Originally posted 6/8/07. Is there a Peruvian family
in this slideshow, maybe?
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Maybe you’ve seen this already (it’s definitely making
the rounds on the blogosphere), but if you haven’t, it’s
worth going through all sixteen photos of
href=”http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,16265
19,00.html” target=”_blank”>families in different
countries and their food purchases for a week,
annotated with the cost of the supplies. Time magazine,
which is hosting the pictures originally taken for a book
href=”http://www.tenspeed.com/store/index.php?main_page=p
ubs_product_book_jph1_info&cPath;=4_103&products;_id=2105”
target=”_blank”>Hungry Planet,” has done a good job
selecting a representative sample of families from
different socioeconomic classes in a wide variety of
countries (Germany, Japan, Bhutan, Peru, Chad [warning:
sad], etc). The photo spread is compelling in an,
oh-right-the-rest-of-the-world-is-composed-of-human-being
s-who-eat-food-just-like-we-do sort of way, and also in a
wow-people-eat-a-lot-of-packaged-and-artificial-crap sort
of way. The photo which we found most appealing (and
which we may get ordered to take down, we’re not sure) is
href=”http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,16265
19_1373729,00.html” target=”_blank”>#9), who spent a
mere $68.53 on all that delicious looking produce and
mutton. And kudos to their interior deco, especially that
waterfall poster.
href=”http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,16265
19,00.html” target=”_blank”>What the World Eats
[Time]
href=”http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,16265
19_1373729,00.html” target=”_blank”>Egypt: The Ahmed
family of Cairo]
(Why are you seeing this old post?
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_woo.html” target=”_blank”>Click here to find
out!)
