A photographer and journalist traveled around the world to see what families eat during a weeks time. They covered 30 families spanning 24 countries. The most expensive weekly total for food belonged to a family from Germany at $500. The least expensive family from Mali was able to feed a family of twelve for under $27 a week.
Their book is called Hungry Planet: What the World Eats and is available from Amazon. Below are a handful of the family photos published by Time Magazine.
Notice how the poorer countries eat far less processed or boxed food. They eat a lot more fruits and vegetables it appears from these pictures. And I sure didn’t know that Canadians eat polar bear!
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Guatemala: The Mendozas of Todos Santos
Food expenditure for one week: 573 Quetzales or $75.70
Family Recipe: Turkey Stew and Susana Perez Matias’s Sheep Soup
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