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What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets
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| Part No: | 0984074406 |
| Manufacturer: | Material World |
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| Customer Rating: | 5.0 / 5.0 |
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- ISBN13: 9780984074402
- Condition: New
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A stunning photographic collection featuring portraits of 80 people from 30 countries and the food they eat in one day. In this fascinating study of people and their diets, 80 profiles are organized by the total number of calories each person puts away in a day. Featuring a Japanese sumo wrestler, a Massai herdswoman, world-renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria, an American competitive eater, and more, these compulsively readable personal stories also include demographic particulars, including age, activity level, height, and weight. Essays from Harvard primatologist Richard Wrangham, journalist Michael Pollan, and others discuss the implications of our modern diets for our health and for the planet. This compelling blend of photography and investigative reportage expands our understanding of the complex relationships among individuals, culture, and food.
| this year's best argument for printed books | 2010-08-25 | 5 / 5 |
| For slightly more than the price of an ebook bestseller, Material World publishers deliver 335 beautifully printed glossy color pages that your grandchildren will be enjoying decades from now. The content also lends itself to browsing via hardcopy and the size, about triple the area of an ebook reader, is much better for family reading.
The book would be great for discussion with children before a family dinner. For example, the profile of a Namibian diamond polisher shows her at work, at home, and playing sports with friends. The text explains how her migration from a village to the city has led to a mixed diet of traditional and western foods. The photo of "flies feasting on kapana, strips of freshly butchered beef" would be great for a discussion of how sanitary standards differ among cultures.
For those of us who can't go more than two hours without a snack, the profiles at the extremes of the caloric intake spectrum are fascinating. An apparently vibrantly healthy Maasai herder lives on 800 calories per day. An Indian ascetic lives on 1000 calories. A 160-lb. Himba pastoralist lives on 1500 calories per day and looks almost plump, sitting mostly naked with her child.
Folks at high altitude seem to need a lot of food. A 160 lb. Tibetan monk consumes 4900 calories per day. A yak herder maintains a 135 lb. weight on 5600 calories per day. Cold weather also burns off the calories, with a 170 lb. Greenland hunter consuming 6500.
I would write more but I need to go to the fridge... |
| Food Glorious Food | 2010-08-19 | 5 / 5 |
| This has to be one of the most fascinating books you could lay on your coffee table. It contains absorbing and well done pictures along with information on how the world eats.
Eighty people were chosen from around the globe to show what they ate on an ordinary day. They range from a low of 800 calories consumed by a Maasai herder to 12,300 eaten by a British housewife. The book is organized from the least amount of calories to the most. Each person has at least a full colour page photo, some have several pages showing their surroundings and their food. Their country, number of calories, age and weight are given along with what was eaten for each meal and throughout the day, including other items, such as medicine and water. A bit is explained about each individual, their lifestyle, and their occupation. The people included are a mesmerizing range, from an astronaut, a sumo wrestler, rabbi, to a man preparing for obesity surgery.
There is enough information, in here, all of it absorbing. There are 2 tables of contents, one showing small pictures, country and calories of the person, and then one grouped with the calories, country, occupation and a world map. There is a well explained introduction on why and how this book was compiled. There are statistical charts at the end and in between are essays such as: `why we cook', `the agony and ecstasy of the calorie', `food taboos'.
This shows the astounding difference in foods eaten. It is a lesson to be learned in globalism. If you leave this out on your coffee table it will intrigue anyone who picks it up- foodies, sociologists and those interested in the people of the world. |
| a book of great importance | 2010-08-15 | 5 / 5 |
| WHAT I EAT is an amazing book! Cultural anthropologists will be referring to the book 100 years from now - and there are very, very few books that fall within that category.
-Hugh Carpenter |
| You eating what I'm eating? | 2010-08-12 | 4 / 5 |
| Menzel and D'Aluisio write a book of caloric comparison and contrasts. Ever wonder how your diet compares with the average Maasai warrior's? This is the type of question asked by photographer Peter Menzel and his wife, Faith D'Aluisio, in their new book.
However, their book isn't merely a statistical analysis, but rather it's vibrant photo journalism. Those photographs are accompanied by insightful writing. The authors want to visually and cognitively get their readers to consider diet on the global level. There are a total of 80 diets to ponder as we see what others eat and what they don't. For example, the professional model, Egyptian camel broker, Spanish shepherd, Italian friar, Namibian game warden, Japanese bike messenger, or a British mother of three.
Why is it so fascinating to see and read about what other people eat? I'm not sure. What I do know is the diversity is astounding.
Sprinkled through the book are essays on food, politics and culture. This is the type of book that becomes a catalyst for dreaming about what it would have been like to be born on another corner of the globe. In short, it's a delightfully connecting piece of food journalism.
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