ID | 010552 |
Call Number | 641.3/D'AL |
Title Proper | Hungry planet: what the world eats |
Language | ENG |
Author | D'Aluisio, Faith |
Publication | Berkeley, Material World Books, 2005. |
Description | 288p White spine |
Note | A photographic collection exploring what the world eats featuring portraits of thirty families from twenty-four countries surrounded by a week's worth of food. Issues of uneven distribution of food, consumption and availability are discussed. Also deals with situations concerning food that arise due to human migration. |
Note | # Foreword by Marion Nestle # Dinner is served # Australia # Bhutan # Bosnia # Essay: Baked, boiled, roasted, and fried / Alfred W. Crosby # Photo gallery: the kitchen # Chad # China # Essay: McSlow / Corby Kummer # Photo gallery: Fast food # Cuba # Ecuador # Egypt # France # Essay: Cart a la carte / Charles C. Mann # Photo gallery: Street food # Germany # Great Britain # Greenland # Guatemala # Essay: Food with a face / Michael Pollan # Photo gallery: Meat # India # Italy # Japan # Kuwait # Essay: Launching a sea ethic / Carl Safina # Photo gallery: Fish # Mali # Mexico # Mongolia # Philippines # Essay: Diabesity / Francine R. Kaufman # Photo gallery: Meals # Poland # Turkey # United States Afterword: Digestif Methodology Further reading Statistics Sources Contributors Acknowledgements |
Standard Number | 9780984074426 |
Price. Qualification | $24.99(Pb) |
Classification Number | 641.3 |
Key Words | Diet ; Migration ; Food Habits ; Food ; UOI - Migration ; UOI - Personal choices ; Global Perspectives - IGCSE |