Faith D’Aluisio si Peter Menzel au avut o idee sclipitoare. Si din ea a iesit cartea “Hungry planet: What the world eats”, in 2005. Ce au facut indivizii? Au urmarit, cite o saptamina, 30 de familii din 24 de tari ale lumii, pentru a contabiliza (imagine + text) tot ce intra in burtile membrilor lor si cit costa toata chestia. Diferente socante si la diete, si la costuri. Take a look!

Australia: The Browns of River View
Food expenditure for one week: 481.14 Australian dollars or US$376.45
Family Recipe: Marge Brown's Quandong (an Australian peach) Pie, Yogurt

Guatemala: The Mendozas of Todos Santos
Food expenditure for one week: 573 Quetzales or $75.70
Family Recipe: Turkey Stew and Susana Perez Matias's Sheep Soup

Luxembourg: The Kuttan-Kasses of Erpeldange Food expenditure for one week: 347.64 Euros or $465.84
Favorite Foods: Shrimp pizza, Chicken in wine sauce, Turkish kebabs

India: The Patkars of Ujjain
Food expenditure for one week: 1,636.25 rupees or $39.27
Family Recipe: Sangeeta Patkar's Poha (Rice Flakes)

United States: The Fernandezes of Texas
Food expenditure for one week: $242.48
Favorite Foods: Shrimp with Alfredo sauce, chicken mole, barbecue ribs, pizza

Mali: The Natomos of Kouakourou

Food expenditure for one week: 17,670 francs or $26.39

Family Recipe: Natomo Family Rice Dish

Canada: The Melansons of Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory

Food expenditure for one week: US$345

Favorite Foods: narwhal, polar bear, extra cheese stuffed crust pizza, watermelon

France: The Le Moines of Montreuil

Food expenditure for one week: 315.17 euros or $419.95

Favorite Foods: Delphine Le Moine's Apricot Tarts, pasta carbonara, Thai food

Greenland: The Madsens of Cap Hope

Food expenditure for one week: 1,928.80 Danish krone or $277.12

Favorite Foods: polar bear, narwhal skin, seal stew

Turkey: The Celiks of Istanbul

Food expenditure for one week: 198.48 New Turkish liras or $145.88

Favorite Foods: Melahat's Puffed Pastries

Okinawa, Japan: Marketplace

A vendor at the Makishi public market in the town of Naha offers a sample of daikon to a potential customer. His other offerings include bitter melon, prunes, pickled baby cucumber, cabbage, and much more.

Sarajevo, Bosnia: Supermarket

Ensada Dudo and her husband Rasim shop in one of the city's new gleaming stores. Although they continue to patronize the city's traditional butchers and outdoor green markets, the Dudos have come to rely more and more on the low prices and ample choices provided by big grocery stores.

Hargesia, Somalia: Butchers' Market

Residents shop for beef, mutton and camel meat

Breidjing Refugee Camp, Chad: United Nations Food Distribution CenterA refugee woman sifts through sand in order to pluck out any bits of grain which might have dropped to the ground during the previous day's ration disbursement.

din: Hungry Planet: What the World Eats De Peter Menzel,Faith D'Aluisio