This very interesting project was done by photographer Peter Menzel. From the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio.
Some great pictures along with the amount of cash each family spends in feeding themselves for a week all around the world.
Japan: $317.25 a week for food
Italy: $260.11 a week for food
Chad: $1.23 a week for food {Sudanese refugees in Breidjing Camp, Chad}
Kuwait: $221.45 a week for food
USA: $341.98 a week for food
Mexico: $189.09 a week for food
China: $155.06 a week for food
Egypt: $68.53 a week for food
Ecuador: $31.55 a week for food
USA: $159.18 a week for food
Mongolia: $40.02 a week for food
Great Britain: $253.15 a week for food
Bhutan: $5.03 a week for food
Germany: $500.07 a week for food
Australia: $ 376.45 per week Family Recipe: Marge Brown's Quandong (an Australian peach) Pie, Yogurt
India: $39.27 Family Recipe: Sangeeta Patkar's Poha (Rice Flakes)
USA: $242.48 Favorite Foods: Shrimp with Alfredo sauce, chicken mole, barbecue ribs, pizza
Mali: $ 26.39 Family Recipe: Natomo Family Rice Dish
France: $419.95 Favorite Foods: Delphine Le Moine's Apricot Tarts, pasta carbonara, Thai food
Greenland: $277.12 Favorite Foods: polar bear, narwhal skin, seal stew
Turkey: $ 145.88 Favorite Foods: Melahat's Puffed Pastries
The Philippines: $49.42 a week for food
China: $57.27 a week for food
Bosnia and Herzegovina: $ 167.43 a week for food
Cuba: $ 56.76 a week for food
Australia: $ 303.75 a week for food
Guatemala: $ 75.70 a week for food
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