What's on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe? Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet".
- Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City
- Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25
- Favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips
- Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
- Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
- Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks
- Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
- Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
- Favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat
- Kuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City
- Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45
- Family recipe: Chicken biryani with basmati rice
- United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
- Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
- Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken
- Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
- Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
- Favorite foods: pizza, crab, pasta, chicken
- China: The Dong family of Beijing
- Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $155.06
- Favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce
- Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
- Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
- Family recipe: Pig's knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips
- Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
- Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
- Family recipe: Okra and mutton
- Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
- Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
- Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage
- United States: The Caven family of California
- Food expenditure for one week: $159.18
- Favorite foods: beef stew, berry yogurt sundae, clam chowder, ice cream
- Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar
- Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02
- Family recipe: Mutton dumplings
- Great Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis
- Food expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.15
- Favorite foods: avocado, mayonnaise sandwich, prawn cocktail, chocolate fudge cake with cream
- Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
- Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
- Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork
- Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
- Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
- Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding
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