What I eat around the world in 80 diets /
"A photographic collection with stories of 80 people and the food they eat over the course of one day, organized by total daily calorie count and including detailed food lists"--Provided by publisher.
| Main Author: | Menzel, Peter, 1948- |
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| Other Authors: | D'Aluisio, Faith, 1957- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Napa, Calif. : Berkeley [Calif.] :
Material World Books ; Ten Speed Press,
[2010]
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| Physical Description: |
335 pages : color illustrations, map ; 32 cm. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Contributor biographical information Publisher description Additional Information at Google Books |
| Summary: |
"A photographic collection with stories of 80 people and the food they eat over the course of one day, organized by total daily calorie count and including detailed food lists"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: |
"This book presents 80 people around the world and what they ate on one ordinary day. It is organized according to the number of calories consumed, from least to most." Includes bibliographical references. "A photographic collection with stories of 80 people and the food they eat over the course of one day, organized by total daily calorie count and including detailed food lists"--Provided by publisher. 800-1900 calories for a day's worth of food : 800 : Kenya: The Maasai herder, Noolkisaruni Tarakuai -- 900 : Botswana: The caretaker, Marble Moahi -- 1000 : India: The Sadhu priest, Sitarani Tyaagi -- 1400 : Bangladesh: The runaway train porter, Alamin Hasan -- 1500 : Namibia: The Himba pastoralist, Viahondjera Musutua -- 1600 : China: The extreme gamer, Xu Zhipeng ; USA, Tennessee: The candidate for obesity surgery, Rick Bumgardener -- 1700 : USA, New York: The weight-loss camper, Mackenzie Wolfson ; China: The acrobat, Cao Xiaoli -- 1800 : Bangladesh: The factory seamstress, Ruma Akhter -- 1900 : Canada: The green teen, Coco Simone Finken ; USA, Minnesota: The Mall of America staffer, Tiffany Whitehead ; USA, Pennsylvania: The calorie restrictor, Michael Rae ; China: The citrus grower, Lan Guihua -- Essay : Why we cook / Richard Wrangham -- 2000-2400 calories : 2000 : Bangladesh: The microloan milker, Shahnaz Begum : USA, Illinois: The taxi driver, Din Memon ; Namibia. The diamond polisher, Mestilde Shigwedha -- 2100 : Vietnam: The American War veteran, Nguyêñ Vãn Thuan ; USA, California: The Iraq War veteran, Felipe Adams ; India: The urine drinker, Millie Mitra -- 2300 : Chad: The teenage refugee, Abdel Kerim Aboubakar ; USA, New York: The man on the street, Ted Sikorski ; Iceland: The cod fisherman, Karel Karelsson -- 2400 : Iran: The miniaturist's daughter, Atefeh Fotowat ; USA, New York: The model student, Mariel Booth ; India: The bicycle rickshaw driver, Munna Kailash ; Kenya: The microloan fish fryer, Roseline Amondi -- Essay : The agony and the ecstacy of the calorie / Bijal P. Trivedi -- 2500-2900 calories : 2500 : Vietnam: The rice farmer, Nguyêñ Vãn Theo -- 2600 : Canada: The sky-high manager, Neil Jones ; USA, Minnesota: The meat grinder, Kelvin Lester ; China: The college student, Chen Zhen -- 2700 : USA, Texas: The astronaut, Leland Melvin ; Germany: The brewer, Joachim Rösch ; Taiwan: The street food vendor, Lin Hui-wen ; Yemen: The homemaker, Saada Haidar ; USA, Arizona: The carpenter's assistant, Louie Soto -- 2900 : Mexico: The rancher, José Ángel Galaviz Carrillo -- Essay : Portion size matters / Lisa R. Young -- 3000-3400 calories : 3000 : India: The call center operator, Shashi Chandra Kanth ; The Palestinian driver, Abdul-Baset Razem -- 3100 : Israel: The rabbi, Ofer Sabath Beit-Halachmi ; Kenya: The tea plantation farmer, Kibet Serem ; Latvia: The beekeeper, Aivars Radziṇš -- 3200 : USA, Illinois: The restaurant owner, Lourdes Alvarez ; Egypt: The camel broker, Saleh Abdul Fadlallah ; USA, Kentucky: The coal miner, Todd Kincer -- 3300 : Yemen: The qat seller, Ahmed Ahmed Swaid -- 3400 : Brazil : The Amazon grandmother, Solange da Silva Correia -- Essay : Moving the idle masses / Mary Collins -- 3500-3900 calories : 3500 : Japan: The sumo wrestler, Miyabiyama -- USA, California: The paddle surfer, Ernie Johnson -- 3600 : USA, Colorado: The greenskeeper, Bob Sorenson -- 3700 : Germany: The bread queen, Robina Weiser-Linnartz ; USA, California: The wind farm engineer, John Opris ; Australia: The lifeguard, Bruce Hopkins -- 3800 : Ecuador: The mountain farmer, Maria Ermelinda Ayme Sichigalo ; USA, Maine: The lobsterman, Sam Tucker -- 3900 : Spain: The shepherd, Miguel Ángel Martínez Cerrada ; Latvia: The voice coach, Ansis Sauka ; USA, Virginia: The sustainable farmer, Joel Salatin ; Russia: The art restorer, Vyacheslav Grankovskiy -- Essay: Food taboos / Ellen Ruppel Shell -- 4000-4900 calories : 4000 : USA, Texas: The U.S. Army soldier, Curtis Newcomer ; Italy: The friar, Riccardo Casagrande ; Venezuela: The student in the barrio, Katherine Navas ; Egypt: The businessman, George Bahna -- 4100 : USA, Illinois: The commodity farmer, Gordon Stine -- 4200 : Spain: The bullfighter, Oscar Higares -- 4300 : China: The welder, Huang Neng ; Namibia: The game warden, Uahoo Uahoo -- 4600 : Germany: The master butcher, Markus Dirr -- 4700 : Canada: The Inuit carver, Willie Ishulutak -- 4800 : Japan: The bike messenger, Yajima Jun -- 4900 : Tibet Autonomous Region, China: The head monk ; Iran: The bread baker, Akbar Zareh -- Essay : The end of cooking / Michael Pollan -- 5000-12300 calories : 5200 : Brazil: The fisherman, João Agustinho Cardoso -- 5400 : USA, Mississippi: The long-haul trucker, Conrad Tolby -- 5600 : Tibet Autonomous Region, China: The yak herder, Karsal -- 6000 : Venezuela: The oil platform chief, Oswaldo Gutierrez -- 6500 : Greenland: The Arctic hunter, Emil Madsen -- 6600 : USA, Illinois: The high-rise ironworker, Jeff Divine -- 8400 : Namibia: The trans-Kalahari trucker, Tersius Bezuidenhout -- 12300 : Great Britain : The snacker mom, Jill McTighe -- Essay : The pleasures of eating / Wendell Berry -- Afterword / Peter Menzel -- Statistics. |
| Physical Description: |
335 pages : color illustrations, map ; 32 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780984074402 0984074406 |