{"product_id":"hungry-planet-what-the-world-eats-9780984074433","title":"Hungry Planet: What the World Eats","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the banks of Malis Niger River  Soumana Natomo and his family gather for a communal dinner of millet porridge with tamarind juice. In the USA  the Ronayne-Caven family enjoys corndogs-on-a-stick with a tossed green salad. This age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing unprecedented change as rising world affluence and trade  along with the spread of global food conglomerates  transform diets worldwide. In HUNGRY PLANET  the creative team behind the best-selling Material World  Women in the Material World  and MAN EATING BUGS presents a photographic study of families from around the world  revealing what people eat during the course of one week. Each familys profile includes a detailed description.      Awards  2006 James Beard Cookbook of the Year The Splendid Table Book of the Year  2005 Harry Chapin Media Award  finalist for the 2006 IACP Cookbook Award Reviews  \"Arresting  beautiful  enlightening and infinitely human  this is a collection of full-page photos of families around the world surrounded by what they eat in a single week -- from Bhutan to San Antonio. Read the illuminating statistics and the essays. This is a book for the family and for the classroom. You wont see the same old \"arent we better than them\" attitude  nor will you be shamed. This book reminds us that what we eat is the simplest  yet most profound  thread that ties us together.\"Lynne Rossetto Kasper  Host of American Public Medias Public Radio Program  The Splendid Tablethe politics of food at its most poignant and provocative. A coffee table book that will certainly make coffee interesting.Washington PostWhile the photos are extraordinary--fine enough for a stand-alone volume--its the questions these photos ask that make this volume so gripping. This is a beautiful  quietly provocative volume.Publishers Weekly  Starred ReviewThis book of portraits reveals a planet of joyful individuality  dispiriting sameness  and heart-breaking disparity. Its a perfect gift for the budding anti-globalists on your listBon Appetit A unique photographic study of global nutrition USA Today Grabs your attention for the startlingly varied stories it tells about how people feed themselves around the world. Its contents are based on detailed research  beautifully photographed  presented with often disturbing clarity. Associated Press \"The worlds kitchens open to Peter Menzel and Faith DAluisio  the intrepid couple who created the series of books called Material World.... As always with this couples terse  lively travelogues  politics and the world economy are never far from view.\" New York Times Book Review illuminating  thought-provoking  and gloriously colorful Saveur Magazine Richly colored and quietly composed photographs....Hungry Planet is not a book about obesity or corporate villains; its something much grander. Its premise is simple to the point of obvious and powerful to the point of art. Salon.com A fascinating nutritional and gustatory tour. San Jose Mercury News  A grand culinary voyage through our modern world...a lushly illustrated anthropological study. San Francisco Bay Guardian  The talked-about book of the season...the stories are fascinating. Detroit Free Press  Unique and engaging Delta Airlines Sky magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67894387376181,"sku":"ByrdShop_0984074430","price":102.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780984074433.jpg?v=1793765382","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/hungry-planet-what-the-world-eats-9780984074433","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}