Aug 13, 2012

(FAST FACTS) What The World Eats

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 In 2005 Menzel took a photographic survey of the diets of families around the world, documenting what they purchased and ate in the course of a week. The results are visually striking – Menzel has cleverly remade the classic family portrait as an intimate archive of consumption and metabolism – and they also reveal a remarkable range in the quantity, quality, and variety of foods that families across the world take as quotidian. 
 

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


 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)


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



 Mali: The Natomos of Kouakourou

 Food expenditure for one week: 17,670 francs or $26.39
Family Recipe: Natomo Family Rice Dish



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



Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village

 Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork


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



 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


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



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

 

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



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



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



 Turkey: The Celiks of Istanbul

 Food expenditure for one week: 198.48 New Turkish liras or $145.88
Favorite foods: Melahat's Puffed Pastries



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



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


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


United States: The Fernandezes of Texas

 Food expenditure for one week: $242.48
Favorite foods: Shrimp with Alfredo sauce, chicken mole, barbecue ribs, pizza



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



 Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
  
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage



 United States: The Revis family of North Carolina

 Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken


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

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