Hungry Planet

What the World Eats
photographed by Peter Menzel, written by Faith D’Aluisio

On the banks of Mali's Niger River, Soumana Natomo and his family gather for a communal dinner of millet porridge with tamarind juice. In the United States, the Caven family eats beef stew. In China, the Dongs eat pigskin jelly. But today, this 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 diets worldwide.

In Hungry Planet, Peter Menzel presents a fascinating photographic study of families from around the world, revealing what people are eating now during the course of a week. Each family's profile includes a detailed description of the weekly food purchases, photographs of the family at home, at market, and in the community; and a portrait of the entire family surrounded by a week’s worth of groceries.

“The world will be a much better place when everyone reads this book.” –Ruth Reichl 

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