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| Genre/Form: | Cross-cultural studies Pictorial works |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Menzel; Faith D'Aluisio; et al |
| ISBN: | 9780984074402 0984074406 |
| OCLC Number: | 644149513 |
| Notes: | "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." |
| Description: | 335 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 32 cm. |
| Contents: | 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, Nguyễn 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, Nguyễn 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. |
| Responsibility: | photographed by Peter Menzel ; written by Faith D'Aluisio ; foreword by Marion Nestle ; [essayists, Wendell Berry ... et al. ; foreword contributors, Ferran Adrià ... et al.]. |
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Abstract:
"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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