Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel
The 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 eating habits worldwide. HUNGRY PLANET profiles 30 families from around the world--including Bosnia, Chad, Egypt, Greenland, Japan, the United States, and France--and offers detailed descriptions of weekly food purchases; photographs of the families at home, at market, and in their communities; and a portrait of each family surrounded by a week's worth of groceries. Featuring photo-essays on international street food, meat markets, fast food, and cookery, this captivating chronicle offers a riveting look at what the world really eats. The paperback edition of the 2006 James Beard Book of the Year featuring a photojournalistic survey of 30 families from 24 countries and the food they eat during the course of one week. Winner of the 2006 James Beard Award for writings on food, finalist for the 2006 IACP Cookbook Award for food reference/technical, and winner of the 2005 Harry Chapin Media Award. Includes more than 300 photographs plus essays on the politics of food by Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Charles C. Mann, Alfred W. Crosby, Francine R. Kaufman, Corby Kummer, and Carl Safina. The hardcover edition has sold 40,000 copies.Awards 2006 James Beard Cookbook of the YearThe Splendid Table Book of the Year 2005 Harry Chapin Media Award finalist for the 2006 IACP Cookbook Award ReviewsThe photos are at once charming and astonishing in their honesty.--Milwaukee Journal SentinelA treasure trove of information . . . The photographs alone are worth the price of admission.--Travel GirlArresting, 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 won't see the same old aren't 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 Media's Public Radio Program, The Splendid Table.the 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--it's 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. It's a perfect gift for the budding anti-globalists on your list -Bon Appetit A] unique photographic study of global nutrition -USA TodayGrabs 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 PressThe world's kitchens open to Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, the intrepid couple who created the series of books called Material World.... As always with this couple's 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 magazineRichly colored and quietly composed photographs....Hungry Planet is not a book about obesity or corporate villains; it's something much grander. Its premise is simple to the point of obvious and powerful to the point of art. -Salon.comA fascinating nutritional and gustatory tour. -San Jose Mercury NewsA grand culinary voyage through our modern world...a lushly illustrated anthropological study. -San Francisco Bay GuardianThe talked-about book of the season...the stories are fascinating. -Detroit Free PressUnique and engaging -Delta Airlines Sky magazine
Peter Menzel is a photographer known for his coverage of international feature stories on science and the environment. His award-winning photographs have been published in Life, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Time, Stern, GEO, and the New York Times Magazine. He has received a number of World Press Photo and Picture of the Year awards. Faith D'Aluisio is the editor and lead writer for the Material World book series. She received the James Beard Foundation Award in 1999 for Best Book, Reference and Writing on Food for Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects. She is a former television news producer whose work received awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association and the Headliners Foundation of Texas. Peter and Faith are the co-creators of the books Material World: A Global Family Portrait, Women in the Material World, and Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, winner of the James Beard Foundation Award in 2005 for Book of the Year. They are also the co-authors of Man Eating Bugs and Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species. Peter and Faith live in Napa, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780984074426 |
| ISBN 10 | 0984074422 |
| Title | Hungry Planet |
| Author | Peter Menzel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Material World Books |
| Year published | 2007-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Winner of James Beard Award 2006, Winner of James Beard Award 2006, Short-listed for IACP Cookbook Award 2006 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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