Friday, January 14, 2011

On the New Book Shelf


What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets
Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio

Take a journey around the world with this innovative collection of photo essays detailing the diets of eighty people in thirty countries. Menzel and D’Aluisio chronicle each person’s daily food intake through photographs and essays. Diets range from a mere 800 calories per day to over 12,000. Just as varied are the types of food and stories behind them. This book will inevitably leave you with questions about the differences in what and how people around the globe eat.