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Article: What we eat: from Japan, Chad, and Kuwait, to the U.S., Ecuador, and England: a look at what families around the world eat during a typical week.(Cover story)
- Article from:
- New York Times Upfront
- Article date:
- May 4, 2009
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Imagine inviting yourself to dinner with 30 families in 24 different countries to explore humankind's oldest social activity: eating. That's exactly what the husband-and-wife team of Peter Menzel, a photographer, and Faith D'Aluisio, a writer, did. The result was a book called Hungry Planet--a global portrait of the everyday food of everyday people everywhere.
Typical diets around the world have changed rapidly during the past 20 years. In some cases, dietary changes occur when large-scale capitalism reaches new places: When Menzel and D'Aluisio visited China, Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets were springing up all over Beijing.
Other changes are due to ...