Taking part in this Food Stamp Challenge got me thinking about what we eat, both what food our country and culture values and what we personally consumer here at Chez Sluggy.
I was reminded of this Photo Essay created by the husband & wife team of Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio that they turned into a book a few years ago called "Hungry Planet".
Check out the link located HERE at Walrus Magazine for a brief article on it. There are 15 photo links there where you can access photos of half of the 30 families that were profiled.
Basically the Menzel/D'Aluisios lived with the families for 1 week and detailed every food product they used during that time.
Then they laid out in the photos of the families all that food that was consumed in 1 week.
From the Ayme Family in Tingo, Ecuador....
To the Melander Family in Bargtheide, Germany...
To the Ahmed family in Cairo, Egypt...
To the Revis Family in Raleigh NC, USA....
You can't view those photos and not come up with definite impressions about the differences and similarities in how people around the world eat.
So, what does what you serve on your dinner table say about you and your culture?
Sluggy
