ISBN:
9780984074402
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0984074406
Language:
English
Pages:
335 p
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col. ill., map
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32 cm
Edition:
1st ed
DDC:
394.1/209
Keywords:
Food Pictorial works
;
Diet Pictorial works
;
Food habits Pictorial works
;
Photography of food
Abstract:
"A photographic collection with stories of 80 people and the food they eat over the course of one day, organized by total daily calorie count and including detailed food lists"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
800-1900 Calories per day: 800: Kenya, the Maasai herder -- 900: Botswana, the caretaker -- 1000: India, the Sadhu priest -- 1400: Bangladesh, the runaway train porter -- 1500: Namibia, the Himba pastoralist -- 1600: China, the extreme gamer ; USA Tennessee, candidate for obesity surgery -- 1700: USA New York, the weight-loss camper ; China, the acrobat -- 1800: Bangladesh, the factory seamstress -- 1900: Canada, the green teen ; USA Minnesota, the Mall of America staffer ; USA Pennsylvania, the calorie restrictor ; China, the citrus grower -- Why we cook / Richard Wrangham -- 200-2400 calories: 2000: Bangladesh, the microloan milker ; USA Illinois, the taxi driver ; Namibia, the diamond polisher -- 2100: Vietnam, the American War veteran ; USA California, the Iraq War veteran ; India, the urine drinker -- 2300: Chad, the teenage refugee ; USA New York, the man on the street ; Iceland, the cod fisherman -- 2400: Iran, the miniaturist's daughter ; USA New York, the model student ; India, the bicycle rickshaw driver ; Kenya, the microloan fish fryer -- The agony and the ecstacy of the calorie / Bijal P. Trivedi --
Abstract:
2500-2900 calories: Vietnam, the rice farmer -- 2600 Canada, the sky-high manager ; USA Minnesota, the meat grinder ; China, the college student -- 2700: USA Texas, the astronaut ; Germany, the brewer; Taiwan, the street food vendor ; Yemen, the homemaker ; USA Arizona, the carpenter's assistant -- 2900: Mexico, the rancher -- 3000-2400 calories: 3000: India, the call center operator ; the Palestinian driver -- 3100: Israel, the rabbi ; Kenya, the tea plantation farmer ; Latvia, the beekeeper -- 3200: USA Illinois, the restaurant owner ; Egypt, the camel broker ; USA Kentucky, the coal miner -- 3300: Yemen, the Qat seller -- 3400: Brazil, the Amazon grandmother -- Moving the idle masses / Mary Collins -- Portion size matters / Lisa R. Young --
Abstract:
3500-3900: 3500: Japan, the Sumo wrestler ; USA California, the paddle surfer -- 3600: USA Colorado, the greenskeeper -- 3700: Germany, the bread queen ; USA California, the wind farm engineer ; Australia, the lifeguard -- 3800: Ecuador, the mountain farmer ; USA Maine, the lobsterman -- 3900: Spain, the shepherd ; Latvia, the voice coach ; USA Virginia, the sustainable farmer ; Russia, the art restorer -- Food taboos / Ellen Ruppel Shell -- 4000-4900 calories: 400: USA Texas, the U.S. Army soldier ; Italy, the friar ; Venezuela, the student in the Barrio ; Egypt, the businessman -- 4100: USA Illinois, the commodity farmer -- 4200: Spain, the bullfighter -- 4300: China, the welder ; Namibia, the game warden -- 4600: Germany, the master butcher -- 4700: Canada, the Inuit carver -- 4800: Japan,the bike messenger -- 4900: Tibet autonomous Region, China, the head monk ; Iran, the bread baker -- The end of cooking / Michael Pollan -- 5000-12300 calories: 5200: Brazil, the fisherman -- 5400: USA Mississippi, the long-haul trucker -- 5600: Tibet Autonomous Region, China, the yak herder -- 6000: Venezuela, the oil platform chief -- 6500: Greenland, the Arctic hunter -- 6600: USA Illinois, the high-rise ironworker -- 8400: Namibia, the trans-Kalahari trucker -- 12300: Great Britain, the snacker mom -- The pleasures of eating / Wendell Berry -- Statistics
