Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
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Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
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United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week $341.98
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Mexico: The Casales family of Cuerna Vaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
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Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
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Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
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Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
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Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
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Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
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Note: this came as an e-mail forward, do not know where it originally came from, but if I find out will post as soon as I do...
Here then are the Credits for the Photos & the Book:
Hungry Planet
What the World Eats
by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio
http://www.tenspeed.com/store/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_jph1_info&cPath=4_103&products_id=2105
What the World Eats, Part I
What's on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe?
Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet"
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373675,00.html
