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Global Family Food Expenditures

This document profiles 15 families from around the world and details their weekly food expenditures, favorite foods, and family recipes. It finds that weekly food costs range widely from $1.23 in Chad to $500.07 in Germany. Favorite dishes include fried potatoes with onions from Germany, mushroom and cheese pork from Bhutan, and sashimi from Japan. Family recipes include mutton dumplings from Mongolia and okra and mutton from Egypt.

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Global Family Food Expenditures

This document profiles 15 families from around the world and details their weekly food expenditures, favorite foods, and family recipes. It finds that weekly food costs range widely from $1.23 in Chad to $500.07 in Germany. Favorite dishes include fried potatoes with onions from Germany, mushroom and cheese pork from Bhutan, and sashimi from Japan. Family recipes include mutton dumplings from Mongolia and okra and mutton from Egypt.

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What the World Eats, Part I

What's on family dinner tables


in fifteen different homes
around the globe?
[Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet]
1.- Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide.
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07.
Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried
noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding.
2.- Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village.
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03.
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork.
3.- 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.
4.- Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar.
Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02.
Family recipe: Mutton dumpling.
5.- United States: The Caven family of California.
Food expenditure for one week: $159.18.
Favorite foods: beef stew, berry yogurt sundae, clam chowder, ice cream.
6.- Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo.
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55.
Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage.
7.- Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo.
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53.
Family recipe: Okra and mutton.
8.- Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna.
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27.
Family recipe: Pig's knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips.
9.- China: The Dong family of Beijing.
Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $155.06.
Favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce.
10.- 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.
11.- United States: The Revis family of North Carolina.
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98.
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken.
12.- Kuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City.
Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45.
Family recipe: Chicken biryani with basmati rice.
13.- 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.
14.- Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily.
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11.
Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks.
15.- Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City.
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25.
Favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips.
The End

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