what the world eats

I received an email today with these pictures. It's part of a book called Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel that presents a photographic study of families from around the world, revealing what people eat during the course of one week.

Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23 

Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03 

Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55 

Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53 

Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27

Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09 

Italy : The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.1 

Japan : The Ukita family of Kodaira City
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25 

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

Comments

[David]

I saw this first on Good Magazine's blog and I noticed the abundance of beer for the Germans and the abundance of fast food for the Americans. I wonder why there aren't more Asian countries.

http://www.goodmagazine.com/blog/food_for_a_week_around_the_globe

[David]

One more thing, The Ranch finally has a user-friendly URL. Would you mind updating The Ranch url to http://theranchblog.com?

Much thanks.