In What the World Eats, Time Magazine asks "What's on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe?" with photography from Peter Menzel's Hungry Planet.
United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken
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
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
Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork
Some of these Juxtapositions are striking. I will hopefully hesitate the next time I start to superficially complain that "I'm starving."
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Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EU1A18TCFSw3Xgn_d1YBWYtVlUKn0CCxnnuRI5XtXiadwiZihBsIVcsQqfR13lsuZ2cOKygeTiW8ew_AEELWfHNp6tB0WXwDnPwoIx6Z6GpBJdZdDC5ugxnEPPp38i_0pASB/s400/What_the_World_Eats_African+Family.jpg)
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
Favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88eWLdvJYzBVW7196iK_HjSnH5FSoN4d8oGfFd4-sAyC1_CYZopR0mA4o2GadBBhhYbQ-Mcjsh6p9FwF46jM_l9lM6lpXDlXlrK5mgPf7okxcMyyFDrg6n-3qVkDpnJp8gZAQ/s400/What_the_world_eats_German+Family.jpg)
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
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixv3gYqUr_14bwMJ35smPufF2ocWw9spukxfCpCDpvM0CqxHjpV0l-vZasW1ILVQcFXHdRXFqsEL0ECxINhfVaIS9R7RmsDGA5a10FTQQ6oohW-8-N3qy7YuuevtDNog2E67B/s400/What_the_world_eats_Bhutan+Family.jpg)
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork
Some of these Juxtapositions are striking. I will hopefully hesitate the next time I start to superficially complain that "I'm starving."
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