Description / Table of Contents:
800-1900 Calories per day: 800: Kenya, the Maasai herder -- 900: Botswana, the caretaker -- 1000: India, the Sadhu priest -- 1400: Bangladesh, the runaway train porter -- 1500: Namibia, the Himba pastoralist -- 1600: China, the extreme gamer ; USA Tennessee, candidate for obesity surgery -- 1700: USA New York, the weight-loss camper ; China, the acrobat -- 1800: Bangladesh, the factory seamstress -- 1900: Canada, the green teen ; USA Minnesota, the Mall of America staffer ; USA Pennsylvania, the calorie restrictor ; China, the citrus grower -- Why we cook / Richard Wrangham -- 200-2400 calories: 2000: Bangladesh, the microloan milker ; USA Illinois, the taxi driver ; Namibia, the diamond polisher -- 2100: Vietnam, the American War veteran ; USA California, the Iraq War veteran ; India, the urine drinker -- 2300: Chad, the teenage refugee ; USA New York, the man on the street ; Iceland, the cod fisherman -- 2400: Iran, the miniaturist's daughter ; USA New York, the model student ; India, the bicycle rickshaw driver ; Kenya, the microloan fish fryer -- The agony and the ecstacy of the calorie / Bijal P. Trivedi
Description / Table of Contents:
2500-2900 calories: Vietnam, the rice farmer -- 2600 Canada, the sky-high manager ; USA Minnesota, the meat grinder ; China, the college student -- 2700: USA Texas, the astronaut ; Germany, the brewer; Taiwan, the street food vendor ; Yemen, the homemaker ; USA Arizona, the carpenter's assistant -- 2900: Mexico, the rancher -- 3000-2400 calories: 3000: India, the call center operator ; the Palestinian driver -- 3100: Israel, the rabbi ; Kenya, the tea plantation farmer ; Latvia, the beekeeper -- 3200: USA Illinois, the restaurant owner ; Egypt, the camel broker ; USA Kentucky, the coal miner -- 3300: Yemen, the Qat seller -- 3400: Brazil, the Amazon grandmother -- Moving the idle masses / Mary Collins -- Portion size matters / Lisa R. Young
Description / Table of Contents:
3500-3900: 3500: Japan, the Sumo wrestler ; USA California, the paddle surfer -- 3600: USA Colorado, the greenskeeper -- 3700: Germany, the bread queen ; USA California, the wind farm engineer ; Australia, the lifeguard -- 3800: Ecuador, the mountain farmer ; USA Maine, the lobsterman -- 3900: Spain, the shepherd ; Latvia, the voice coach ; USA Virginia, the sustainable farmer ; Russia, the art restorer -- Food taboos / Ellen Ruppel Shell -- 4000-4900 calories: 400: USA Texas, the U.S. Army soldier ; Italy, the friar ; Venezuela, the student in the Barrio ; Egypt, the businessman -- 4100: USA Illinois, the commodity farmer -- 4200: Spain, the bullfighter -- 4300: China, the welder ; Namibia, the game warden -- 4600: Germany, the master butcher -- 4700: Canada, the Inuit carver -- 4800: Japan,the bike messenger -- 4900: Tibet autonomous Region, China, the head monk ; Iran, the bread baker -- The end of cooking / Michael Pollan -- 5000-12300 calories: 5200: Brazil, the fisherman -- 5400: USA Mississippi, the long-haul trucker -- 5600: Tibet Autonomous Region, China, the yak herder -- 6000: Venezuela, the oil platform chief -- 6500: Greenland, the Arctic hunter -- 6600: USA Illinois, the high-rise ironworker -- 8400: Namibia, the trans-Kalahari trucker -- 12300: Great Britain, the snacker mom -- The pleasures of eating / Wendell Berry -- Statistics.
Note:
"This book presents 80 people around the world and what they ate on one ordinary day. It is organized according to the number of calories consumed, from least to most
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Includes bibliographical references
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