -- India -- Italy -- Japan -- Kuwait -- Essay: Launching a sea ethic / Carl Safina -- Photo gallery: Fish -- Mali -- Mexico -- Mongolia -- Philippines -- Essay: Diabesity / Francine F. Kaufman -- Photo gallery: Meals -- Poland -- Turkey -- United States -- Afterword: Digestif -- Methodology -- Statistics.

Summary:

Provides an overview of what families around the world eat by featuring portraits of thirty families from twenty-four countries with a week's supply of food.

ISBN:

0984074422 (pbk.)
9780984074426 (pbk.)

Locations:

CUPC586 -- Columbus Junction Public Library (Columbus Junction)