What The World Eats
Germany
: The
Melander family of Bargteheide

Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros
or $500.07
Favorite foods:
fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and
cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding
United States
:
The Revis family of North Carolina

Food
expenditure for one week:
$341.98
Favorite foods : spaghetti, potatoes,
sesame chicken
Japan
: The
Ukita family of Kodaira City

Food
expenditure for one week: 37,699
Yen
or $317.25
Favorite foods:
sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips
Italy
: The
Manzo family of Sicily

Food
expenditure
for one week:
214.36 Euros or $260.11
Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot
dogs, frozen fish sticks
Great
Britain
:
The Bainton family of Clingbourne Ducis
Food
expenditure for one week:
155.54 British Pounds or $253.15
Favorite foods: avocado,
mayonnaise sandwich, prawn cocktail, chocolate fudge cake with
cream
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
Mexico
:
The Casales family of Cuernavaca 
Food
expenditure for one week
1,862.78 Mexican Pesos
or $189.09
Favorite foods: pizza, crab, pasta,
chicken
China :
The Dong family of Beijing

Food
expenditure for one week : 1,233.76
Yuan
or $155.06
Favorite foods:
fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce
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
United
States : The Caven family of California
Food
expenditure for one week:
$159.18
Favorite foods: beef stew, berry yogurt
sundae, clam chowder, ice cream
Egypt
:
The Ahmed family of Cair
Food
expenditure for one week:
387.85 Egyptian Pounds or
$68.53
Family recipe: Okra and
mutton
Mongolia
: The
Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar

Food
expenditure for one week: 41,985.85
togrogs
or $40.02
Family
recipe: Mutton dumplings
Ecuador :
The Ayme family of Tingo

Food expenditure for one week :
$31.55
Family recipe: Potato
soup with cabbage
Bhutan
:
The
Namgay family of Shingkhey Village

Food expenditure for one week: 224.93
ngultrum
or $5.03
Family
recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork
Chad :
The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp

Food
expenditure for one week : 685 CFA
Francs
or $1.23
Favorite foods
soup with fresh sheep meat
This material is excerpted from
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel
$16.47 from Amazon.com
NPR's program All Things Considered has an
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