Eat To Live or Live to Eat?

Eat To Live or Live to Eat?

In a world becoming smaller and more global, we'd like to see socio-economical and cultural differences growing smaller, but in the advanced year of 2013, works like that of photographer Peter Menzel still strike a tangible cord. In this work, titled: "Hungry Planet: What the world eats", Menzel went around the world and took photos of families and all they eat in a week. While some spend hundreds of dollars a week, some spend as little as a $1.23...

The Blender from Bargteheide, Germany (4 people) Weekly food costs: US $500.07

Jarvis family from North Carolina, USA (4 people) Weekly food costs: US $341.98

The Aokita from Kodirah, Japan Weekly food costs: US $317.25

Manzo family of Sicily, Italy (5 persons) Weekly food costs: US $260.11

The Hagans Kuwait City, Kuwait (8 people) Weekly food expenses - US $221.45

The Ksals from Cuernavaca, Mexico (5 persons) Weekly food costs: US $189.09

The Dong family from Beijing, China (4 people) Weekly food expenditures - US $175

The Sobyakiznkis from Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland (5 persons) Weekly food expenditures: U.S. $151.27

The Ahmed family from Cairo, Egypt (12 people) Weekly food expenditures: U.S. $68.53

The Batsori from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (4 people) Weekly food expenditures: U.S. $40.06

The Yim family from Tingo, Ecuador (9 people) Weekly food expenditures: U.S. $31.55

The Namgais from Shingkhey village, Bhutan (13 people) Weekly food expenditures: U.S. $5.03

The Abubakar from Breidjing Camp, Chad (6 people) Weekly food costs - U.S. $1.23