Hungry Planet - What the World Eats
By Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
Hungry Planet
If you've ever had the overwhelming urge to follow the scent of dinner cooking into a stranger's home, this is the book for you. The same irrepressible couple that took us around the world with their best-selling People In A Material World, have made their way into the kitchens of 30 families in 24 countries to tell us what the world eats.
In the end, we learn not only what the world eats, but what it costs and what spawns a population plagued with diet-related health problems in the richest countries in history. But, this is not a polemic. It's a global tour rich in detail and intimacy.
Parents who are not inclined to buy this book for themselves should acquire it to share with their children. It will fascinate them.
Faith's background as a television news producer is evident in the immediacy and vitality to her writing. The extraordinary talent of photographer Peter Menzel captures the humanity of his subjects in a way few could or would. There is no distance between Faith and Peter and the people they met on this journey. They were there body and soul.
Each time this couple publishes a new book, I find myself buying it by the case to give as holiday gifts. The Hungry Planet will continue the trend.
The article above originated from Menzel & D'Aluisio 
