Everyday life
“Change and difference are not what separate us or tear us apart but the constituents of what glues us together—the very dynamic of all social process.”
–Neil Blair Christensen, Inuit in Cyberspace
Photo Essay: What the World Eats
Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar
Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02
Family recipe: Mutton dumplings
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
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
Great Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne 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
Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Family recipe: Okra and mutton
(Thanks to Biella for the photo link and Alex for the quote.)
July 19th, 2007 at 2:52 am
Thank you for sharing the photo essay…it’s true what is said about 90% of the worlds wealth and resources being consumed by only 10% of the worlds population. Again, these images only reinforce the ideology behind the Greedy West. Its all about consumption…