The age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing
unprecedented change as rising world affluence and trade, along
with the spread of global food conglomerates, transform eating
habits worldwide. HUNGRY PLANET profiles 30 families from around
the world--including Bosnia, Chad, Egypt, Greenland, Japan, the
United States, and France--and offers detailed descriptions of
weekly food purchases; photographs of the families at home, at
market, and in their communities; and a portrait of each family
surrounded by a week's worth of groceries. Featuring photo-essays
on international street food, meat markets, fast food, and cookery,
this captivating chronicle offers a riveting look at what the world
really eats.
The paperback edition of the 2006 James Beard Book of the Year
featuring a photojournalistic survey of 30 families from 24
countries and the food they eat during the course of one week.
Winner of the 2006 James Beard Award for writings on food, finalist
for the 2006 IACP Cookbook Award for food reference/technical, and
winner of the 2005 Harry Chapin Media Award. Includes more than 300
photographs plus essays on the politics of food by Marion Nestle,
Michael Pollan, Charles C. Mann, Alfred W. Crosby, Francine R.
Kaufman, Corby Kummer, and Carl Safina. The hardcover edition has
sold 40,000 copies.Awards
2006 James Beard Cookbook of the YearThe Splendid Table Book of the
Year
2005 Harry Chapin Media Award
finalist for the 2006 IACP Cookbook Award
Reviews"The photos are at once charming and astonishing in their
honesty."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"A treasure trove of
information . . . The photographs alone are worth the price of
admission."--Travel Girl"Arresting, beautiful, enlightening and
infinitely human, this is a collection of full-page photos of
families around the world surrounded by what they eat in a single
week -- from Bhutan to San Antonio. Read the illuminating
statistics and the essays. This is a book for the family and for
the classroom. You won't see the same old "aren't we better than
them" attitude, nor will you be shamed. This book reminds us that
what we eat is the simplest, yet most profound, thread that ties us
together."--Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Host of American Public Media's
Public Radio Program, The Splendid Table."the politics of food at
its most poignant and provocative. A coffee table book that will
certainly make coffee interesting." -Washington Post"While the
photos are extraordinary--fine enough for a stand-alone
volume--it's the questions these photos ask that make this volume
so gripping. This is a beautiful, quietly provocative volume."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review"This book of portraits reveals a
planet of joyful individuality, dispiriting sameness, and
heart-breaking disparity. It's a perfect gift for the budding
anti-globalists on your list" -Bon Appetit" A] unique photographic
study of global nutrition" -USA Today"Grabs your attention for the
startlingly varied stories it tells about how people feed
themselves around the world. Its contents are based on detailed
research, beautifully photographed, presented with often disturbing
clarity." -Associated Press"The world's kitchens open to Peter
Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, the intrepid couple who created the
series of books called Material World.... As always with this
couple's terse, lively travelogues, politics and the world economy
are never far from view." -New York Times Book Review
"illuminating, thought-provoking, and gloriously colorful" -Saveur
magazine"Richly colored and quietly composed photographs....Hungry
Planet is not a book about obesity or corporate villains; it's
something much grander. Its premise is simple to the point of
obvious and powerful to the point of art." -Salon.com"A fascinating
nutritional and gustatory tour." -San Jose Mercury News"A grand
culinary voyage through our modern world...a lushly illustrated
anthropological study." -San Francisco Bay Guardian"The
talked-about book of the season...the stories are fascinating."
-Detroit Free Press"Unique and engaging" -Delta Airlines Sky
magazine
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