Each photo is of a family from around the world, and the food they eat in a normal week. I found out this is a series of photo essays from Time magazine.
Germany:
The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
Favourite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding
The Melander's eat very well, but they dont look at all happy.
With all that alcohol in one week, you would think they would be having a hoot of a time!
United States:
The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favourite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken
The Revis family looks happy, especially the boys with two take-out pizzas!
Japan:
The Ukita family of Kodaira City
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25
Favourite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips
Lots of packaging in Japan.
Can we turn off the TV long enough to take the photo???
Dad looks a bit grim.
Italy:
The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Favourite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks
The most interesting thing about the first two to me is that both the German and American families have pizza, but not the Italians?
I'll bet that the Manzo's make their pizza at home.
Also, a happy looking family. Note young Enzo on the right with his jaunty composure!
Great Britain:
The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis
Food expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.15
Favourite foods: avocado, mayonnaise sandwich, prawn cocktail, chocolate fudge cake with cream
Pizza appears here, too.
I suppose they're smiling, but not a single tooth showing.
I see a dog and dog food. I see cat food and no cat.
Kuwait:
The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City
Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45
Family recipe: Chicken biryani with basmati rice
A mostly happy group. Look at all those empty counter tops!
Does he have more than one wife?
Mexico:
The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
Favourite foods: pizza, crab, pasta, chicken
The Casales family enjoys Coke!
Again, a happy and healthy looking family.
United States:
The Caven family of California
Food expenditure for one week: $159.18
Favourite foods: beef stew, berry yogurt sundae, clam chowder, ice cream
The Caven's know how to stretch a food budget. They must be home-schoolers!
China:
The Dong family of Beijing
Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $155.06
Favourite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce
These guys look really happy.
Poland:
The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Family recipe: Pig's knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips
A happy group. Notice the bag of peanut M&M's peeking out from behind a bag of nuts.
If you look very closely, you will notice on the table in front of Dad is a row of candy bars that goes all the way around to the front of the table.
The Sobcznscy family has quite a sweet tooth!
Egypt:
The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Family recipe: Okra and mutton
The first thing I notice about the Ahmed's is the size of this family!
Also, a mixture of pleasant and grim faces.
Mongolia:
The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar
Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02
Family recipe: Mutton dumplings
The lady in red looks happy. The others look a little stoic.
Ecuador:
The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage
A large, very happy family!
They have more children than we do!
Do you suppose hats were on sale at the local market?
Bhutan:
The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork
A large and mostly pleasant looking family.
Chad:
The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
Favourite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat
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