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We are what we eat. Or are we?
Verbalize Yourself! discussion topic: FOOD, DRINK, AND IDENTITY
There are now more cuisines, ingredients, cooking shows and recipe books than ever before. Today it seems most of us know the difference between prosciutto and pancetta, sushi and sashimi, but how foods and drinks influence and communicate identities in social and domestic settings?
We are what we eat. Or are we? If you are what you eat, what food makes you? Join here our Communication & Languages Group on LinkedIn and let us know what you think.
We have prepared for you the following article to spice up our discussion and to give you more ideas and flavor of what to expect at our “debate in English” meetings. So, letâs start with the truly fantastic travel photo essay around the world in âWhat the world eatsâ:
What the world eats
Peter Menzel and Faith DâAluisio traveled the world documenting that most basic of human behaviors â what we eat. Their project, âHungry Planet,â depicts everything that an average family consumes in a given weekâand what it costs â laid out in thought-provoking detail. Their results will be exhibited by The Nobel Peace Center to give viewers a peek into kitchens from Norway to Kuwait, and to raise awareness about how environments and cultures influence the cost and calories of the worldâs dinners.
Germany
The Sturm Family of Hamburg. Food Expenditure for One Week: ⏠253.29 ($325.81 USD). Favorite foods: salads, shrimp, buttered vegetables, sweet rice with cinnamon and sugar, pasta.
Norway (family 1)
The Ottersland Dahl Family of Gjettum. Food expenditure for one week: 2211.97 Norwegian Kroner; $379.41 USD. Favorite foods: fresh baked bread with butter and sugar, pancakes, tomato soup with macaroni and cold milk, yoghurt
Norway (family 2)
The Glad Ostensen family in Gjerdrum. Food expenditure for one week: 4265.89 Norwegian Kroner or $731.71. Favorite foods: mutton in cabbage, lasagne, and chocolate.
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.
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.
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.
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.
United States (family 1)
The Revis family of North Carolina. Food expenditure for one week: $341.98. Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken.
United States (family 2)
The Caven family of California. Food expenditure for one week: $159.18. Favorite foods: beef stew, berry yogurt sundae, clam chowder, ice cream.
United States (family 3)
The Fernandezes of Texas – Food expenditure for one week: $242.48. Favorite Foods: Shrimp with Alfredo sauce, chicken mole, barbecue ribs, pizza.
Mexico
he Casales family of Cuernavaca. Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09. Favorite foods: pizza, crab, pasta, chicken.
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.
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.
Egypt
The Ahmed family of Cairo. Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53. Family recipe: Okra and mutton.
Ecuador
The Ayme family of Tingo. Food expenditure for one week: $31.55. Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage.
Mongolia
The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar. Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02. Family recipe: Mutton dumplings.
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.
Bhutan
The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village. Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03. Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork.
Australia
The Browns of River View – Food expenditure for one week: 481.14 Australian dollars or US$376.45. Family Recipe: Marge Brown’s Quandong (an Australian peach) Pie, Yogurt.
Guatemala
The Mendozas of Todos Santos – Food expenditure for one week: 573 Quetzales or $75.70. Family Recipe: Turkey Stew and Susana Perez Matias’s Sheep Soup.
Luxembourg
The Kuttan-Kasses of Erpeldange – Food expenditure for one week: 347.64 Euros or $465.84. Favorite Foods: Shrimp pizza, Chicken in wine sauce, Turkish kebabs.
Mali
The Natomos of Kouakourou – Food expenditure for one week: 17,670 francs or $26.39. Family Recipe: Natomo Family Rice Dish.
Canada
The Melansons of Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory – Food expenditure for one week: US$345. Favorite Foods: narwhal, polar bear, extra cheese stuffed crust pizza, watermelon.
France
The Le Moines of Montreuil – Food expenditure for one week: 315.17 euros or $419.95. Favorite Foods: Delphine Le Moine’s Apricot Tarts, pasta carbonara, Thai food.
Greenland
The Madsens of Cap Hope – Food expenditure for one week: 1,928.80 Danish krone or $277.12. Favorite Foods: polar bear, narwhal skin, seal stew.
Turkey
The Celiks of Istanbul – Food expenditure for one week: 198.48 New Turkish liras or $145.88. Favorite Foods: Melahat’s Puffed Pastries.
By viewing food (and drink) both as cultural practice and cultural expression, we may learn about such concepts as: cultural identity, values, practice, experience, language/meaning, and aesthetics.
We are what we eat. Or are we? If you are what you eat, what food makes you? Join here our Communication & Languages Group on LinkedIn and let us know what you think.
Alibabaâs founder has become Chinaâs richest person
Alibabaâs blockbuster $25 billion stock offering has made Jack Ma the wealthiest man in China, according to a new survey, as investor enthusiasm for Chinese technology names enriches a new generation of Internet moguls.
Ma, founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, and his family have a net worth of about $25 billion following last weekâs initial public offering.
The shift reflects a flood of dollars into Chinaâs rapidly growing Internet sector, as investors bet on firms such as Alibaba growing at a fast clip at home and becoming more globally competitive. China has seen a record 15 Internet IPOs so far this year.
Children riding auto rickshaw to a school in Beldanga, India
Riding a tuktuk (auto rickshaw) to a school in Beldanga, India. Image credits – Dilwar Mandal
Skywalking, the new trend sweeping Russia
Groups of young people are defying death as part of the new âskywalkingâ trend sweeping Russia. They are illegally climbing buildings around the world to take the most incredible shots of cities from vantages rarely seen.
Vitaliy Raskalov is taking us on a heart-pounding and one-of-a-kind experience while scaling the tallest building in China â the Shanghai Tower (click on photo to enlarge)
How to Park in Palestine
Parking in Jericho, Palestine
Sangeang Api Volcano Explosive Eruption
The plume captured by professional photographer Sofyan Efendi during a commercial flight from Bali to Labuan Bajo
Sangeang Api (Sang Hyang Api), an active volcano complex on the island of Sangeang in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia explosively erupt on Friday, May 30, 2014 at 3:15 pm local time. The plume is estimated to be ~2-3 km high and disperse to the southeast. The island is an uninhabited island, although people cultivate the land for agriculture at the slope of the volcano, but they have been told to evacuate the island prior to the eruption. The authorities had put the volcano on high alert since June 2013. The ashes from the eruptions is reported to reach Australia, causing Darwin airport to shuts and creating flight chaos across Australia.
