【Hungry Planet】Analyzing The Consumption of Food by Families Around The World

In this blog entry, we'll explore the Manzo family's culinary world in Sicily, discovering dishes that sustain them and reflect Sicilian life, from a chapter of "Hungry Planet: What the World Eats" by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio. Visuals used are from the presentation slides I have made to introduce the chapter to my fellow classmates. 

When we first hear, "Italian food", we think of pastas, pizzas, and lasagnas. 

However, I was surprised when saw what kinds of foods came up when I searched for images for "Sicilian food". It looked so different from the images of Italian food that I had. It seemed like Sicilian food uses more fish than I imagined.
"Hungry Planet" includes pictures of families with that they consume in a week.
It looks like the Manzo family consumes a lot of fruits and vegetables, as well as what seems to be like some kind of animal flesh, and a lot of bread and pasta.

The book also includes how much money the family uses in a month. The most money is used on cigarettes, and the least is on beverages. 




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